PAUL LAWRIE MEETS JUSTIN ROSE IN WGC MATCH-PLAY ROUND 1

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World No 1 Luke Donald has been drawn to meet three-time major winner Ernie Els in the WGC Match Play Championship this week in Arizona.
Paul Lawrie will meet US-based Englishman Justin Rose. Lawrie and Martin Laird, the only two Scots in the field, are in the same quarter of the draw.
Donald, the defending champion, will be hoping to reproduce his incredible 2011 form when he won all six of his matches before the 18th hole.
Tiger Woods will play Spain's Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano in Wednesday's opening round at Dove Mountain.
Rory McIlroy begins his campaign against South African George Coetzee.
Lee Westwood faces Belgian Nicolas Colsaerts at the Arizona course, while Sergio Garcia takes on fellow Spaniard Miguel Angel Jimenez.
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Last five Match Play winners
2011 - Luke Donald
2010 - Ian Poulter
2009 - Geoff Ogilvy
2008 - Tiger Woods
2007 - Henrik Stenson
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Bill Haas, winner of Sunday's Northern Trust Open, tees off against Japan's Ryo Ishikawa while Dustin Johnson meets his US Ryder Cup team-mate Jim Furyk.
Donald, whose success came a year after his fellow Briton Ian Poulter won the tournament, needs to forget his disappointing showing in the Northern Trust Open last week.
The Buckinghamshire-based golfer slumped to a 56th place finish, carding 78 in his final round.
"I certainly have good feelings going back to Dove Mountain," he said.
"I have a pretty good matchplay record but you just never know with that format.
"I just try to be pretty good at not giving too many shots away, too many holes away, keeping the pressure on my opponents and taking it one match at a time.
"I have always had that inner belief that I could certainly play as well as I did last year and it's nice to see the hard work paying off but I feel like there is a lot more for me to achieve.
"There is a slight added burden of expectation but I feel I've dealt with that pretty well so far."
The first-round matches will be played from 22-23 February.

FULL FIRST ROUND DRAW
Luke Donald (Eng) v Ernie Els (SA)
Jason Dufner (US) v Peter Hanson (Swe)
KJ Choi (Kor) v Kyle Stanley (US)
Brandt Snedeker (US) v Retief Goosen (SA)
Adam Scott (Aus) v Robert Rock (Eng)
Bo Van Pelt (US) v Mark Wilson (US)
Dustin Johnson (US) v Jim Furyk (US)
Thomas Bjorn (Den) v Francesco Molinari (Ita)

Rory McIlroy (NI) v George Coetzee (SA)
Kim Kyung-tae (Kor) v Anders Hansen (Den)
Sergio Garcia (Spa) v Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa)
Keegan Bradley (US) v Geoff Ogilvy (Aus)
Jason Day (Aus) v Rafael Cabrera-Bello (Spa)
Simon Dyson (Eng) v John Senden (Aus)
Charl Schwartzel (SA) v Gary Woodland (US)
Ian Poulter (Eng) v Bae Sang-moon (Kor)

Martin Kaymer (Ger) v Greg Chalmers (Aus)
David Toms (US) v Rickie Fowler (US)
Matt Kuchar (US) v Jonathan Byrd (US)
Bubba Watson (US) v Ben Crane (US)
Steve Stricker (US) v Kevin Na (US)
Louis Oosthuizen (SA) v Aaron Baddeley (Aus)
Graeme McDowell (NI) v Yang Yong-eun (Kor)
Hunter Mahan (US) v Zach Johnson (US)

Lee Westwood (Eng) v Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel)
Robert Karlsson (Swe) v Fredrik Jacobson (Swe)
Nick Watney (US) v Darren Clarke (NI)
Tiger Woods (US) v Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spa)
Webb Simpson (US) v Matteo Manassero (Ita)
Alvaro Quiros (Spa) v Martin Laird (Sco)
Bill Haas (US) v Ryo Ishikawa (Jap)
Justin Rose (Eng) v Paul Lawrie (Sco)

SCOTS STRUGGLE TO BREAK 80 IN MOROCCO

Scotland's tour pros enjoyed a wretched day in the EPD Tour's Mogador Open at Essaouira on Morocco's Atlantic coastline today.
Paul O'Hara had a five-over-par 77 - nine shots behind first-round leader Christoph Gunther (Germany) - but the Colville Park man was still easily the best of the five Scots in joint 38th place in a field of 114. O'Hara had a double bogey 6 at the ninth in halves of 40-39.
Ellon's Ross Cameron and rookie Jordan Findlay (Fraserburgh) signed for nine-over 81s and are sharing 74th place. Cameron had a triple bogey 7 at the first, his 10th hole. Findlay had two triple bogey 7s within four holes - at the 15th and 17th in an inward half of 43.
Two more rookie pros, Philip McLean (Peterhead) and Aberdeen's David Law struggled for scores of 82 and 84 respectively.
McLean (jt 80th) had three double bogeys in 43 for the front nine.
Law (jt 98th) covered the outward half in 44 blows, double-bogeying the sixth, eighth and ninth.
Only the leading 40 and ties after Tuesday's second round will contest the third and final round. Apart from O'Hara, it would be a brave man who would bet on any of the other Scots beating the cut.

LEADING FIRST-ROUND SCORES
Par 72
68 Christoph Gunther (Ger).
69 Maximilian Glauert (Ger), Faycal Serghini (Mor).
70 Timothy Neal (US).

SCOTS' SCORES
77 Paul O'Hara (T38)
81 Ross Cameron, Jordan Findlay (T74).
82 Philip McLean (T80)
84 David Law (T98)

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PRIZEMONEY INCREASE for 2012 TRAVIS PERKINS SENIOR MASTERS

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE EUROPEAN SENIORS TOUR
The sustained success of the Travis Perkins plc Senior Masters, one of the longest running events on the European Senior Tour, has been underlined by an increase in the tournament’s prize fund for its 12th edition at Woburn Golf Club from August 31 – September 2.
In recent years the tournament has attracted crowds in excess of 20,000 people over three days and its burgeoning popularity has led to prize money increasing by £15,000 to £300,000, with the 2012 champion receiving a first prize of £45,000.
Woburn Golf Club’s unbroken run of staging 11 consecutive Travis Perkins plc Senior Masters is second only to Bad Ragaz Golf Club, host venue of the Bad Ragaz PGA Seniors Open, as the longest standing on the current Senior Tour schedule.
During this period the event has developed into one of the leading tournaments on the Senior Tour, attracting many of the top players, as well as large galleries.
Last year Thailand’s Boonchu Ruangkit was crowned champion over the Duke’s Course, holding off the challenge of former Ryder Cup players Gordon Brand Jnr and Barry Lane and former European Tour champion Roger Chapman, who all tied for second place.
Andy Stubbs, Managing Director of the European Senior Tour, said: “We are extremely grateful to Travis Perkins and Woburn for the long-term support of this event and the popularity of this tournament has allowed us to collectively increase the prize money for a second year in a row.
“Woburn is a first class venue which has attracted some of our biggest crowds and we have had some magnificent champions over the years. With this announcement, we are delighted that the Travis Perkins plc Senior Masters, one of our longest running events, continues to grow and flourish.”
Travis Perkins is currently in year two of a second three-year term as title sponsor of the Travis Perkins plc Senior Masters, having first backed the 2008 tournament. It previously sponsored the Wentworth Senior Masters from 2002-2005.

LAWRIE IN MOOD FOR SCOTTISH OPEN RETURN TO CASTLE STUART

              PAUL LAWRIE IN ACTION THIS YEAR (image by courtesy of Getty Images(c)

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE EUROPEAN TOURPaul Lawrie, Scotland’s most recent champion on The European Tour, has confirmed his intention to return to Castle Stuart Golf Links in Inverness in search of the title at the head of his wish list – the Scottish Open.
And spectators hoping to see the 1999 Open Champion and 2012 Commercialbank Qatar Masters winner in the world class Scottish Open field can enjoy special discounts, with £7 off day tickets and £15 reductions on season tickets if purchased before March 31.
Lawrie will make the short trip from his Aberdeen home to the Moray Firth venue in July with his confidence soaring following a superb finish to the 2011 season, with second place behind Alvaro Quiros in the season-ending Dubai World Championship presented by DP World, and an even better start to 2012 by winning in Qatar two weeks ago.
World No 1 Donald has already confirmed he will return to Castle Stuart to defend the Scottish Open title he won last summer and Lawrie, who notched up his seventh European Tour success by capturing the Commercialbank Qatar Masters presented by Dolphin Energy for the second time, admitted that following in Donald’s footsteps and capturing the Scottish Open would represent the crowning glory of an illustrious career.
“I’ve always stated if I was ever to win just one more title then it would be the Scottish Open,” said the 43 year old Aberdonian. “Obviously it’s your home Open and in my case, with Castle Stuart in Inverness as the venue, it’s actually played pretty close to where I live. It would be a huge honour to be Scottish Open champion.”
The 2012 Scottish Open will see Lawrie celebrate his 20th anniversary in relation to the tournament, having made his debut in the event at Gleneagles in 1992. He is also returning in some of the best form of his illustrious career, having moved back inside the world’s top 50 at Number 45, and to third place in The 2012 Race to Dubai.
The 1999 Open Champion is also currently closing in on the €10 million barrier in official European Tour earnings, having amassed €9,910,369 to date, and he cannot wait to revisit the Castle Stuart links, where he finished tied 25th last year.
“It was brilliant, I think all the players loved it,” he said. “The golf course was really good and it was a pity about the freak weather on Saturday, but it was nice to play on a links before The Open and I think it worked really well. The strong field shows how good it was.
“I played with Padraig Harrington and Phil Mickelson in the first two rounds, so it was nice to get a good draw in front of your home crowd. Every player will tell you the same thing – you want to play at home as often as you can, and two of my biggest wins have been in Scotland. It makes it that little bit more special.”
Special ticket rates will apply up until March 31, with adult one day tickets now costing £28 instead of £30 – a reduction of £7 on prices on the gate during tournament week. Adult seasons currently costing £70 will be pegged at £65 until March 31 and rising to £80 on the gate.

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TIME TO STAMP OUT SPITTING ON A GOLF COURSE

E-mail from Jim Hardie

I am in total agreement with your editorial regarding the conclusion of the US golf from the Riviera Club last night. Absolutely amazing viewing.
BUT, for me at least we have a growing problem in televised Pro Golf, and that is SPITTING !
More and more US players seem to engage in this filthy habit, and last night was about as bad as i have seen. Keegan Bradley spat virtually non stop, absolutely disgusting, especially on HD television.
He is not alone of course and others who readily spring to mind are Jerry Kelly and Tiger Woods!

Is it not time that the governing bodies got together to stamp this out?
I seem to recall a few years back that the great man himself, Arnold Palmer, circulated all participants in his Bay Hill tournament that spitting would be "frowned upon."
Surely it's time to put an end to this simply disgusting habit in golf.
We see far too much of it already from the overpaid prima donnas in football!

Jim Hardie

Pictured with two former Open champions who would never have been seen spitting on a golf course, Sir Bob Charles and Peter Thomson.

North Scottish Alliance at Fortrose and Rosemarkie new date March 10

The North Scottish Golfers’ Alliance fixture at Fortrose and Rosemarkie GC on Saturday was abandoned due to the bad weather around 11.30am. It has been rescheduled for Saturday, March 10.

RECORD-SETTING KENNY PERRY WINS ON US SENIORS TOUR

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NAPLES, Florida (AP) -- The only time Kenny Perry felt as if he was grinding while holding a big lead Sunday was on the final hole in the ACE Group Classic. That was when his tee shot went way left, and he was in jeopardy of falling below 20 under. Never mind that he had six shots to play with.
"I really wanted that [final] putt," said Perry, who won his second Champions Tour title. "I really wanted to shoot 20 under. I didn't want to fall back to 19 like I did at Colonial one year. I had a seven-stroke lead coming in and I doubled and I went from 21 to 19. I said, 'I ain't doing that this week.' So, I was able to get that putt in. Ecstatic. It's a great win for me."
After opening with rounds of 64 and 62 to break the tour's 36-hole record at 18-under 126, Perry closed with a 2-under 70 on The TwinEagles Club's Talon Course to beat 2011 winner Bernard Langer by five strokes.
Perry, a 14-time winner on the PGA TOUR, birdied three of his first eight holes, and no one ever got closer than four shots after that.
"He played very, very well," said Tom Lehman, paired with Perry in the final round. "Two-under par today is a very good score. He was pretty much error-free throughout the day. It was tough to get any pressure on him."
Langer eagled No. 17 for the third straight day in his 70.
"It was a good week," Langer said. "I played well, it's just that Perry ran off with it. He put up a fantastic score (Saturday) and played well again."
After two calm days resulted in low scores, the wind blew 20 mph with gusts near 30 mph Sunday.
Lehman shot a 72 to match Bill Glasson (68) and Mike Goodes (69) at 14 under.
Lehman was in second for most of the day, but bogeyed No. 12 and bogeyed the par-5 17th after hitting a pitch shot in the water.
First-round leader Larry Mize was tied for second on the last hole, but put two balls in the water and finished with a 75 to drop to seventh at 12 under.
"Much tougher day with the wind," Mize said. "We had two ideal days to play and today was a tough day."
Perry tied Allen Doyle's 1999 tournament mark for the largest margin of victory.
Perry had 24 birdies, two short of the tour record for a 54-hole event. The bogey on the final hole dropped Perry into a tie with Langer for the tournament scoring record that Langer set last year at The Quarry.
Perry earned $240,000. He won the SAS Championship in October a day after his sister died of breast cancer, two years to the day Perry's mother died from cancer.
Perry won twice in Naples previously -- teaming with John Huston in 2005 and Scott Hoch in 2008 at the Franklin Templeton Shootout, an unofficial PGA TOUR event.

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KENDALL (47) WINS US NATONWIDE TOUR OPENER IN COLOMBIA

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BOGOTA, Colombia -- Skip Kendall rolled in a 25-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole to win the Pacific Rubiales Colombia Championship, the first tournament on the 2012 Nationwide Tour schedule. Kendall needed only an even-par 71 at the Country Club of Bogota to claim his third career title.
Aberdeen-born Australian Michael Sim finished joint 13th on 280 (70-65-74-71).
Kendall finished at 10-under 274 but had to wait to see if fellow third-round co-leader, and playing partner, Andrew Svoboda would make his 20-foot birdie putt that would have forced a playoff. Svoboda's putt came up inches short putting Kendall back in the winner's circle for the first time since the 2007 Chitimacha Louisiana Open.
"It was one of those putts that you could get a good line on and I had a really good feeling over it," said Kendall, who picked up a check for $108,000. "Fortunately I hit a good putt and to see it tracking towards the middle of the hole was pretty special. In a way, I'm glad I went first and made the putt."
At 47 years, 5 months and 10 days Kendall also becomes the fourth-oldest to win in Nationwide Tour history.
Svoboda held the lead during much of the final round after a birdie at No. 5 but couldn't muster any more and played the final nine holes 2 over. His 1-over 72 left him at 9-under 275 and tied with Andres Gonzales, who shot a 3-under 68 and was done at 9-under and hoping for a playoff.
James Hahn (70) and 49-year old Kirk Triplett (72) tied for fourth, two shots back of Kendall.
Svoboda and Kendall began the final in a share of the lead with Triplett only one back. Kendall was forced to chase the lead after starting his day with back-to-back bogeys.
"I was thinking about that when I was out there. In a way, it relaxed me because I figured I got my bogeys out of the way," he said. "I thought, let's just move on and try to hit solid shots. I knew Andrew was ahead of me all day at 11-under so I figured if I could hang on to his coattails and try to catch him that I'd be in pretty good shape."
Kendall, a veteran of 591 combined starts on the PGA TOUR and Nationwide Tour, hung tough and canned a couple of birdies to take sole possession of the lead midway through the back nine.
"I was watching the leaderboards on the back nine and it was good to see that no one was going real low and I wouldn't have to play catch up," he said. "It was tough to get at some of the pins today. I played very solid all day. I think I only missed two greens."
Kendall stumbled with a bogey at No. 16 to drop into a tie. He and Svoboda came to the 570-yard, 18th still tied for the lead.
"I knew Andres was in at 9-under and I knew I needed something," he said after the threesome all laid up short of the water that guards the front of the green. "I was a little disappointed that my wedge came up that much short."
Fourth-Round Notes:
• Sunday's weather: Partly to mostly cloudy with light afternoon rain showers. Wind W-NW 5-10 mph. High of 66.
• With his win today, Kendall becomes the fourth-oldest winner in Nationwide Tour history:
Oldest winners
Player Age Event
Kirk Triplett 49 years, 4 months, 29 days 2011 News Sentinel Open
Steve Pate 48 years, 9 months, 11 days 2010 Pacific Rubiales Bogota Open
Dick Mast 48 years, 6 months, 17 days 1999 New Mexico Classic
Skip Kendall 47 years, 5 months, 10 days 2012 Pacific Rubiales Colombia Championship
Allen Doyle 47 years, 3 months, 26 days 1995 Tour Championship
Allen Doyle 47 years, 1 month, 1 day 1995 Texarkana Open
• With his win today, Kendall also becomes the third consecutive player in his 40s to win this tournament:
2010 Steve Pate -- 48 years, 9 months, 11 days
2011 Brenden Pappas -- 40 years, 9 monhts, 29 days
2012 Skip Kendall -- 47 years, 5 months, 10 days
• Skip Kendall's win comes in his 179th career start on the Nationwide Tour. He first joined the Tour in 1991.
• Andrew Svoboda's T2 finish his career best. Svoboda, in his third full season on Tour, had five previous top-10 finishes. His previous best were a trio of seventh-place finishes -- 2010 Knoxville News Sentinel Open (T7), 2010 Utah Championship (T7) and 2011 Midwest Classic (7).
• Lift, clean and place conditions were in effect for rounds one and two but NOT for round three or round four.

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BILL HAAS BEATS MICKELSON AND BRADLEY IN RIVIERA PLAY-OFF

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LOS ANGELES -- Bill Haas knows anything is possible from even the most dire positions. Remember, this is the guy who only five months ago saved par with his ball partially submerged in a lake and won the FedExCup.
But not even Haas could have imagined such a stunning conclusion Sunday at Riviera.
In thick rough behind the 10th green, the second hole of a three-man playoff with Phil Mickelson and Keegan Bradley, Haas smartly played away from the flag with hopes of making par and going on to the next hole.
He wound up holing a 45-foot birdie putt across the green to win the Northern Trust Open.
"A part of me was saying, 'I've done this once, let's do it again,'" Haas said. "Another part of me was saying, 'Don't screw this up.'"
Mickelson and Bradley worked their own heroics just to get into the play-off.
Haas, who closed with a two-under 69, was on the practice range at seven-under 277 as he warmed up for a play-off only he thought might happen. He was trying to convince himself that Mickelson or Bradley -- maybe both -- would make birdie on the 18th hole, even though it had yielded only six birdies all day.
With tournament executive director Jerry West -- "Mr. Clutch" from his days with the Los Angeles Lakers -- looking on, Mickelson rammed in a birdie putt from just outside 25 feet, pointing his putter and slamming his fist as the gallery packed into the hill below the stately clubhouse let out a cheer that could be heard down Sunset Boulevard.
Mickelson bumped fists with Bradley and told his protege, "Join me."
That he did. Bradley's birdie putt from just outside 12 feet took one last, slow turn at the cup and disappeared, setting off another enormous cheer. No one had to tell Haas what was happening.
"You heard the cheers," he said.
They started the play-off on the 18th, and Bradley had the best look at birdie with a 15-footer from just off the back of the green that touched the right side of the cup.
It was decided on the 312-yard 10th hole, regarded as the best short par 4 in America, certainly among the most interesting holes in all of golf. It can be reached with a drive, but it's all about position -- and none were in a particularly good spot.
Haas went long into thick rough, with enough of the back bunker in his way that he smartly played out to the right and left himself a long birdie putt that at least would assure him par.
Mickelson and Bradley each came up short, a horrible angle. Mickelson's flop shot landed near the hole and rolled into the back bunker. Bradley was in the bunker, and did well to blast out to 15 feet, just through the green.
Haas ended the suspense with his putt.
"I never expected to make a 40-footer, especially in that situation," Haas said. "A little luck was involved. I guess it was meant to be."
Bradley, who closed with a 71, missed his birdie putt after Mickelson, who also had a 71, failed to hole his bunker shot.
"I didn't think he was going to make that one," Bradley said. "I should have known, though, because he's a great putter and a great player."
Mickelson, who rallied from six shots behind with a 64 to win last week at Pebble Beach, was trying to become the first player since Tiger Woods in August 2009 to win back-to-back on the US PGA Tour.
"Bill hit a tremendous putt," Mickelson said. "We're thinking it's a very difficult 3. It's a defensive hole. You're just trying to make 4, believe it or not."
Haas went one better with his putt across the green.
"That's going to do it," Mickelson said.
Mickelson missed three straight putts from just inside 10 feet on the back nine -- two for par, one for birdie -- but atoned for it with his birdie on the 18th, the longest putt he made all day.
"I kept fighting, and I was giving away shots and was trying to let it go and move on and see if I could capture one, and I finally got one to go on 18," Mickelson said. "It felt great."
The feeling only lasted two holes.
Haas captured his fourth career US PGA Tour title and moved to No. 12 in the world.
"To beat guys of that calibre is amazing, something I will never forget," Haas said.
Mickelson seized control early with the best shot he hit all week. With pin tucked in the back right corner on a new green at the fifth hole -- a deep swale behind it and to the right -- Mickelson hooked a 9-iron that started out toward the gallery and wound up 4 feet away for birdie.
That put him at 9 under, two shots clear of Haas, who had birdied the par-3 sixth two groups ahead. Jonathan Byrd, who had been tied for the lead, made double bogey on No. 5 with a hooked tee shot into the hay.
All it took was a pair of mistakes by Mickelson to turn the back nine into a shootout, with a half-dozen players in the mix.
He missed the dual fairway on the eighth and couldn't reach the green, chipped 6 feet by the hole and missed the par putt. Then, he failed to clear the fairway bunker on No. 9 and had no chance of getting home. His wedge was 20 feet short, leading to another bogey.
The game was on.
Haas started the back nine with a birdie to take the lead, only to give it back with consecutive bogeys when he came up short on the 12th and missed the fairway left on the 13th. Bradley and Mickelson each made birdie on the 11th to reclaim a share of the lead, then took turns falling out of the lead -- Bradley missed the green to the left on No. 13 for bogey, Mickelson with a three-putt from 50 feet on No. 14.
Mickelson three-putted again from 70 feet on the 15th, but Bradley also missed a 7-foot par putt on the same hole.
Four players had at least a share of the lead throughout the final round. Dustin Johnson was not among them, though he stayed in the hunt until the end. Needing a birdie to match Haas, he leaked his approach to the 18th and then bladed his chip across the green. He had to scramble for bogey and a 71, putting him in a tie for fourth.
Garcia never had a chance to win, though the Spaniard sure made it interesting.
He hit 3-wood to 10 feet for eagle on No. 11, holed a 4-iron from 207 for eagle on No. 15 and birdied the 18th for a 30 on his opening nine. When he holed a birdie putt across the third green, he was 8 under for the day through 11 holes, and only three shots behind.
His momentum ended with a bogey on the par-3 fourth, and he had to settle for a 64, the best round of the tournament.
Winning never entered his mind.
"Everything had to be absolutely perfect for me," Garcia said. "I obviously couldn't make any bogeys. It's not that easy."
Luke Donald, the No. 1 player in the Official World Golf Ranking, struggled after the opening round and closed with a 78.
The par-5 1st hole was the easiest with a Sunday scoring average of 4.276.
About the winner
• Haas made his fifth start of the season this week. His best finish this year was a T4 at the Farmers Insurance Open.
• Haas wins his fourth event in his 195th start on Tour. His father, Jay, won his fourth tournament in his 180th start.
• The elder Haas then won his fifth event on TOUR the following week in his 181st start. Jay Haas' best finish in 25 career starts at the Northern Trust Open is T3 in 1992.
• Haas' first over-par round of this season came on Thursday with a first-round 72. This season Haas has one over-par round, four even-par rounds and 15 under-par rounds.
• Haas' four career wins are the second most by players currently in their 20s. Here's the list of players with three or more wins: Dustin Johnson (5), Haas (4), Sean O'Hair (4), Camilo Villegas (3), Anthony Kim (3) and Hunter Mahan (3).
• Sunday was Haas' first top 10 in seven starts at the Northern Trust Open. His previous best finish was T12 last year. Haas missed the cut at Riviera CC in 2009 and 2010.
• Haas was 2-under on the par-3s, 1-under on the par-4s and 4-under on the par-5s in the first round rounds this week. In the playoff he birdied the par-4 10th hole.
• Haas was T1 in Total Putts this week with 103. He tied with Keegan Bradley and Cameron Tringale.

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