THE PLAYERS' CHAMPIONSHIP IS HEADING FOR A PLAY-OFF CLIMAX

The Players' Championship is headinf for a play-off with four players sharing the lead at 12 under par with just a few holes to play at Sawgrass.

HOW THE LEADERS STAND
Jeff Maggert -12 after 15 holes.
Tiger Woods -12 after 14 holes
Sergio Garcia -12 after 13 holes
David Lingmerth -12 after 13 holes
Kevin Streelman - 11 after 18 holes
Ryan Palmer -11 after 15 holes
Martin Laird -10 after 18 holes
Henrik Stenson -10 after 15 holes  

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IT'S THAT MAN LAIRD AGAIN WITH A FINAL-ROUND CHARGE AT SAWGRASS

FROM THE US PGA TOUR WEBSITE
By Helen Ross, PGATOUR.COM
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida -- Martin Laird is no stranger to final-round charges at THE PLAYERS Championship, and Sunday was no exception.

For the second straight year, the Scot closed with a 67 to vault from a tie for 18th into contention. He trailed by six at the start of the day and was three strokes off the lead before he made his only bogey of the day at the 18th hole to finish at 10 under.
A year ago, Laird tied for second, two strokes behind Matt Kuchar. He said he thought the conditions were more difficult this year.
"The wind is a lot stronger and we got some trickier pins today on Sunday, and as you'd expect the greens are faster and firmer, definitely the speed," he said.
 "They may not be firmer than yesterday, but they're definitely faster. So you get on the wrong side of the hole, and it's tough to lag it down there as opposed to other days you can maybe have a run at it.  
"It's just Sunday at THE PLAYERS. It's tough. That's one of the best rounds I've played all year and one of the best rounds I've played in a while.  I think I probably played better today than I did last year when I shot 5 under in the final round. I think it was playing a little tougher today."
Laird also came from behind to win his third PGA TOUR event earlier this year. Trailing Billy Horschel by five strokes starting the final round of the valero Texas Open, Laird fired a course-record-tying 63 to beat Rory McIlroy by two.
So even though he faced a serious deficit, the 30-year-old from Glasgow knew he could make up some ground.
"I went in today actually confident, it sounds silly, but giving the leaders a push," Laird said. "... It kind of sounds weird to say when I was five back I was not confident of winning, but I knew I could get in contention. I had to get off to a good start, and did I that. Once I started that, I wanted to keep going, and as I said, I played really well."

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5:52 PM

Tiger suffers key double bogey at 14

Tiger Woods stepped on the 14th tee with a two-shot lead, but he walked off the green in a four-way tie after suffering a double bogey.
On his downswing during his initial swing on the tee at 14, Woods stopped short because of an insect. After re-setting, his tee shot landed in the water to the left of the fairway. He faced an awkward second shot after his drop, with the ball above his feet and sitting in the sliver of rough between the bunker and water.
While taking his drop, David Lingmerth and Sergio Garcia were each making birdies at the 13th to move to 12 under.
The shot came up short of the green and Tiger chipped to 6 feet. But he missed the bogey putt, dropping from 14 under to 12 under.
That put him in a tie with Lingmerth, Garcia and Jeff Maggert.

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4:44 PM

Woods up by 2 heading to back

 Tiger Woods, who is looking to win THE PLAYERS Championship for the first time since 2001 and just the second time in his career, has taken a two-stroke lead to the final nine holes.

Woods started the day tied for the lead but gained a bit of a cushion when he made three birdies and dropped just one shot to par on the front nine. Martin Laird, who has two holes remaining; Jeff Maggert, Sergio Garcia and David Lingmerth are his closest competitors at 11 under.
Laird turned in 32 and he's 6 under for the round. The 49-year-old Maggert shot 35 on the front nine and made birdie on the 10th hole. Lingmerth, who is a PGA TOUR rookie, and Garcia are playing together in the final group and have just turned in even par.
The only other player in double digits under par is Henrik Stenson, the 2009 PLAYERS champ, who battled back from a double bogey at the sixth hole with birdies at Nos. 9 and 10. He is 10 under but has played the back nine in 1 over for the week.

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4:27 PM

Decisive back nine beckons

By Helen Ross, PGATOUR.COM
 The back nine of the Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass is an eclectic mixture of holes that features four of the six easiest holes and three of the six most challenging.
The hardest is the 18th, which anchors the three finishing holes that have come to be known as "The Gauntlet." Interestingly, the easiest on the course is the par-5 16th that starts the closing stretch.
The many risk-reward opportunities over the final nine holes nearly always figure prominently in deciding who wins THE PLAYERS. Here's how the leaders who have yet to make the turn have performed on the back nine this week.
Tiger Woods, who leads by one, is 6 under over the final nine holes while David Lingmerth, who is second, is 8 under. Sergio Garcia, who is two shots off the pace, and Jeff Maggert, who is three back, are 4 under on that stretch.
Henrik Stenson, who is among the players tied at 9 under, has played the back nine in 1 over while Ryan Palmer and Casey Wittenberg, who are deadlocked five strokes off the pace, are 9 under and 4 under, respectively.

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4:20 PM

Pink out Sunday at PLAYERS

Several players, including Lee Westwood above, wore pink in the final round to help celebrate Mother's Day at TPC Sawgrass.
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GRAEME ROBERTSON PIPPED IN THREEMAN IRISH PLAY-OFF

Graeme Robertson was beaten in a three-man play-off for the Irish men's open amateur stroke-play championship at Royal Dublin Golf Club today (Sunday).
The Glenbervie man, pictured, did very well to tie with two Irishmen, title-holder Gavin Moynihan and Robbie Cannon, on 295 after the regulation 72 holes, considering that he had a nightmare second round of 81.
He strung together rounds of 72 and 73 to get into the play-off.
Moynihan (The Island GC)  was eliminated at the end of a three-hole aggregate play-off. At the first sudden-death hole, Robertson was bunkered in two and could not hole a par-saving putt. Victory and the title went to Cannon, a Balbriggan Golf Club member, with a par.
Ironically, although technically he finished second to Cannon, Robertson later received THIRD prize. The officials explained that the play-off was to decide who was the champion. Thereafter the placings were decided on a card countback for those tie-ing and Moynihan's 73 bettered Robertson's 73 on a comparison of the inward half figures.
Young Ewan Scott continued his good form of this year by finishing joint fourth on 296.
So Graeme Robertson failed gallantly to follow in the footsteps of Scots who have won this title, such as Richie Ramsay and Lloyd Saltman, to name but two, but in a Walker Cup team selection year, it was a performance that will stand him in good stead.
 

LEADING FINAL TOTALS

Par 288 (4x72)

295 Graeme Robertson (Glenbervie) 69 81 73 73, Gavin Moynihan (Ire) 76 73 73 73, Robbie Cannon (Ire) 70 75 75 75.  Cannon bt Robertson at first sudden-death play-off hole after they had tied at the end of a three-hole aggregate play-off. Moynihan was eliminated at the end of the three-hole stage.

296 Ewan Scott (St Andrews) 75 76 72 73, Dermot McElroy (Ire) 76 73 75 72, Teemu Bakker (Fin) 75 77 71 73, Richard O'Donovan (Ire) 76 73 73 74, Geoff Lenehan (Ire) 76 73 72 75, Jack Hume (Ire) 71 74 74 77.

OTHER SCOTS' TOTALS

300 Scott Borrowman (Dollar) 78 71 76 75, Sam Binning (Ranfurly Castle) 74 76 73 77 (T18).

304 Jack McDonald (Kilmarnock Barassie) 72 80 76 76, Connor O'Neil (Pollok) 72 73 79 80 (T29).

MISSED THE CUT

155 Fraser McKenna (Balmore) 80 75, Gordon Stevenson (Whitecraigs) 77 78, Adam Dunton (McDonald Ellon) 74 81.

156 Alexander Culverwell (Dunbar) 79 77, Matthew Clark (Kilmacolm) 79 79, Neil Henderson (Renaissance) 75 81.

157 James Hendrick (Pollok) 77 80, Ross Bell (Downfield) 80 77.

158 Jamie Savage (Cawder) 75 83.

159 James White (Lundin) 77 82

160 James Ross (Royal Burgess) 81 79.

161 Malcolm Pennycott (Isle of Arran) 83 78.

FROM THE IRISH GOLF UNION WEBSITE

Balbriggan’s Robbie Cannon has won the Irish Amateur Open Championship at Royal Dublin in dramatic fashion after a four hole playoff that went to sudden death.

With defending champion Gavin Moynihan (The Island), Graeme Robertson (Scotland) and the 34 year old fitness coach Cannon all tied on seven-over par after regulation play concluded, a three hole aggregate playoff ensued and with Moynihan being eliminated after the first three holes, it was left to Cannon and Robertson to go back to the final tee box again for sudden death.
For details of the play-off and detailed scores: http://gui.intelligentgolf.ie/competition.php?compid=3030

Both players found the fairway with their irons off the tee, Cannon leaving himself 204 yards to the flag. He hit a sublime five iron to thirty foot while Robertson, who had 35 yards less found the lip of the right hand greenside bunker and the ball nestled right in the centre of the trap.

Despite a valiant shot to twelve foot, the Scot left himself with too much work to do and when Cannon left his birdie effort just 18 inches from the hole, Robertson had a must make putt which he missed and Cannon holed out to become the third Ireland player in four years to win the coveted trophy.

Moynihan, last year’s champion, finished as runner-up on a count-back, while Robertson, who had a hole in one at the twelfth in round one, ended up in third.

Ireland’s Dermot McElroy, Richard O’Donovan and Geoff Lenehan all finished in a tie for fourth on eight-over par, alongside Finland’s Teemu Bekker and Ewan Scott from Scotland.

Also on that mark was Jack Hume, the runner up at Lytham last week, held a two shot lead with two holes to play and having made bogey on the penultimate hole, he needed a par to win on the last.

Having found sand from the tee, he blasted out to the fairway and still had 200 yards to the flag. A wayward shot left of the green meant that the Rathsallagh member from Naas had to get up and down from left of the green to make the play-off. A mishit chip shot and a missed putt ended Hume’s hopes of making the play-off and he finished on eight-over also.

Rory McNamara and Colm Campbell rounded off the top ten on nine-over par.

 

FINAL TOTALS

Par 288 (4x72) 

295 R Cannon (Balbriggan) 70 75 75 75 (after play-off); G Moynihan (The Island) 76 73 73 73; G Robertson (Scotland) 69 81 72 73

296 D McElroy (Ballymena) 76 73 75 72, R O'Donovan (Lucan) 76 73 73 74, G Lenehan (Portmarnock) 76 73 72 75, T Bakker (Finland) 75 77 71 73, E Scott (Scotland) 75 76 72 73, J Hume (Rathsallagh) 71 74 74 77

297 R McNamara (Headfort) 73 74 75 75, C Campbell (Warrenpoint) 72 76 73 76

298 R Dawson (Faithlegg) 72 75 74 77, J Rutherford (England) 71 75 78 74

299 N Kimsey (England) 76 75 73 75, M Kippen (England) 72 75 73 79, P Murray (Limerick) 71 78 73 77

300 S Borrowman (Scotland) 78 71 76 75, C Geraghty (Laytown and Bettystown) 76 75 73 76, H Diamond (Belvoir Park) 76 73 75 76, M McAlpin (Royal Portrush) 75 77 77 71, T McLarnon (Massereene) 74 77 75 74, S Binning (Scotland) 74 76 73 77, R Bridges (Stackstown) 73 79 75 73

301 R Arnorsson (Iceland) 76 76 73 76

302 C Sharvin (Ardglass) 72 77 77 76, S Healy (Claremorris) 71 78 76 77, A Kearney (Castlerock) 70 75 78 79

303 J Fox (Portmarnock) 71 78 75 79

304 M Morrissey (Mount Wolseley) 75 73 78 78, J McDonald (Scotland) 72 80 76 76, C O'Neill (Scotland) 72 73 79 80, N Grant (Knock) 71 81 75 77

305 J Greene (Carlow) 76 76 74 79, S O'Hara (Co. Sligo) 74 76 73 82

307 W Jones (Wales) 75 77 79 76

308 D O'Donovan (Muskerry) 79 72 78 79, S Flanagan (Co. Sligo) 79 72 75 82, R Connolly (Rathsallagh) 75 77 74 82, P McBride (The Island) 74 76 81 77

309 K Le Blanc (The Island) 73 76 80 80

312 S Moran (Carton House) 73 79 80 80

317 J Shufflebotham (Wales) 77 75 81 84, G McGrane (The Royal Dublin) 76 76 83 82

PHIL MICKELSON TO PLAY IN SCOTTISH OPEN AT CASTLE STUART

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Phil Mickelson has confirmed he will return to Castle Stuart Golf Links to complete in the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open from July 11-14. 

The four-time Major Champion has become something of an adopted Scot over the past decade, playing in eight of the last ten editions of Scotland’s national open. His return to Inverness and the Home of Golf in the summer will see the 42 year old complete a hat-trick of appearances at Castle Stuart before the tournament moves to Royal Aberdeen Golf Club next year.

One of the most popular players of the modern era, Mickelson’s crowd-drawing presence at the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open will carry even more significance this year, following the announcement that the tournament will become the first regular European Tour event outside the Majors and World Golf Championships to be shown live on a major United States TV broadcast network.

 

The ground-breaking agreement with NBC will complement the existing coverage of the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open on the Golf Channel as Mickelson, a huge admirer of Castle Stuart, looks to win for the first time on British soil.

 

“It’s always a real pleasure for me to add the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open to my schedule,” said Mickelson, who came within a sudden-death play-off of victory in the event in 2007.

 

“Playing Castle Stuart gives me a great opportunity to be competitive against a world class field on a links course the week before The British Open. Beyond that, Mark Parsinen and Gil Hanse did a wonderful job on the course.

“As golf course architects, those guys recognise that golf is not about hitting the ball longer and harder; it's about fun, creativity, memorable shots and holes that don’t have to beat you up all the time. It should almost be a prerequisite to play Castle Stuart before you're allowed to design golf courses nowadays.”

 

A season ticket to see Mickelson and many of The European Tour’s biggest stars at the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open can be bought for £70 in advance of the tournament, a saving of £10 on admission at the gate. Adult day tickets are currently priced at £30, rising to £35 on the gate.

 

Concessions (60 and over) start at £50 for a season ticket and £20 for any one day tickets if purchased in advance. Under-16s accompanied by an adult are admitted free of charge and all car parking is also free. Entrance to the Pro-Am on Wednesday is £12 in advance and £15 on the day.

 

Reserved grandstand seating can also be purchased immediately for the Saturday (£10) and the Sunday (£15) of the event. Hospitality packages are also available.

OBAN TEENAGER'S LAST ROUND SURGE TO WIN YOUTHS TITLE

       Robert MacIntyre with the Golf Data Lab Scottish youths championship trophy

                                           Picture by courtesy of Kenny Smith

Oban teenager Robert MacIntyre produced the round of the championship - a three-under-par 67 - to achieve a come-from-behind, last-round victory surge to win the Golf Data Lab Scottish youths golf title at Lanark Golf Club today (Sunday).

Left-hander MacIntyre, who has been dominating even men's tournaments in Argyll and Bute circles at the age of 16, showed that class on the national stage with a four-over-par total of 284, made up of rounds of 72, 73, 72 and 67 in conditions that were testing to say the least.

A +2 handicapper, Robert had six birdies in his final round - at the fifth, sixth, 12th, 13th, 14th and 16th, sweeping past the leaders with inward half of 31. He covered his last eight holes in four under par. Even bogeys at the fourth, seventh and 10th did not rob him of any of his momentum.

MacIntyre won by three shots from Charlie MacNeal (Prestwick) who had four steady rounds of 71, 72, 72 and 762 for 287.

Blackburn's Joey Lamb (Wilpshire) who looked the possible winner after his first three rounds of 71, 71 and 72, could not hold MacIntyre and MacNeal at bay as he closed with a 74 for 288.

Scots boys filled three of the first four places with Ewen Bearsden in fourth place on 289 with rounds of 75, 70, 72 and 72.

FINAL TOTALS

Par 280 (4x70) CSS 73 74 73

284 Robert MacIntyre (Glencruitten) 72 73 72 67.

287 Charlie MacNeil (Prestwick) 71 72 72 72

288 Joey Lamb (Wilpshire, Blackburn) 71 71 72 74.

289 Ewen Ferguson (Bearsden) 75 70 72 72.

290 Nigel Colbeck (Cleckheaton) 73 70 75 72, Jordan Milne (Elgin) 71 72 72 75, Kristian Kulokorpi (Fin) 71 72 73 74.

291 Ben Kinsley (St Andrews) 73 75 73 70, Ryan Campbell (Falkirk) 74 76 68 73, Craig Chalmers (Cawder) 69 73 77 72.

293 Simon Fairburn (Torwoodlee) 72 78 69 74, David Wilson (Troon Welbeck) 72 76 69 76, Antti Lassila (Fin) 71 71 77 74, Mike Bullen (Worthing) 72 70 73 78.

294 George Burns (Williamwood) 75 70 72 77

295 Calum Hill (Tantallon) 74 73 78 70, Louis Tomlinson (West Lancs) 75 74 69 78, Connor Syme (Dumfries and Co) 71 73 76 75, James Steven (Bothwell Castle) 74 71 72 78.

296 Vitek Novak (Cze) 75 74 69 78, Jordyn Rhind (Kingsfield) 69 71 76 80.

298 Jamie Sutherland (Galgorm Castle) 72 77 76 73, Sean Blinkhorn (Southport and Ainsdale) 74 75 74 75, Angus Carrick (Douglas Park) 76 73 73 76, Edward Holland (Harley Wintney) 73 72 73 80

299 Rory Tinker (Strathmore) 73 75 78 73, Mark Keevil (Cumberwell Park) 76 74 73 76, Fraser Johnston (Longniddry) 72 77 74 76.

300 Craig Lawrie (Deeside) 71 76 78 75, Lyle McAlpine (Royal Dornoch) 72 77 73 78, Craig Ross (Kirkhill) 71 78 75 76.

301 Callum NcNeill (Lauder) 76 74 76 75, Andrew Davidson (Charleton) 70 76 76 79.

302 Cameron Kirkwood  (Beasden) 74 76 80 72, Willem Kerr (Craigielaw) 73 75 73 81.

303 Oliver Sheeran (Bothwell Castle) 72 77 76 78, Connar Cook (Caird Park) 74 75 77 77

305 Euan Walker (Kilmarnock Barassie) 75 74 77 79, Oliver Roberts (Hong Kong) 73 75 79 78.

306 Kerr Baptie (Duff House Royal) 74 76 75 81

308 Daniel Eardley (Liberton) 68 79 74 87

309 Calum Fyfe (Cawder) 72 78 79 80.

314 Jake Scott (Duff House Royal) 73 75 88 78.

REPORT FROM THE SCOTTISH GOLF UNION WEBSITE

By ED HODGE, Press Officer

On the day Phil Mickelson confirmed his return to the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open at Castle Stuart Golf Links in July, another left-hander grabbed the headlines at Lanark GC tonight to achieve the biggest win of his young life.

Robert MacIntyre, the 16-year-old from Glencruitten, is the new Golf Data Lab Scottish Youths champion after he stormed through the field with a brilliant three-under-par 67 in difficult conditions to win by three shots on four-over-par.

Five behind overnight leader Jordyn Rhind going into the final day, MacIntyre – a member of the SGU Boys’ Performance Squad – fired a third-round 72 to stay in the hunt before making his move over the closing 18 holes.

The big-hitting teenager reeled off six birdies and only three bogeys – including a purple spell of four birdies in five holes from the 12th – to post a clubhouse score that simply nobody could match. MacIntyre's 67 was the best round of the entire week, with only eight scores under par during the 72-hole event.

The win was all the more impressive as MacIntyre missed eight weeks of action earlier in the season having fractured his elbow playing five-a-side football.

Only four weeks after his return to the fairways, the prolific club winner at Glencruitten can celebrate his best achievement to date. The +2 handicapper’s previous top finish was joint-runner-up in the Scottish Boys Under-16’s Championship last year.

“It’s definitely my biggest win,” said Scottish Golf Academy player MacIntyre, who finished three clear of Charlie Macneal from Prestwick with Wilpshire’s Joey Lamb a shot further back.

“It was a tough wind, but being a few shots back I felt I had nothing to lose so just started aiming at pins on the back nine. I’ve been hitting the ball great so it was just great to see the putts going in.

“My elbow has been feeling fine. I had to withdraw from the Scottish Boys at Monifieth so this makes up for it.”

MacIntyre, who joins an illustrious winners’ list that includes Paul McGinley, Martin Laird and Stephen Gallacher, was handed his opportunity after Kingsfield's Rhind fell away to share 20th while the hopes of Worthing’s Mike Bullen, who had been leading, nose-dived after a quadruple bogey at the 11th.

Bearsden’s Ewen Ferguson continued his fine form to finish fourth on nine-over, with Elgin’s Jordan Milne in a three-way tie for fifth spot.

Click here for final scores from the Golf Data Lab Scottish Youths Championship

ROBERTSON IN THREE-MAN PLAY-OFF FOR IRISH AMATEUR TITLE

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Graeme Robertson is figuring in a three-man, three-hole aggregate play-off for those who finished with aggregats of 295. Robertson scored 69-81-72-73.
His play-off opponents are Irishmen Gavin Moynihan (76-73-73-73) and Robbie Cannon (70-75-75-75)

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MAJORCA=BASED LAUREN NEEDS HOSPITALITY HELP TO COME OVER FOR NEXT FOUR PAUL LAWRIE TOUR EVENTS

By COLIN FARQUHARSON

Colin@scottishgolfview.com

Majorca-based young Scottish professional golfer Lauren Mackin needs hospitality help to enable her to come over to Scotland for the next  four Paul Lawrie Golf Centre Scottish Ladies Open Tour events at Downfield GC (Dundee) on July 2, Carnoustie Burnside (July 3), Blairgowrie Rosemount (July 11) and Alyth GC (July 12).

She can afford the air fare from Majorca to Scotland but the cost of staying at a hotel for a fortnight is beyond her means at the moment.

Lauren is not looking to stay with one family for the duration of her trip. She would not mind if she had to move from one location to another two or three times as long as she was within easy travelling distance of the next event she is playing in.

If you can help or know somebody who can help  Lauren, E-mail me at Colin@scottishgolfview.com and I will put you in touch with her.
LAUREN MEETS ARNOLD PALMER Lauren, who plays out of the Son Gual Golf Club in Majorca, played in the Suncoast Series ladies' mini-tour in Florida earlier this year and Paul O'Hara, younger brother tour pro Steven, went as her caddie.
Lauren has played in only three tournaments, including the LET Tour School since the end of last year.

This has been due to her completing her exams to be a Personal Fitness Trainer .  
The exam took place in Barcelona at the end of a three-year course.
She gained pass marks. Lauren has also completed a German language speaking course and, having been brought up in Majorca, she is fluent also in Spanish.
While she was in Florida, Lauren met and had her picture taken with Arnold Palmer at his Bay Hill Club.
She relates: 

"Paul O'Hara and I went to Bay Hill to practise. I was on the range and Arnold was sitting in his buggy. He watched me for fully 30 minutes.
"Then he gave me a couple of simple pointers and introduced me to his dentist who jokingly had a look at my teeth and gave me the thumbs up!
"Without hitting a single ball on the range, Arnied then went over to the first tee and nailed a lovely three-wood Arnie-style up the middle ... gave me a wave and was off! 
"Just fantastic to meet him. What a man! Couldn't wait to E-mail my Dad as I knew he'd be jealous as he's an Arnie fan."

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RYU WINS MAEKYUNG OPEN IN SOUTH KOREA

SEOUL, May 12 - Overnight leader Ryu Hyun-woo held his nerve with a two-under-par 70 on Sunday to win OneAsia's GS Caltex Maekyung Open by a shot at The Namsoul Country Club on the outskirts of Seoul. 

Ryu's four-round 14-under-par aggregate gave him his second professional victory -- he won for the first time on the Japan Tour last year -- and  earned him nearly U.S. $180,000 from the one billion won (U.S. $900,000) purse on offer at the OneAsia event.

Kim Do-hoon (68) and Kim Hyung-sung (70) shared second place, with two others three shots further behind.

 

"I am really pleased with this win, I didn't think I had a chance after starting with a 72 in the opening round," said Ryu, who named his son Dae-sung, which means "multi-winner", to inspire him to try harder.

The turning point in the final round came at the par three 17th, with the top three finishers all on the tee at 14 under.

 

Ryu flushed a six iron to five feet and made birdie, while the two Kims -- Do-hoon playing in the group ahead -- both missed the green and couldn't get up and down.

 

With a two-shot lead down the last, Ryu could afford to make a bogey and still claim the spoils.

 

Jake Higginbottom (68) was the best of the non-Koreans and finished at six under for a share of eighth place. The Australian 20-year-old only turned professional in November, just two days after winning the BMW New Zealand Open as an amateur.

 

LEADING FINAL TOTALS

Par 288 (4x72) Yardage 6,943yd

Players from South Korea unless stated

274 - RYU Hyun-woo 72-65-67-70.

275 - KIM Do-hoon 753 67-70-70-68, KIM Hyung-sung  67-67-71-70.

278 - LEE Kyoung-hoon  67-71-69-71, KIM Dae-sub 70-66-71-71.

279 - KANG Kyung-nam  68-71-68-72.

281 - LEE Tae-hee  69-72-68-72.

282 - Jake HIGGINBOTTOM (AUS) 69-71-74-68, CHOI Ho-sung  70-68-75-69, PARK Ju-hyuk 68-70-73-71, PARK Il-hwan  68-72-71-71, SONG Young-han 68-70-73-71.

283 - MO Joong-kyung 70-68-74-71, MUN Do-yeob 70-72-69-72.

284 - Rory HIE (INA) 71-73-72-68, Matthew GRIFFIN (AUS) 67-73-73-71, YOON Jung-ho 72-67-74-71, KIM Bi-o 72-71-70-71, BYUN Jin-jae  71-68-71-74.

SELECTED TOTALS

285 Stephen DARTNALL (AUS) 73-69-72-71.

286 Lucas LEE (BRA) 73-69-71-73, Steve JEFFRESS (AUS) 71-71-70-74, Jamie ARNOLD (AUS) 72-70-70-74.

287  Terry PILKADARIS (AUS) 64-75-77-71

289 Peter WILSON (AUS) 68-74-75-72, Scott LAYCOCK (AUS) 70-74-74-71.

290 -Anthony BROWN (AUS) 69-73-75-73

291  Craig HANCOCK (AUS) 72-71-74-74, Gareth PADDISON (NZL) 69-75-76-71, Jason SCRIVENER (AUS) 72-72-77-70.

293 Mark BROWN (NZL) 70-70-75-78, Jason NORRIS (AUS) 71-72-76-74. 
298 Rohan BLIZARD (AUS) 70-74-75-79.

WORLD CUP OF GOLF AT ROYAL MELBOURNE NOVEMBER 21-24

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MELBOURNE, Australia -- The World Cup of Golf will be held at Royal Melbourne in November the week after the Australian Masters.
The International Federation of PGA Tours said in a statement Sunday that the World Cup will be held from November 21-24 at the sand-belt course that hosted the 2011 and 1998 Presidents Cups.
That's the week after the Australian Masters on the same course, and where U.S. Masters champion Adam Scott is expected to defend his Australian Masters title.
The World Cup will use an individual, stroke-play format and a team component akin to that to be used for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro when golf returns to the event.

SWEDE LINGMERTH LEADS BY TWO BUT STILL HAS TO FINISH ROUND 3

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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida -- Tiger Woods was surrounded by four rows of fans who stood shoulder-to-shoulder, curious to see how he was going to escape from the trees on the second hole at THE PLAYERS Championship. Cheers erupted when he pulled out a 5-wood, a risky shot off the pine straw through a 15-foot gap of pines.

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Woods said he didn't hear Sergio Garcia hit his shot from the fairway. He didn't see Garcia stare in his direction.
But he heard Garcia on television during a storm delay.
The Spaniard said the burst of cheers disrupted his swing, and he suggested that Woods was the instigator by thinking only of himself.
"Not real surprising that he's complaining about something," Woods said.
"That's fine," Garcia said when told of Woods' comments. "At least I'm true to myself. I know what I'm doing, and he can do whatever he wants."
A storm was brewing Saturday at TPC Sawgrass even before the real storms rolled in and caused a 2-hour delay, keeping eight players from finishing their round. And in the midst of the latest chapter in this Woods-Garcia rift, Swedish rookie David Lingmerth quietly went about his business and wound up atop the leaderboard.
Lingmerth finished a wild day with an 8-foot eagle putt on the par-5 16th and a 10-foot birdie on the island-green 17th to reach 12 under when the third round was suspended because of darkness.
He was two shots ahead of three players who have won THE PLAYERS Championship -- Woods, Garcia and Henrik Stenson.
"I'm aware of where they're at," Lingmerth said. "I try not to look at the leaderboard when I'm out there. I'm just trying to do my thing. But having those guys behind me, I know they're going to try to hunt me down, of course. But I'm just going to try to forget about all that and just try to do my thing."
That starts just after sunrise. Eight players -- including the top four -- had to return Sunday morning to complete the third round. Woods and Garcia were on the 15th hole.
The best action Saturday was during the rain delay when Garcia was asked about the par-5 second hole.
"Well, obviously Tiger was on the left and it was my shot to hit," Garcia said. "He moved all of the crowd that he needed to move. I waited for that. I wouldn't say that he didn't see that I was ready, but you do have a feel when the other guy is going to hit and right as I was in the top of the backswing, I think he must have pulled like a 5-wood or a 3-wood and obviously everybody started screaming. So that didn't help very much."
Woods said Garcia didn't have his facts straight.
"The marshals, they told me he already hit, so I pulled a club and was getting ready to play my shot," Woods said.
Asked if they talked it over when play resumed, Woods replied, "We didn't do a lot of talking."
Garcia wound up making a bogey on the second hole to lose the one-shot lead he had at the start of the round. Woods pulled off his shot, and then blasted out of the bunker to about 10 feet and made birdie to take the lead.
When storm clouds moved in, Garcia already hit a tough shot onto the green at No. 7, and Woods had to mark his ball in the fairway when the siren sounded to stop play. When they resumed, Woods hit onto the seventh green, and Garcia putted before Woods got there.
They were on the 15th hole when play was stopped because of darkness. Woods gave a brief TV interview, and Garcia came over to shake his hand.
Garcia didn't back away from his TV interview.
"It happens to me when I'm in Spain," he said of the large crowds. "Obviously, it happens to him everywhere he goes. He gets a lot of people following, and I think you have to be very careful because there's another guy playing. Sometimes you have to pay attention to what's going on because if the other guy's hitting and you do something when you're in the crowd, the crowd is going to respond and it's going to affect the other player.
"I think sometimes you have to be a bit more careful."
Meanwhile, THE PLAYERS Championship was shaping up to be quite a finish.
Lingmerth, who began his rookie season by losing in a playoff at the Humana Challenge in partnership with the Clinton Foundation, poured in par putts along the back nine to stay around the leaders, and then he raced by them with his eagle-birdie finish. He returns Sunday to play the 18th hole.
Stenson was the first to reach 12 under when he made a 20-foot birdie putt at the par-5 ninth, but what appeared to be a shoo-in birdie on the par-5 11th turned into a bogey when his second shot when just long and down a steep slope. It took him two chips to reach the green and he made bogey, and Stenson made another bogey on the 15th.
Garcia made par from deep in the woods and bogey from the middle of the fairway. He came close to a hole-in-one on the 13th hole, and went bunker-to-bunker for bogey on the 14th hole. Woods was far steadier, though certainly not spectacular. That birdie he made on No. 2 was his only one of the day.
Jeff Maggert, who also had a share of the lead at one point early in the day, bogeyed the last hole for a 66 and was the clubhouse leader at 9-under 207. Casey Wittenberg and Ryan Palmer also were at 9 under and still had to finish their rounds.
Lee Westwood whiffed a shot on his opening hole when his club nicked a pine tree on his downswing and the club went nearly a foot past the ball, leading to double bogey. Westwood was 6 under with three holes to play.
Hunter Mahan's tee shot on the 15th hole got stuck high up in a tree, leading to double bogey, but then he rolled in an eagle putt from off the 16th green. He three-putted the 17th green for bogey and wound up with a 71, putting him at 8-under 208 with David Lynn of England, who had a 68. Lynn lost in a playoff last week at the Wells Fargo Championship.
Through all that, Woods and Garcia generated the biggest buzz.
The Woods-Garcia relationship already was frosty. In Tom Callahan's book on Woods, "His Father's Son," he writes about the time Woods saw Garcia in the clubhouse watching a TV monitor and trying to cheer a player's putt out of the hole.
Woods was said to be put off when Garcia celebrated wildly after winning a Monday night "Battle at Bighorn" exhibition in 2000. During the 2002 U.S. Open at Bethpage Black, which Woods won wire-to-wire, Garcia complained that play should have been stopped in the second round because of the rain.
"If Tiger Woods had been out there, it would have been called off," Garcia said that day.
Saturday was the sixth time Woods and Garcia have played together in the final group on the weekend. Woods went on to win the previous five tournaments.
There is plenty of work left at TPC Sawgrass. And if there is no change on the leaderboard Sunday morning, Woods and Garcia get to play together again.

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