Sunday, November 02, 2008

Soren Kjeldsen wins Volvo Masters at Valderrama

Robert Karlsson wins European
Tour Order of Merit title

Robert Karlsson became the first Swede to win the European Order of Merit today, leaving Lee Westwood to reflect on a season of near-misses.
Westwood is back in the world's top 10 for the first time in five and a half years, but once again there was disappointment for him on the final day of a tournament.
Lying second in the Volvo Masters at Valderrama with a round to go, and needing to win to deny Karlsson the number one spot, he did not even come close in the end.
Denmark's Soren Kjeldsen, never headed from the moment he started the rain-hit event with a sparkling 65, won the first prize of more than £560,000 by two strokes from Londoner Anthony Wall and Germany's Martin Kaymer.
Westwood's joint fourth place with Sergio Garcia, four shots back, and Padraig Harrington's 13th place meant that Karlsson was certain to top the money list whatever he did.
The 39-year-old would like to have finished his campaign in the style of Justin Rose last year - Rose won the final counting event - but instead was down in 32nd spot.
"It would have been fantastic to cap it off with a good week, but I'm not going to be ashamed about this week," said Karlsson.
"In the last three and a half years I have taken myself to a new level and this is fantastic.
"But this has been the hardest week I've ever experienced in golf. It's one of those situations where you have it in your own hands, but not really, and your focus wanders quite a bit."
Westwood, who most notably this season was one shot away from a play-off in the US Open, said: "It's been a year of nearlys and it was nearly again."

VOLVO MASTERS FINAL TOTALS
Par 284 (4 x 71)
276 Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 65 71 69 71 (708,000 Euros).
278 Anthony Wall 69 69 71 69, Martin Kaymer (Ger) 73 70 67 68 (369,000 Euros each).
280 Sergio Garcia (Spa) 68 70 70 72, Lee Westwood 70 68 70 72 (196,000 Euros each)
281 David Lynn 69 73 70 69 (148,400 Euros)
282 Richard Green (Aus) 73 70 72 67
283 Graeme McDowell 72 70 74 67, Anders Hansen (Den) 74 69 69 71
284 Peter Hedblom (Swe) 71 74 72 67
285 Ross Fisher 76 70 70 69, Darren Clarke 71 69 72 73
286 Peter Hanson (Swe) 72 69 73 72, Robert Jan Derksen (Ned) 72 70 72 72, Steve Webster 72 71 73 70, Soren Hansen (Den) 74 71 70 71, Andres Romero (Arg) 74 72 68 72, Markus Brier (Aut) 72 69 74 71, Padraig Harrington 76 71 71 68
287 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 74 73 74 66
288 Alexander Noren (Swe) 74 74 73 67
289 Colin Montgomerie 73 76 68 72, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spa) 73 74 67 75 (50,100 euros each).
290 Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 73 80 70 67
291 David Howell 73 71 75 72, Gregory Bourdy (Fra) 73 75 71 72, Thomas Levet (Fra) 71 68 75 77, Oliver Fisher 73 71 73 74
292 Paul Casey 73 68 73 78, Felipe Aguilar (Chi) 74 72 70 76, Ian Poulter 76 76 67 73
293 Robert Karlsson (Swe) 73 73 72 75, Paul Lawrie 76 72 75 70
294 Nick Dougherty 78 73 70 73, Jean-Francois Lucquin (Fra) 77 74 70 73, Ignacio Garrido (Spa) 74 75 73 72, Simon Dyson 72 68 81 73, Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 78 76 71 69
295 Hennie Otto (Rsa) 70 77 74 74, Rory McIlroy 74 73 75 73, Peter Lawrie 75 79 69 72, Pablo Larrazabal (Spa) 73 79 73 70
296 Gregory Havret (Fra) 76 75 67 78
297 Mark Brown (USA) 75 77 71 74
298 Henrik Stenson (Swe) 74 75 72 77
299 Oliver Wilson 75 77 75 72
300 Paul McGinley 76 78 76 70, John Bickerton 74 73 75 78
301 Damien McGrane 74 75 73 79
302 James Kingston (Rsa) 76 78 75 73, Scott Strange (Aus) 76 74 73 79
303 Richard Finch 74 77 76 76
305 Jose Manuel Lara (Spa) 77 76 77 75
308 Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 74 77 75 82, Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 77 76 76 79, Graeme Storm 77 79 71 81.

LEADING ORDER OF MERIT FINAL TOTALS
(Totals in Euros)
1 R Karlsson 2,732,748.
2 P Harrington 2,459,109.
3 L Westwood 2,424,642.
4 M A Jimenez 2,066,596.
5 G McDowell 1,859, 346.
6 R Fisher 1,836,530.
7 H Stenson 1,798,617.
8 M Kaymer 1,794,500.
9 S Garcia 1,591,917.
10 S Kjeldsen 1,440,929.
Selected totals:
27 C Montgomerie 815,153.
40 P Lawrie 679,530.
61 A Forsyth 489,350.
64 G Orr 472,033.
77 S Gallacher 419,367.
97 M Warren 307,396.
145 P Whiteford 136,347.
151 D Drysdale 131,473
157 S Yates 115,843.
160 S O'Hara 100,572.
183 A Coltart 64, 343.
186 C Lee 60, 706.
204 A Oldcorn 41,195.
214 L Saltman 37,843.

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