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OOSTHUIZEN WINS AFRICA OPEN AFTER THREE-MAN PLAY-OFF

Open champion Louis Oosthuizen from South Africa scored his first win since his shock victory at  St Andrews in July when he birdied the first play-off hole to win the Africa Open and deny England's Chris Wood and Spain's Manuel Quiros a maiden European Tour title today.
Motherwell's Steven O'Hara set the clubhouse target with a sparkling seven-under-par closing round of 66 for 15-under-par 277. When the Scot finished, there was just a chance that his total would hold up against all-comers.
But Oosthuizen, Wood and Quiros tied for the pole position after 72 holes at 16 under par at East London Golf Club after an enthralling last round which saw no fewer than seven different leaders on the final day.
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Playing the 18th as the first extra hole it was Oosthuizen who looked to be in trouble off the tee as he hooked left, but after finding a fortunate lie he showed the class that made him Open Champion to fire his approach to eight feet.
And when Quiros narrowly failed to chip in form the fringe and Wood fractionally missed his 25ft birdie effort, Oosthuizen calmly holed for a third European Tour title.
Oosthuizen had led overnight along with Austrian Markus Brier, and it was his playing partner who stormed out of the blocks with three consecutive birdies.
But a lost ball on the sixth saw Brier bogey and he never really recovered.
As Oosthuizen continued plugging away, Wood set the clubhouse benchmark with a round of 68.
With clear skies and little wind low scoring always looked likely, but nobody managed to match Wood’s effort until Quiros birdied the last three for a round of 69.
Oosthuizen drew level with an eagle on the 15th, and had to match only one of Quiros’ three late birdies for victory.
But he parred the 16th, 17th and 18th to set up a dramatic 73rd hole.
Steven O’Hara earned 41,933 Euros for finishing joint fourth, level with defending champion Charl Schwartzel and another South African, Jaco Van Zyl, on 14 under.
"The whole day was a bit of a struggle," Oosthuizen said. "I didn't get anything in the hole and made that putt on 15 which helped.
"Then I made this one (in the play-off ) which was nice. I hit a terrible tee shot and then hit a full go sand-wedge to get close. Then I made the putt, it was great."
Reflecting on his start to the year, Oosthuizen conceded he would need to improve on his putting going forward.
He said: "It's been one of those weeks where the putter was very cold, but my caddie kept me calm and said it would go in eventually.
"So I kept on trying and made that nice one on the last which I will remember."
As for his debut in the tournament where he picked up the €158,500 top prize, he added: "It's always nice playing in South Africa and you want to perform.
"This week there was a great field here and playing with Retief (Goosen) and (Darren) Clarke was really special. If you look at the leaderboard there were just big names up there so I think it was a great tournament."

STEVEN O'HARA EARNS £35,000 FOR JT 4TH FINISH 

SCOTSWATCH. Steven O'Hara had a bogey-free round for his 66 (34-32, birdieing the first, third, eighth, 10th, 11th, 13th and 14th. He told Martin Dempster of "The Scotsman" later:
"It's a very positive start to the season. In the first two rounds I was a wee bit rusty and dropped a few daft shots. But yesterday and today I played very solid," said O'Hara, who picked up a cheque for almost £35,000 to put himself in 15th position in the early Race to Dubai standings.
"I worked hard over the winter, especially on my putting, and it's good to see a result from that. I was very close to getting into the play-off which is very encouraging. I let a couple of putts go coming down the stretch after looking at the leaderboard on 16. It was the worst thing I could have done.
"I tried not to look but saw it out of the corner of my eye and saw I was up the top. I had been attacking everything up to that point then backed off a wee bit.
"That was daft and I am angry with myself for doing that. But other than that I enjoyed it and it was good to get a wee bit sun on my back."
O'Hara, who just held on to his card after finishing 113th on the money-list at the end of last year, added: "I am playing next week in the Joburg Open and I will go into it with a bit of confidence. Hopefully, I can stop the bad mistakes that were caused by rustiness.
"My putting was good which is encouraging. I was close to my first win. I have got to keep giving myself chances and at least I did that."
Elliot Saltman, after being almost in contention over the first 36 holes, drifted down over the weekend rounds. He finished with a 72 which had birdies at the second, third, 12th, 15th and 16th but a double bogey at the ninth and bogeys at the eigthth and 17th in halves of 38 and 34.
Alastair Forsyth was three under par after an eagle at the first and a birdie at the fourth but he bogeyted the fourth and ninth and cancelled out only one of them with a birdie at the seventh.
Out in two-under 35, Forsyth got to four under with birdies at the 11th and 13yth but he bogeyed the 14th and 16th and got a birdie at the 15th in 35 home.
Lloyd Saltman was also out in two-under 35 withy birdies at the third, fifth and ninth and only one shot shed, at the ninth.
But Lloyd had a bad run early on the inward half, bogeying the 10th and running up a triple bogey 7 at the 12th. Possibly shell-shocked after that, the Lothians man had to settle for six pars over the last six holes for 40 home.
Marc Warren birdied the first, third, eighth,. 12th, 13th and 17th but he almost as many mistakes. He had back-to-back double bogey 6s at the fourth and fifth and shed another shot at the seventh in 39 (two over) to the turn.
Another bogey at the 11th but he did have a good run of birdies at the 12th, 13th and 17th before he bogeyed the last for 35 home.
 FINAL TOTALS AND PRIZE MONEY
Players from S Africa unless stated. Prize money in Euros
Par 292 (4x73)
1 OOSTHUIZEN Louis  67 69 70 276 (€158,500) won play-off at first extra hole.
T2 QUIROS Manuel (Spain) 71 68 68 69 276  (92,100)
T2 WOOD Chris (England) 72 69 67 68 276 (92,100)
T4 O'HARA Steven (Scotland) 72 71 68 66 277 (41,933)
T4 SCHWARTZEL Charl 69 70 68 70 277 (41,933)
T4 VAN ZYL Jaco 67 70 70 70 277 41,933
7 DINWIDDIE Robert (England) 69 74 66 69 278 (29,500).
T8 BRIER Markus (Austria) 70 66 70 73 279 (19,350).
T8 GRACE Branden 67 69 72 71 279 (19,350)
T8 JOHANSEN Eirik Tage (Norway) 71 71 70 67 279 (19,350).
T8 KRUGER Jbe 68 72 67 72 279 (19,350)
T8 NORRIS Shaun 70 73 70 66 279 (19,350).
T8 TUNNICLIFF Miles (England) 67 69 72 71 279 (19,350).
T14 AIKEN Thomas 69 72 68 71 280 (13,950).
T14 BEKKER Oliver 69 71 69 71 280 (13,950).
T14 DEL MORAL Carlos (Spain) 70 70 69 71 280 (13,950).
T14 NIXON Matthew (England) 71 74 68 67 280 (13,950).
T18 MARSHALL Andrew (England) 71 72 69 69 281 (12,233).
T18 McGOWAN Ross (England) 68 69 71 73 281 (12,233).
T18 SCHIETEKAT Neil 74 70 68 69 281 12,233).
T21 HORNE Keith 71 70 69 72 282 (11,250).,
T21 ORMSBY Wade (Australia) 69 73 69 71 282 (11,250).
23 McGUIGAN Doug 68 75 70 70 283 (10,500).
T23 SALTMAN Elliot (Scotland) 67 71 73 72 283 (10,500).
T23 VAN DEN HEEVER Divan 71 71 70 71 283 (10,500).
T26 CLARKE Darren (N Ireland) 69 75 72 68 284 (8,700).
T26 DA SILVA Adilson (Brazil) 74 69 71 70 284 (8,700).
T26 FISHER junior Trevor 69 72 71 72 284 (8,700).
T26 GONNET Jean-Baptiste (France) 67 74 72 71 284 (8,700).
T26 HEND Scott (Australia) 76 70 72 66 284 (8,700).
T26 KINGSTON James 72 72 73 67 284 (8,700).
T26 KORHONEN Mikko (Finland) 71 72 70 71 284 (8,700).
T26 OHLSSON Fredrik (Sweden) 67 72 72 73 284 (8,700).
T26 VAN ASWEGEN Tyrone 70 71 71 72 284 (8,700).
T26 VAN DER WALT Tjaa 70 74 69 71 284 (8,700).
T36 ABERY Warren 69 73 68 75 285 (7,400).
T36 MARITZ Martin 69 74 69 73 285 (7,400).
T38 DE JAGER Louis 72 71 73 70 286 (6,700).
T38 GAGLI Lorenzo 73 70 75 68 286 (6,700).
T38 GAUNT Daniel (Australia) 74 71 68 73 286 (6,700)
T38 MAYBIN Gareth (N Ireland) 71 73 71 71 286 (6,700).
T38 SLUITER Tim (Netherlands) 72 73 70 71 286 (6,700).
43 GREENE Daniel 70 72 72 73 287 (6,100).
T44 McIntyre P H 74 72 72 70 288 (5,700).
T44 VAUGHAN Bradford 70 73 71 74 288 (5,700).
T44 WIESBERGER Bernd (Austria) 73 73 71 71 288 (5,700).
T47 FORSYTH Alastair (Scotland) 70 76 72 71 289 (5,000).
T47 HEBERT Benjamin (France) 74 69 70 76 289 (5,000).
T47 RUIZ Marco (Paraguay) 72 73 71 73 289 (5,000).
T47 SANDELIN Jarmo (Sweden) 71 75 73 70 289 (5,000).
T51 ELSON Jamie (England) 76 69 74 71 290 (4,100).
T51 HUGO Jean 74 72 74 70 290 (4,100).
T51 HUTSBY Sam (England) 74 70 73 73 290 (4,100).
T51 ROCK Robert (England) 68 75 74 73 290 (4,100).
T51 SIMON Thabang 68 76 72 74 290 (4,100).
T56 COETZEE Charl 75 70 73 73 291 (3,220).
T56 O'RILEY Dean 70 74 72 75 291 (3,220).
T56 PAPPAS Deane 73 70 73 75 291 (3,220).
T56 SALTMAN Lloyd (Scotland) 68 76 72 75 291 (3,220).
T56 VANCSIK Daniel (Argentina) 71 73 78 69 291 (3,220).
T61 CARRANZA Clodomiro (Argentina) 71 73 72 76 292 (2,750).
T61 FORD Adrian 72 74 75 71 292 (2,750).
T61 TIPPING Ryan 73 72 71 76 292 (2,750).
T61 WARREN Marc (Scotland) 71 75 72 74 292 (2,750).
T65 KAMTE James 72 71 76 74 293 (2,350).
T65 LEWTON Steve (England) 71 74 70 78 293 (2,350).
T65 PIETERS Brandon 66 77 76 74 293 (2,350).
T65 ROOS Jake 74 72 72 75 293 (2,350).
T69 HAINDL Alex 70 72 76 76 294 (2,050).
T69 SCHWARTZEL Atti 76 70 76 72 294 (2,050).
71 COETZEE George 71 75 75 74 295 (1,500).

MONTY'S MEN PULL OFF ASTONISHING ROYAL TROPHY VICTORY

Europe, who lost Satuday's four-ball ties 4-0 to trail 6-2 going into the final day, produced a stunning fight back to achieve an unlikely 9-7 victory over Asia in the Royal Trophy at Hua Hin in Thailand.
Pablo Martin holed the winning putt in a thrilling competition that went to the wire, giving Europe victory over an Asian team that, at the start of the day, needed just two-and-a-half of the eight available points to win.
Europe dominated from the start with polished performances by all eight players as the Asians caved under pressure and failed to win a single match, picking up two halves in a miserable day - for them and their supporters - at the Black Mountain course.
The Europeans reduced the deficit point by point in a contest that could have gone either way and came down to two final pairings that were all-square.
Martin played the pivotal role in the victory when his superb chip from 25 yards landed a foot away from the pin. Jeev Milkha Singh failed to make the necessary 12-foot putt, leaving Martin with an easy-tap-in to finish one up and lift the trophy.
"When you see the strength of the Asian team this year, possibly the strongest ever assembled, for my team not to lose a (singles) game was remarkable," said Colin Montgomerie (pictured), Europe's player-captain here and who led Europe to victory in the Ryder Cup match at Celtic Manor in October.
"It was one of the most remarkable days I have ever been involved in. I've been part of a lot, but today beat the lot of them. To not lose a point in eight matches against a team of that quality was fantastic.
"Everyone played their own games, didn't watch what everyone else was doing. We started well and kept up that momentum."
Peter Hanson led the European charge with a crushing 7 and 6 win over a haphazard Liang Wenchong in the opening match, clinching six birdies from the 12 holes played to finish seven strokes up and put the holders in the driving seat.
Europe looked a totally different team from the one trounced in Saturday's four-balls and were leading in seven of the eight pairings after an hour of play in Hua Hin.
Late call-up Fredrik Andersson Hed was the next winner for Europe and his eagle on the 13th gave him the vital break against Yuta Ikeda to finish 2 and 1 and close the gap to two points.
South Korean youngster Noh Seung-yul was dealt a painful blow after an impressive round when he ended up in the bunker on the 18th and allowed Henrik Stenson, who holed Europe's winner last year, to halve their match.
Newcomer Rhys Davies gained another crucial point after finishing four holes up on error-prone Ryo Ishikawa, who bogeyed five times, including the first two holes, in a dour round for the young Japanese who had shone in the first two days.
Montgomerie held his lead after three holes to beat Kim Kyung Tae 3 and 1. Then Italian teenager Matteo Mannassero put Europe into contention by finishing one up against Shunsuke Sonoda, leaving Martin to clinch the decisive point.
"I was really lucky," Martin said of his chip on to the green that all but sealed the win. "It was playing to the grain, it was in the right direction, I really got lucky."
The normally energetic Asia captain Naomichi Ozaki seemed shell-shocked by the defeat and said he would take full responsibility for a result that no one had expected.
"It wasn't going to be an easy win for us and it served as a reminder of how hard match-play golf can be," he said. "Anything can happen in golf and I regret this."
Maybe it was the magic of Montgomerie - Captain Marvel - that made the difference.
Royal Trophy Results from Black Mountain Golf Club, Hua Hin, Thailand
Day 3: Singles
Asia 1, Europe 7.
Overall: Asia 7 Europe 9
(Asia names first)
Liang Wen-chong lost to Peter Hanson 7 and 6
Noh Seung-yul halved with Henrik Stenson
Yuta Ikeda lost to Fredrik Andersson Hed 2 and 1
Ryo Ishikawa lost to Rhys Davies 4 and 2
Shunsuke Sonoda lost to Matteo Manassero 1 hole.
Kim Kyung-tae lost to Colin Montgomerie 3 and 1
Jeev Milkha Singh lost to Pablo Martin 1 hole.
Thongchai Jaidee halved with Johan Edfors

PAUL SHEEHAN WINS VICTORIAN OPEN

FROM THE PGA OF AUSTRALIA WEBSITE
Paul Sheehan is today back in the winner’s circle after claiming the 2011 Victorian Open at Spring Valley Golf Club.
In front of a large crowd at Spring Valley Sheehan shot a final day round of one-over par 72 which, in the tough conditions, was enough to maintain his lead throughout the day.
He won by two shots with an eight-under-par total of 276 over the par-71 lay-out.
Hitting only five greens in regulation throughout his round Sheehan credited his putter for his first win since 2006, which found the hole on a number of occasions from the far reaches of the greens.
“My putting and my chipping today was just unbelievable. Every hole I had to work for my pars and it was a real challenge,” said Sheehan.
“I’m rapt. I love coming to this tournament and it’s a great venue Spring Valley and to finally win it, I’ve finished second in the Vic Open before – I’ve had a lot of seconds- so it feels great. It’s a great way to start the year.”
Victorian and local crowd favourite Matthew Griffin finished in second place two shots back from Sheehan after also shooting a round of one-over 72 for 278.
“It was close. At the start I played well early and then I just didn’t quite take advantage of opportunities,” said Griffin who is still chasing his first professional title.
“The more you get in these positions the better you get at it. I had my chance today and it didn’t quite happen, so hopefully in the next couple of weeks.”
Tony McNaughton finished in outright third at five-under 279 after a closing 69 while Steve Jones and Aaron Townsend tied for fourth at four-under 280. Jones and Townsend both closed with 72s.
James Nitties finished in equal sixth position at one-under alongside Adam Crawford who shot the best round of the final day, a four-under 67.

LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 284 (4x71)
276 Paul Sheehan 69 68 67 72.
278 Matthew Griffin 67 73 66 72.
279 Tony McNaughton 69 73 68 69.
280 Steven Jones 66 69 73 72, Aaron Townsend 69 74 65 72.

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GARRIGUS. STRICKER, BYRD SHARE HAWAII LEAD

FROM THE GOLF.COM WEBSITE
KAPALUA, Hawaii (AP) — One shot to start his round, and Robert Garrigus was reeling. One shot at the end had him celebrating.
Garrigus recovered from a double bogey on the opening hole by making a 50ft putt on the 18th that banged into the back of the cup, went about 3 inches airborne and plopped in for eagle. That gave him a share of the lead Saturday with Steve Stricker and Jonathan Byrd going into the final round at the Tournament of Champions.
"That was a hell of a way to end the round," Garrigus said after his 4-under 69.
It could be an ever better finish.
Stricker hit every approach inside 20 feet over his last 11 holes and ran off five straight birdies on the back nine, including a 4-iron from a dicey position in the bunker on the 12th. He wound up with an 8-under 65 and was the first player to finish at 18-under 201.
Then came Byrd, who has been around the lead all week. Steady as ever, he failed to birdie either of the par 5s on the back nine, but atoned for that by nearly holing a wedge on the 16th that set up a tap-in birdie. He shot a 67.
Garrigus appeared to be an afterthought after the start he had.
Saturday featured the notorious Kona wind that blows out of the opposite direction, making the Plantation Course at Kapalua play at its longest. Some players had to hit 3-wood for their second shots on the par-4 opening hole. Garrigus, who has led the US PGA Tour in driving distance the last two years, went with a 4-iron and chunked it into the native grass for double bogey.
Then he powered his shot through the wind on the par-3 second and made bogey, out of the lead and falling.
"I thought just getting back to under par for the day was going to be good for me," Garrigus said. "And when I started to get going, I wasn't missing any more shots. I was striking it well. That putt on 18 just kind of capped it off. And man, that was really nice."
Garrigus, who captured his first US Tour title by winning Disney in the final event of the season, has a chance to become the first player since Tiger Woods in 2000 to win the season opener after winning the last tournament of the previous year.
And with three Americans at the top, it at least improved the odds of ending a nine-year streak of foreign-born winners.
Matt Kuchar had the lead at one point by making seven birdies in a nine-hole stretch, but he played even par over the final six holes for a 66 and wound up four shots out of the lead. U.S. Open champion Graeme McDowell shot a 68 as he continued to get used to mountain golf atop the Pacific Ocean. He was six shots behind, along with Bill Haas (69).
Stricker began making his move with a birdie on the ninth hole, but the 12th was his shot of the tournament.
"A do-or-die swing," he said.
He had a grass divot left of his ball in the bunker, which was no problem. There was a 2-inch piece of grass behind the ball, and he called for a rules official to ask if he could move it, deep down knowing that he couldn't. What he didn't realise, however, was Stricker could not touch the grass piece at any point in his swing.
From 178 yards into the wind, he hit 4-iron that he brought from the inside and picked the ball cleanly from the sand. It caught the left side of the green and settled 5 feet away.
"You hit a shot like that, you want to make the putt," he said. "That was the topper."
He kept right on going, making a super fast putt on the 13th, using his superb wedge game for easy birdie putts on the 14th and 15th, and ending with another good pitch to 3 feet on the 18th.
"I didn't think an 8-under round was out there," he said. "But as I got into a roll on the back side, I kept wanting more."
Garrigus appears to be having as much fun as anyone, even after his rough start. With that attitude, he could be dangerous in the final round because he has what it takes to win on this course - enormous power and a strong wedge game.
That didn't mean much to him.
"I don't have an advantage over a guy who makes everything inside of 10 feet," Garrigus said. "Steve Stricker is one of the best putters in the world. Jonathan Byrd has proved to be one of the best short-game guys in the world, hits his short irons great. I have to go out there and play my game and take advantage of shots I can take advantage of.
"If I can do that, it's going to be a lot of fun."
Byrd didn't spend much time looking at the leaderboard. He plodded along Kapalua, taking in the views of big surf and showing little emotion after some of his birdies. He's long nearly as long as Garrigus, and doesn't care.
"I think we played well to get into the position we were today," Byrd said. "And we shot a good score. So I don't think there's anything about our style of play or anything like that."


THIRD-ROUND TOTALS
Par 219 (3x73)
T1 Steve Stricker  69 67 65 201
T1 Jonathan Byrd 66 68 67 201
T1 Robert Garrigus 69 63 69 201
4 Carl Pettersson  66 67 71 204
5 Matt Kuchar  69 70 66 205
T6 Graeme McDowell 71 68 68 207
T6 Bill Haas 68 70 69 207
T8 Jason Day 73 66 69 208
T8 Bill Lunde 70 68 70 208
T8 Ian Poulter 70 68 70 208
T8 Jim Furyk 68 68 72 208
12 Arjun Atwal 72 69 68 209
T13 Charley Hoffman 68 75 67 210
T13 Ryan Palmer  70 72 68 210
T13 Adam Scott  73 67 70 210
T13 Dustin Johnson 71 66 73 210
T13 Francesco Molinari 69 67 74 210
T13 Ernie Els  72 64 74 210
T19 Justin Rose  75 67 69 211
T19 Ben Crane 67 70 74 211
T21 Zach Johnson  71 73 69 213
T21 Cameron Beckman  72 71 70 213
T21 Matt Bettencourt  73 70 70 213
T21 Tim Clark 72 68 73 213
T21 Bubba Watson 70 70 73 213
26 Anthony Kim 69 71 74 214
T27 Heath Slocum  70 74 72 216
T27 Jason Bohn 72 72 72 216
29 Stuart Appleby 69 75 73 217
30 Hunter Mahan 70 70 78 218
31 Rocco Mediate 79 70 75 224
32 Derek Lamely 72 76 78 226
DQ 32 Camilo Villegas

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