Monday, February 03, 2014

SGU NAME FOUR FOR NATIONS CUP

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SGU NAME FOUR FOR EUROPEAN NATIONS CUP

Scottish Golf Performance Manager Steve Paulding says the nation's home-based leading amateurs have a chance to 'put down a marker' when they compete in next month's European Nations Cup.
The annual event, formerly known as The Sherry Cup, takes place in Sotogrande, Spain from March 5 to 8 with SGU National Coach Ian Rae leading a four-man Scotland team.
Kilmarnock Barassie's Jack McDonald, the SGU 2013 Men's Order of Merit winner, and Graeme Robertson of Glenbervie retain their places from last year, with Scottish Boys champion Bradley Neil (Blairgowrie) and Dollar's Scott Borrowman (pictured) joining them.
The quartet were part of the Scotland side who finished runners-up at last summer's European Team Championship and will now seek to go one better in Malaga.
Robertson and Neil are returning early from their stint with the SGU Squad in South Africa to play in the Nations Cup.
With the World Amateur Team Championship taking place in Japan in September, places in the Scotland side are up for grabs.
While US-based players like Grant Forrest, Ewan Scott and James Ross will hope to feature, Paulding says the home-based quartet heading for the Nations Cup can make an early impression.
He said: "We have two groups of players in contention for places in our European and Eisenhower teams – those based at home who have been able to access our training camps in the UAE and South Africa, and those based in college in the US.
"This is a chance for those home-based players to lay their first marker down in top European competition. We have a mixture of youth and experience, with all the players showing good progress over the winter, and I expect the team to perform well."
The Scots are aiming to emulate the success of countrymen Scott Henry, Callum Macaulay, Wallace Booth and Keir McNicoll who triumphed in the Nations Cup in 2008.
As well as Scotland's success in the team competition in 2008, Andrew McArthur and Richie Ramsay finished joint-second in the individual standings in 2005. Previous individual winners include Rory McIlroy, Sergio Garcia, Francesco Molinari and Shane Lowry to prove the event is a breeding ground for future professional stars.
Scotland team for The European Nations Cup (club/age in brackets)
  • Scott Borrowman (Dollar) 27
  • Bradley Neil (Blairgowrie) 18
  • Jack McDonald (Kilmarnock Barassie) 20
  • Graeme Robertson (Glenbervie) 25

DYLAN ROSS RUNS YOUTH GOLF ACADEMIES IN DALLAS and MEXICO

 FORMER ROYAL ABERDEEN ASSISTANT GAINS COACHING AWARD IN USA



FROM THE PGA WEBSITE
A Scottish PGA Professional who has dedicated his career to growing the game of golf thousands of miles from home has been honoured with a prestigious award.
Dylan Ross, pictured above, has been named a U.S. Kids Golf, Top 50 Kids Teacher in recognition of his work across the Americas, where he has been inspiring youngsters to pick up their clubs and aim for golfing success.
Central to his work has been the development of youth academies in Dallas and Mexico, which aim to give talented young golfers the springboard to gain a university scholarship in the United States.
The facilities have proved to be a great platform for success, and last year four students were awarded scholarships at some of the highest ranking sports colleges in America.
Ross, 43, who was presented with his award at the PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando, said: “This is a special accolade, and the culmination of over 20 years coaching in the golf industry.
“I cannot thank my family and friends enough for their support, and most of all my students and their parents for putting their trust in me throughout my career.”
The Scot’s award is the latest success in a fruitful career, and comes as he is working to develop access to golf in areas of Central and South America where participation is currently limited.
Just a week prior to the Orlando award ceremony the former Royal Aberdeen assistant was in Peru helping to train golf centres and their staff on using the latest K-Vest and TrackMan technologies.
It is hoped that promoting the use of these facilities, which provide an in-depth analysis of a golfer’s swing and ball flight, will help to bring world-class coaching to countries where golf is very much a developing sport.
And no matter where the location, Ross is delighted to have the opportunity to pass on his enthusiasm to youngsters trying to make their way in the sport.
“My ultimate goal is for students to not only see me as their coach that can help take them from one point to the next, but also as a lifelong mentor,” he explained.
“I love to see players fully realise their potential, so at my academy we don’t just teach the importance of the essential skills required to become a good golfer, but the value of playing the game with true passion too.
“Personally I think there is nothing more satisfying than watching them play a tournament and, irrespective of the outcome, walk off the final green knowing they gave 100 per cent because they were fully prepared.”
14Dylan Ross Coaching
Ross, whose dedication to education extends into his own career which has seen him PGA Advanced Professional status, points to his PGA qualification as one of his most important achievements.
During his second year on the programme he took up the director of education position at the PGA of Mexico, and never looked back as his career went from strength-to-strength.
To this day he continues to advocate the importance of maintaining a life-long education, and follows up on his work with the association by passing on advice to young golf professionals in Mexico and South America who are looking to carve a career in the sport.
“I am proof for older professionals that it is never too late in life to learn and grow,” he said.
“I realise I was very fortunate to receive such a good education and I take a great deal of satisfaction from my work training and educating professionals that do not have access to a formal PGA certification.
“For this reason I plan to continue speaking at events highlighting my experiences and sharing knowledge that other colleagues have been so gracious to share with me.”
Meanwhile, he is not resting on his success with the academy, and plans to tweak an already winning formula ahead of a new academic year.
“We are really pleased that the Academy has grown to full capacity,” he said.
“Now our focus is going to shift towards making sure that we continue to offer a high quality and fun learning environment, while also evolving a more challenging training program for our students.”
Ronnie Macaskill, the secretary and director of golf at Royal Aberdeen, commented:
"I remember Dylan Ross well. Great to see he has carved out a career for himself as a top US coach, and he did it the hard way. We have been in touch over the years."
 
Regards
 
Ronnie
 

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ONLY TOP 14 AFTER FOUR ROUNDS WILL GET ON TO OVER-50S CIRCUIT

ARNOTT AND JAMES HEAD SCOTTISH   

CHALLENGE AT EURO SENIOR TOUR 

FINAL Q SCHOOL

Robert Arnott (Bishopbriggs) and David James from Dumfries were the leading Scots at the end of the first day of the European Senior Tour's Final Qualifying School at the Pestana Golf Resort's Pinta course at Lagoa on the Algarve today.
They will start the second of four rounds in joint 13th place after matching the par of 71.
The leading 14 players after 72 holes will earned limited access to European Senior Tour events in 2014. The top six will be able to enter all the competitions on the over-50s' schedule.
Arnott played very well to come through the Q School Stage 1 last week while James, who won last year's Senior Tour School but lost his card at the end of the season, was excempt until this week.
Downfield's Kenny Hutton and Albert Mackenzie, head pro at Saunton Golf Club are joint 34th in a field of 75 players. They both returned 74s.
Terry Burgoyne (Glencruitten) is sharing 43rd place on 75 and Stephen McAllister (Renaissance Club) has a lot of catch-up work to do after shooting a seven-over 78 for joint 65th place.
Leading the field on three-under 68 Frenchman Jean Pierre Sallat and American amateur Stephen
Mondshine.
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COMMUNICATIONS REPORT AND ALL THE SCORES
 
  EUROPEAN TOUR COMMUNICATIONS
 
American Mondshine sparkles 
in Portugal sun
Stephen Mondshine owns an 
event-ticketing company in his native Texas but 
the American’s dreams of gaining a golden ticket 
to a new life in senior professional golf received a 
huge boost as he carded a three under par 68 to 
share the lead after the opening day of the 
European Senior Tour’s Qualifying School Final 
Stage.
The 49 year old was joined at the top of the 
leaderboard at Pestana Golf Resort’s Pinta 
Course by Frenchman Jean Pierre Sallat, who 
also forged a very successful career before 
setting his sights on over-50s professional golf.
Sallat is a former pro footballer who played at the 
highest level in France, for Bordeaux and Le 
Havre, and his return to Q-School for the seventh 
time got off to the perfect start.
In contrast, it was Mondshine’s debut at 
Qualifying School Final Stage and his first venture 
to Europe as he aims to follow in the footsteps of 
his fellow Texan Tim Thelen.
“I played really well,” said Monshine, who turns 
50 in July. “I had just one hiccup when I double-
bogeyed the ninth hole, but I hit the ball really 
well and putted well.
“I thought I would birdie four out of the last five 
holes but I missed a birdie putt at the last. I just 
got the rhythm and started hitting it close and the 
greens were in good shape so I made the putts 
coming in.
“This is the first time I have ever been in 
Europe. Years ago I played some mini-tour golf 
in Texas and I've been practising and playing 
with good  players recently and just got better
so I just decided I would give it a shot.
“I played with Tim (Thelen) a few times in Texas 
and he’s a really good player. I’ve been a pretty 
good golfer all my life and I tend to play well in 
tournaments, so I thought I’d see how it all 
stacked up"
Sallet, meanwhile, carded six birdies on the way to 
his three under 68 over the pristine Pinta Course in 
the Algarve region as he hopes to emulate his 
success of 2004, when he finished tied fourth at 
Final Stage to earn a maiden season on the Senior 
Tour.
There were four players tied for third place on two 
under par, including former European Tour winner 
Andrew Murray, who had the advantage of having 
his son and Challenge Tour player Tom on the bag.
“I'm really pleased with how I'm playing and a bit 
disappointed to shoot 69,” said the Englishman, 
who won the Panasonic European Open in 1989. 
“I feel like I've left two or three out there to be 
 honest.
“Tom is fantastic on the bag. We didn’t get one 
read wrong or one club wrong. He’s great to have 
around. The only problem is that he sometimes 
thinks it’s a wedge in and I think it’s an eight 
iron!”
Alongside Murray were Australia’s Glenn Joyner, 
Englishman Gary Marks and Paul Mayo of Wales. 
There will be a cut after the third of four rounds 
before the top six receive full membership for the 
2014 season, while those placed seventh to 14th 
earn conditional cards.
ALL THE FIRST-ROUND SCORES
Par 71. Yardage

68 J Sallat (Fra) , S Mondshine (am) (USA) 
69 G Marks (Eng), G Joyner (Aus), P Mayo (Wal) , A Murray (Eng)
70 M Wharton (Eng) , K Smith (Can) , S Cipa (Eng) , P Martinez (Par) , M Belsham (Eng) , B Conser (USA) 
71 R Tlhabanyane (RSA) , G Bell (Eng) , D James (Sco) , R Arnott (Sco) , M Bianco (Ita) , G Banister (Aus) , J Gould (Eng) 
72 R Sabarros (Fra) , G Norquist (USA) , M Stokes (Eng) , R Roper (Eng) , J Ryström (Swe) , J Smith (USA) , J McHenry (Irl) 
73 K Tarling (Can) , T Elliott (Aus) , J Hall (Eng) , J Murphy (Eng) , J Lindberg  (Swe) , G Ryall (Eng) , P Burke (USA) 
74 K Hutton (Sco) , J Lovell (Eng) , J Laforce (Can) , T Dodds (Nam) , A Mackenzie (Sco) , D Morito (Esp) , T Lawrence (Eng) , A Fernandez (Chi) , W Grant (Eng) 
75 J Saxton (USA) , E Kocs (USA) , S Bennett (Eng) , D Wettlaufer (Can) , T Burgoyne (Sco) , B Lincoln (RSA) , R Masters (Eng) 
76 C Milne (USA) , G Rusnak (USA) , Y Nilsson (Swe) , R Thompson (USA) , P Carman (Eng) , J Buendia (Esp) , G Ralph (Eng) , J Harrison (Eng) , P Gresswell (Eng) , K Tenmark (Swe) , S McNally (Eng) , A George (Eng) , J O'Brien (am) (Irl) 
77 T Giles (Eng) , J Nougues (Arg) 
78 D Ray (Eng) , S McAllister (Sco) , B James (USA) 
79 B White (Eng) , M Deboub (Alg) 
80 C Grenier (Aut) 
82 A Israelsson (Swe) , L Warder (am) (Aus) ,
85 G Litschka (Aut) 
87 M Buchter (Sui)
 Field of 74 players
 
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ANOTHER BOOST FOR BATHGATE PLAYER AFTER DUBAI WIN

 
 
Björn, Gallacher, Jiménez and Luiten qualify for EURASIA CUP Team
Thomas Björn, Stephen Gallacher, Miguel Angel Jiménez and Joost Luiten have qualified to represent Europe at the inaugural EURASIA CUP presented DRB-HICOM. 
Those four players join Graeme McDowell, Jamie Donaldson, Victor Dubuisson and Gonzalo Fernandez-Castaño as the eight automatic qualifiers for the European team, which will be captained by Jiménez, at the Glenmarie Golf and Country Club in Kuala Lumpur from March 27-29.
The Spaniard announced the second batch of four qualifiers, taken from Official World Golf Ranking, at The European Tour’s Wentworth headquarters today, just hours after Gallacher’s brilliant victory in the Dubai Desert Classic  propelled the Scot into the world’s top 40. 
Jiménez said: “I have a very nice team with the addition of these qualifiers. Thomas Björn has been playing very well for some time and particularly at the end of last year in winning the Nedbank Golf Challenge. He is right on form.
“Stephen Gallacher has just won in Dubai for the second year in a row at the Emirates so he is clearly hitting the ball very well. Then we have Joost Luiten, who beat me last year in Holland, and he is a very good player who is improving all the time. He is very consistent. 
“And then there is me with half a century on my shoulders but I can still play some golf! I won at the end of last year in Hong Kong and I’m really looking forward to leading this side in the first EurAsia Cup.
“The combination of experience and the power of youth will work very well. Graeme McDowell, Thomas and I have plenty of experience from many Ryder Cups and playing all around the world for many years while the young guns bring power and fresh spirit. It’s a great mixture for any team.” 
With 35 European Tour wins and six Ryder Cup appearances between them, Björn and Jiménez will bring a wealth of experience to the ten-man European team to face Thongchai Jaidee’s Asian side at the Glenmarie Golf and Country Club, while Gallacher and Luiten are two of the latest European stars to have recently broken into the elite top 50 of the world game.
Björn has been in brilliant form of late, winning the Nedbank Golf Challenge against a world class field in December before continuing that fine form in January to put himself in pole position in The Race to Dubai. 
He said: “I am looking forward to the event and really happy to be able to support Miguel and the team because it is an event that has real potential with Europe taking on Asia. A lot of work has gone on behind the scenes to make the event happen and to be a part of the first one will be great.
“We are going to have a really good team that has a very good balance to it. Obviously Miguel, Graeme and I will bring a lot of experience and hopefully we can help the young guys realise what these team events, and representing Europe and our Tour, are all about.
“There are a lot of players on our team who will have a great chance to play The Ryder Cup at Gleneagles and it will be great for Paul (McGinley) to see them in the team environment and look at how they handle it all. 
“It will be a very hard competition to win because the Asian team is full of top class players and will be desperate to win on their home turf. The heat and conditions will be to their advantage too, but if we play to the best of our abilities we can win.”
Gallacher, now a three time winner on The European Tour, was still pinching himself after defeating Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods and co to become the first man in the 25 year history of the Dubai Desert Classic to successfully defend the title, but was delighted to have qualified for Jiménez’s team.
The Scot said: “Winning in Dubai again has put me in the top 50 which obviously opens a lot of doors for me.  I didn’t realise how quickly the first one would open though and it’s brilliant to be part of the European team for the EURASIA CUP.” 
Luiten, another three time winner on Tour, is relishing the chance to represent Europe again, having played a starring role in the most recent edition of the Seve Trophy, where Continental Europe defeated Great Britain and Ireland.
The Dutchman said: “I can’t wait to play the EURASIA CUP. It is totally different when you play a team event and it a great opportunity to spend some time with a lot of guys who have a lot of experience and see how they do it and to learn about playing for Europe. 
"That should help me grow as a player and we have a great mix of players and a strong team as well as an amazing captain in Miguel. It’s certainly not going to be a boring week!” 
Jiménez will add two captain’s picks to complete his ten-man team to face Asia in the near future.
 

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STEPHEN GALLACHER NOW WORLD RANKED No. 37


The two Sunday winners on the major tours have made significant improvement to their world rankings.
Kevin Sadler's victory in the Phoenix Open was his first in 239 career starts on the US PGA Tour. The 33-year-old has jumped from World No 127 to No 57.
Stephen Gallacher, 39, soared from No 67 to No 37.
With Tiger Woods, Adam Scott and Phil Mickelson all scheduled to skip the World Match-play in Arizona, the fight for the final spots is heating up in the last week of qualifying. (The top 64 available players as of February 10 comprise the field.) 
REVISED WORLD RANKINGS
Including Scots in the top 500
1 Tiger Woods (USA)
2 Adam Scott (Australia)
3 Henrik Stenson (Sweden)
4 Phil Mickelson (USA)
5 Justin Rose (England)
6 Zach Johnson (USA)
7 Rory McIlroy (N Ireland)
8 Matt Kuchar (USA)
9 Sergio Garcia (Spain)
10 Justin Day (Australia).
11 Steve Stricker (USA)
12 Dustin Johnson (USA)
13 Ian Poulter (England)
14 Jason Dufner (USA)
15 Graeme McDowell (N Ireland)
16 Jordan Spieth (USA)
16 Brandt Snedeker (USA)
18 Charl Schwartzel (S Africa)
19 Webb Simpson (USA)
20 Luke Donald (England)

SCOTS' RANKINGS
37 Stephen Gallacher
92 Martin Laird
121 Marc Watten
125 Scott Jamieson
126 Paul Lawrie
150 Richie Ramsay
195 Craig Lee
203 Russell Knox
323 Chris Doak
329 Davide Drysdale
338 Peter Whiteford
351 Jamie McLeary
407 Doug McGuigan
438 Andrew McArthur
470 Scott Henry
475 Duncan Stewart

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COCHRANE CASTLE, DOWNFIELD PAIRS EARN LUXURY WEEK

FOUR SCOTS AMONG QUALIFIERS FOR 

HowDidiDo GRAND FINAL ON ALGARVE
Cochrane Castle's Alex Farmer and John Kinning, and Downfield's Graham Bell and Richard Scott are among 32 amateur club golfers from across the UK and Ireland who will head off to Portugal this week to compete in the grand final of the HowDidiDo National Match-play Championship (February 9-15). 

Four competitions, which drew a total entry of 1,400, culminate in the grand final at the Quinta do Lago resort, on the Algarve - singles, pairs, mixed pairs and senior pairs, for those aged 50 or more - with a total of 32 golfers.
All the finalists will have played up to four qualifying rounds merely to reach the regional final.
Farmer and Kinning are one of six partnerships to have qualified for the pairs final.
Bell and Scott are among the four pairs to reach the senior pairs final.
The 32 qualifiers receive an expenses-paid trip to play at Quinta do Lago, including complimentary return flights to Faro, six-nights' accommodation at the four-star Monte da Quinta Club, on the Quinta do Lago estate, and five days' golf on the South and Laranjal courses.
QUALIFIERS
Pairs: Tom Muldoon and Kevin Commins (Warrenpoint GC), Alex Farmer and John Kinning (Cochrane Castle), John Jennings and Chris Whitehead (Wychwood Park), Tony Durose and Barrie Kirton (Harborne Church Farm), Carly Bosher and Laura Watkins (Bicester), Martin Rudderham (Test Valley) and Dave Green (Freshwater Bay).
Senior pairs: Graham Bell and Richard Scott (Downfield), Tom Eadon and John Squires (Melton Mowbray), Barry Roe and Stuart Jones (Pype Hayes), Phil Bermingham and Alan Russell (Fulwell).
Mixed pairs: Eileen McMullan and Gary Catt (Richmond, North Yorks), Beth Nicholson (Garforth) and Daniel Greenwood (Scarthingwell), Elizabeth Harris-Ulph and Anthony Ulph (Buckingham), Stephen Cammack and Susan Clark (Bondhay).
Singles: Chris Wall (Middlesbrough), Carl Greenwood (Wychwood Park), Euan London (Pannal), Peter Jones (Bearwood Lakes).

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SCOTTISH JUNIOR TOUR REPORT FROM WALTER BURNS

LUKE MURDOCH BREAKS 80 ON A DAY WHEN TAY BRIDGE CLOSED TO HIGH-SIDED VEHICLES
FROM WALTER BURNS
Scottish Junior Golf Tour
Here are the results from the Scottish Junior Golf Tour event at Drumoig yesterday. It was a Level 5 event. 
Drumoig, as usual, was in great condition for the time of year with fast greens. It was a very difficult day for scoring with winds so strong that the nearby Tay Bridge was closed to high sided vehicles. 
We decided to play off the back tees as a real challenge to their performance skills. At just under 7,000yds, this would be good preparation for the Scottish boys' championship in April.
Only the irrepressible Luke Murdoch from Loudoun Gowf managed to break 80. However, most of the boys stuck to the task well in such testing conditions. Another great learning experience.
 
LEADING SCORES
79 Luke Murdoch (Loudoun Gowf)
80 David Fair (Hamilton), Murray McCrone (Troon Welbeck), Will Porter (Letham Grange)
81 George Burns (Williamwood), Euan Gill (Inverness)
82 Conor MacCallum (St Andrews), Aran Sinclair (Bearsden)
83 Fraser Kane (Kirkhill), Ally McDougall (St Andrews)
85 Ross White (Muckhart)
Fraser Kane and Ross White won the short game skill challenges.
 

Walter Burns
Scottish Junior Golf Tour
 
Mob: 07951 103 827
 
Email: walter@scottishjuniorgolftour.co.uk
Web: www.scottishjuniorgolftour.co.uk

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MARTIN LAIRD FINISHES JOINT 19TH

 CRAIG STADLER'S SON KEVIN SCORES 

FIRST WIN ON US PGA TOUR

 Chip off the old block - Kevin Stadler with the Phoenix Open trophy. Picture by courtesy of Getty Images(c)

FROM THE US PGA TOUR WEBSITE
SCOTTSDALE, Arizona -- The "Smallrus" finally hoisted a big US PGA Tour trophy.
Kevin Stadler, 33-year-old son of major champion Craig "The Walrus" Stadler, won the Phoenix Open on Sunday for his first US Tour victory.
Stadler won when playing partner Bubba Watson missed a 5-foot par putt on 18.
"It was a little weird way to win a golf tournament," Stadler said. "I fully expected him to make the putt. I would have rather made mine to win it."

Stadler closed with a 3-under 68 for a one-stroke victory over Watson and Canadian Graham DeLaet. Watson shot 71, and DeLaet had a 65.
"He beat me," Watson said. "He's a great player."
Stadler won in his 239th TOUR start, earning a spot in the Masters -- a tournament his father won in 1982.
  The Stadlers are the ninth father-son winners in TOUR history and will be the first to play in the same Masters.
"It's going to great for me because it's really my last one," said Craig Stadler, a 13-time PGA TOUR winner with nine Champions Tour victories. "I kept saying, `When he gets in, that's my last one.' ... I'm proud of him. It's awesome."
Kevin Stadler finished at 16-under 268 at TPC Scottsdale, his home course. Raised in Colorado, he played in Denver Broncos colors, wearing an orange shirt and blue pants and hat.
What was he thinking when Watson was standing over his par putt on 18?
"How long the playoff was going to take and how long until I can watch the football game?" Stadler said.
After Stadler and Watson each saved par after hitting into the water on the par-5 15th, Stadler tied Watson for the lead with a par on the par-3 16th hole. 
Watson hit into the front left bunker on the stadium hole and his 6-footer missed to the left.
At the 347-yard 17th, they each drove the green and two-putted for birdie from 90 feet -- Watson holing out from 18 feet and Stadler from 5.
On the par-4 18th, Stadler hit his 110-yard approach to the back right pin to 10 feet. Watson drove into the right rough and hammered his 120-yard second over the green.
Watson bladed his shot from the trampled rough into the bank next to the green and it ran 5 feet past the hole. After Stadler missed his birdie try and tapped in for par, Watson's par try slid by the left side.
"I thought I hit a good putt, but obviously I misread that, too," Watson said.
Stadler birdied the par-4 ninth to take a one-stroke lead over Watson, but fell behind with a double bogey on the par-4 11th. 
Stadler took a penalty stroke for an unplayable lie after driving into a Buckhorn Cholla and missed a 4-foot bogey try.
"Cactus and short putt and all that was on one hole," Stadler said. "Eleven has had my number for years. I butcher that hole every year."
Stadler's previous biggest win was in Australia in the European Tour's 2006 Johnnie Walker Classic. In that event, he hit a 3-iron to a foot for an eagle on the final hole for a two-stroke victory. He also won the Argentine Open that winter and has four Nationwide Tour wins.
"It's been a long time since I won anything," Stadler said. "It's pretty special."
Watson is winless since the 2012 Masters.
"It was a challenging day," Watson said. "Again, it's the same thing, just waiting on every tee box and waiting on every shot."
Hunter Mahan and Japan's Hideki Matsuyama tied for fourth at 14 under. Mahan, the 2010 winner, finished with a 68, and Matsuyama shot 69.
DeLaet bogeyed the 15th after hitting into the water, but rallied with birdies on the final two holes. He also tied for second last week at Torrey Pines.
"I have been playing well for the last few months," DeLaet said. "I really feel like I worked super hard in the offseason. It's nice to see it paying off."
Phil Mickelson closed with a 71 to tie for 42nd at 3 under. Lefty was making his 25th appearance in the event he won in 1996, 2005 and 2013.
"My game is not far off, even though the score says that it is," Mickelson said. "It was just a fraction off."
He showed no signs of the back pain that forced him to withdraw at Torrey Pines, and will play next week at Pebble Beach.
"Back feels great," Mickelson said.
SCOTSWATCH: Russell Knox, for some reason, was not in the field for this event. Martin Laird started it brightly with scores of 67-68 but could only match the par of 71 in the third and fourth rounds, which at this level of competition, is not good enough even to maintain your position. Martin finished T19 on 277 and earned $63,302. Still a nice week's "work."

MORE THAN THE BRITISH OPEN ATTRACTS
The Phoenix Open drew an estimated 563,008 fans to the Scottsdale, Arizona venue, breaking the seven-day record of 538,356 set in 2008. 
The tournament drew a one-day golf-crowd record 189,722 on Saturday and 60,232 on Sunday. 

LEADING FINAL TOTALS, PRIZE MONEY
Par 284 (4x71) Players from USA unless stated
268 Kevin Stadler 75 68 67 68 ($1,116,000).
269 Graham DeLaet (Canada) 67 72 65 65, Bubba Watson 64 66 68 71 ($545,600 each)
270 Hunter Mahan 66 71 65 68, Hideki Matsuyama (Japan) 66 67 68 69 ($272,800 each).

SELECTED TOTALS 
277 Martin Laird (Scotland) 67 68 71 71  (T19) ($63,302).
280 Brian Davis (England) 72 69 70 69 (T37) ($27,900).
281 Phil Mickelson 71 67 72 71 (T42) ($21,080)
282 David Lynn (England) 72 66 70 74 (T48) ($15,272)
283 Martin Kaymer (Germany) 69 71 71 72 (T53) ($14,284)
284 Nicolas Colsaerts (Belgium) 69 68 74 73 (T58) ($13,764)

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