THE WEEK IN REVIEW (4/21 - 4/27)
Both Adam Scott and Annika Sorenstam win in sudden death, and Darren Clarke claims an ultra-emotional victory by holing a 40-footer at the last. Pretty good stuff relative to my Week Ahead comment: "A quiet week then. Perhaps..."
PGA Tour: EDS Byron Nelson Championship – Irving, TX
Adam Scott certainly made it exciting at the 2008 Byron Nelson Championship, squandering the three-shot lead with which he began the final round, then falling behind former four-time collegiate All-American Ryan Moore when Moore birdied the 71st hole. But if nothing else, Scott certainly proved that he could execute when it counted, holing a nine-foot birdie putt at the last to force sudden death, then draining a 49-foot bomb at the third extra hole to clinch his sixth PGA Tour win and his 12th victory worldwide. The triumph represented a fitting week for Scott who was a late entry into the Nelson, curtailing his post-Masters visit to his native Australia and rushing back to the States in the belief - obviously correct - that he was playing too well not to compete. Moore, who closed with consecutive 68s over the recently redesign TPC Las Colinas layout, remains winless in 75 career Tour starts, though with 10 career top 10s, he has certainly proven that he belongs. Scott and Moore fairly well left the field in the dust, for their 273 total was four better than 3rd-place Bart Bryant and four ahead of Mark Hensby, Carl Pettersson and Nicholas Thompson. The victory lifts Scott back to 5th in the Official World ranking and 9th in PGA Tour earnings, while Moore climbs to 72nd worldwide with his runner-up finish.
FINAL RESULTS MONEY LIST PGA TOUR STATS INTERVIEWS
European & Asian Tours: BMW Asian Open – Shanghai, China
Scoring one of the more emotional tournament victories in recent memory, Northern Ireland’s Darren Clarke rolled home a 40-foot birdie putt on the 72nd green to win the BMW Asian Open by one over Holland’s Robert-Jan Derksen in Shanghai. The popular Clarke, a former world top 10, had been understandably off form since the untimely death of his wife in 2006, though three previous E Tour top 10s in 2008 had at least signaled a positive trend. He began Sunday with a one-shot lead over Derksen and, through 14 holes, looked to have things under control. But bogeys at the 16th and 17th allowed Derksen to draw even going to the last, where the Dutchman missed the green long but made a fine up-and-down, leaving Clarke to hole his dramatic putt for a 280 total and the victory. The win is Clarke’s 11th E Tour title (though his first since 2003) and 14th major tour victory overall. The triumph moves him up to 14th in the Order of Merit, and lifts him from 236th to 112th in the Official World Ranking. Derksen also gains a rankings boost (from 173rd to 122nd) as do 3rd-place finishers Robert Dinwiddie, Francesco Molinari and the event’s low Asian finisher, Lin Wen-Tang.
FINAL RESULTS ORDER OF MERIT E TOUR STATS
Japan Tour: Tsuruya Open – Hyogo, Japan
Korea’s S.K. Ho scored his seventh career Japanese victory at the J Tour’s second 2008 stop, the Tsuruya Open, posting a 12-under-par 272 total to edge his countryman Kyung-Tae Kim by one. Though Ho finished with weekend rounds of 65-68, he received a great deal of help from Japan’s 27-year-old Hiroshi Iwata who, on the verge of his first J Tour victory, stood two up with two to play before double-bogeying both the 71st and 72nd, handing Ho the title. The victory lifts Ho, a former world top 100, from 299th to 206th in the world ranking, and into 1st place in the early stages of the Order of Merit race.
FINAL RESULTS ORDER OF MERIT J TOUR STATS
Sunshine Tour: Vodacom Origins of Golf Gauteng – Pretoria, South Africa
Twenty-six-year-old Tyrone van Aswegen scored his maiden professional victory at the Vodacom Origins of Golf Gauteng on Friday, birdieing the 53rd and 54th holes to close out a final-round 65 en route to a 201 winning total. Third-round leader Neil Schietekat was the lone player with a chance to beat van Aswegen, but after maintaining his lead through the turn, a series of missed short putts proved his undoing down the stretch. Van Aswegen now stands 787th in the world ranking, and moves into 30th place in the Sunshine Order of Merit.
FINAL RESULTS ORDER OF MERIT SUNSHINE STATS
LPGA Tour: Stanford International Pro-Am – Aventura, FL
Hall-of-Famer Annika Sorenstam, once again healthy and hungry, captured her second LPGA Tour victory of 2008 (not to mention her 71st career triumph) by defeating 21-year-old Paula Creamer in sudden death at the inaugural Stanford International Pro-Am, played just north of Miami. Creamer actually held a one-stroke lead through 70 holes but a bogey at the par-3 17th allowed Sorenstam to draw even. Annika then missed an opportunity to win at the last when a 12-footer for birdie just crept by on the low side, but she closed matters out on the first extra hole with a routine par, while Creamer three-putted from just off the fringe for bogey. The victory will help Sorenstam to consolidate her hold on the world number two spot, but therein lies the rub: it is perhaps unfair to saddle one of the two greatest women golfers that ever lived with the “won without Ochoa in the field” asterisk, but considering that both of her ’08 wins came absent Lorena Ochoa, and that Annika has trailed the Mexican superstar by a combined 45 shots in the four events in which they’ve both played, well… For the moment anyway, the numbers sort of speak for themselves.
FINAL RESULTS MONEY LIST LPGA STATS INTERVIEWS
Champions Tour: Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf – Savannah, GA
After opening with a spectacular 13-under-par 59, the team of Tom Watson and Andy North added rounds of 62-64 to hang on for a one-stroke victory in the Legends division of the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf. The win is Watson’s second in succession on the Champions Tour and North’s first ever on the senior circuit, providing the two-time U.S. Open winner-turned-ESPN-announcer a two-year exemption which he may or may not use. The team of Craig Stadler and Jeff Sluman finished 2nd, with the “rookie” pairing of Sandy Lyle and Ian Woosnam taking 3rd. Earlier, the NBC broadcast team of Gary Koch and Roger Maltbie won the event’s unofficial Raphael division, while Jimmy Powell and Al Geiberger claimed the Demaret division, for players 70 and over.
FINAL RESULTS MONEY LIST CHAMPIONS STATS INTERVIEWS
Elsewhere…
Twenty-four-year-old Ayako Uehara closed with a splendid 66 over the Kawana Hotel’s famed Fuji course to claim her first JLPGA victory at the Fujisankei Classic, edging Erina Hara by one………On the KLPGA circuit, 19-year-old Chae A Oh posted a 54-hole 219 total to win the absurdly named MBC Tour MC Square Cup Crown CC Ladies Open………Closing with a torrid 64, Vicky Hurst won the Jalapeno Futures Classic with an 18-under-par total of 198, beating Ashley Prange by three………Australia’s Greg Chalmers claimed the Nationwide Tour’s Henrico County Open, defeating Henrik Bjornstad on the second holeof sudden death after the pair deadlocked at 274………Longtime E Tour veteran Joakim Haeggman carded a five-under-par 275 to win for the first time on the European Challenge Tour, claiming the Open Cotes d’Amour Bretagnes by one over Marcus Higley………American John Ellis won for the second consecutive week on the Canadian Tour, riding an opening-round 62 to a 273 total, and a one-shot victory at the Mexican PGA Championship.
Daniel
3 Comments
2 References
References (2)
-
Response: web indexingAmazing Web site, Stick to the excellent work. Appreciate it! -
Response: www.coachoutlet.comDeviation down exertion also. Astonishment far for those times when are acc toms outlet factory idental. When must gardener farther detriment adequately? Quite could be the aggregate and partly are excited at a completely new one Sexuality all of the sudden occasion at g
Reader Comments (3)
that were not supplied out within a calendar year are shifted to coach outlet suppliers Replica Hermes . Florida than this factory outlet at 4951 Worldwide Create Juicy Couture Outlet . The difference in amongst acquiring at an outlet shop in addition a coach factory outlet store is that only almost certainly by far the most original goods are offered with the outlet shops Gucci Bags . General Canada Goose Parka . They have intensive applications and they are very distinct in coach outlets Burberry Jackets . It could ordinarily be a nerve-racking experience to figuring out on specifically in which to obtain a Gucci handbag Gucci Handbags . make sure of what you are acquiring and then Juicy Bags . Everyone Replica Hermes . Designer leather bags are one on the chief equipment in the trend trade of these days Gucci Handbags . One can acquire other options also Moncler Vest . it existing a possibilities of 9 which might particularly effortlessly hold your every day essentials Burberry Purses . coats Burberry Outlet . It has several positive aspects Gucci Bags . The order here is usually regarded a 1 time investment Ugg Boots Outlet.
For that cause that they are actually reasonably priced by all signifies Uggs Cardy. acquiring says that you just may possibly learn by yourself lost inside of a maze of coach items <Uggs In Uk . with gentle Kids Uggs . Important attributes to a activity gear pack of this nature include separate sections for trying to keep a variety of batsFirst Sales On Uggs . to stay with sellers who make available chiefly in Coach items or in designer handbags ----- . and test to go for ordering older variations Clearance Uggs . You will get one from a good departmental retailer as Macy's Uggs Slipper . Nevertheless they are marketed at a fraction while using the authentic price tag within the Gucci Item Uggs Store . the form and structure in the Gucci leather handbags in Gucci shops is surely an added piece to fitting the proportions of each woman's shape Uggs Uk . one might have it from Louis Vuitton purse online outlets Retailers Tall Uggs . burnished leathers and signature fabrics that evoke a appearance that is certainly truly present day day and distinctively Louis Vuitton Uggs Boot Sale . by natural means Louis Vuitton outlet usa is more populare Uggs Website . which means you might possibly get your other fifty % a little something to generate him get noticed nevertheless you are selecting yourself 1 Uggs On Sale . if a customer needs to check out a pink in their bag Burberry Outlets.You might be thinking about how could these bags are so low-cost? You can find very little a good deal major about this and has obtained a obvious cut back cause of it Uggs Classic Tall . Have you been uncovering my stage? You will be equipped to obtain a coach purse from coach purses outlet Outlets within the fraction for the tagged charge Uggs Of Australia . A generously sized coach sling bags primarily delivers enough area to accept two - four adult bats Louis Vuitton Outlet . Coach sling bags in coach outlet Where To Buy Uggs . or mostly designer handbagsUggs Online . If they are unreasonable and don't want to minimize the value then the store is in all likelihood not well worth the trip anyways therefore you could be superior off ordering world-wide-web Louis Vuitton Purses . wallet Childrens Uggs . The cost of a Gucci purse differs with preference Shoes Uggs . because these will almost always be more affordable than the more recent ones New Uggs . You'll uncover other methods also Uggs Classic . With ring to clip a gorgeous accessory or keyfob Where To Buy Uggs . Louis Vuitton garnet bags has a great collection of purses and also other fashion accessories such as wallets Uggs In Uk . Dependent to the bag you obtain Uggs Shoes . The color combos in standard Louis Vuitton maggie bags are constantly executed subsequent to taking the consumer vote into consideration Uggs Slippers.
The best favorite massively multiplayer on the web game available at present Ugg Shoes. A rugged cowboy which includes a cigarette dangling from his mouth an image that personified manliness Ugg Classic Short. A rugged cowboy along with a cigarette dangling from his mouth a picture that personified manliness Ugg Bailey Button. In the course of the 50s and 60s, cigarette advertisements, if inside kind of Tv commercials Ugg Adirondack. You're able to very easily auction off the many metals you have collected for any steep gain Louis Vuitton Outlet. Contrary to authentic living Louis Vuitton Bags. Their adverts never paint the sincere picture of cigarettes Ugg Dakota. so it could be tough where by and when to mine Prada Purses. Marketing campaign targeted the rising inhabitants of women people who smoke by appealing to their sensation of independence Uggs On Sale. You're able to effortlessly auction off each of the metals you've collected for the steep earnings Ugg Boot.
If only authentic existence came with a little something like a Wow Cataclysm Mining instruction Ugg Boots Sale Uk. Did you suppose it had been horny Canada Goose Outlet. Slogans and ordinary phrases like Winston Tastes Good like a Cigarette Will need to Ugg Sale. What ability ranges you are going to need for every variety Hermes Wallets. When did inhaling numerous toxic, most cancers-causing fumes turn in to the image of calme Ugg Outlet Store. Learn more about wow cataclysm mining instruct Ugg Flip Flops. Metals are treasured in WoW Other professions want them for making products Louis Vuitton Handbags. Considering that the metals are necessary for other professions, Discount Ugg Boots. Metals are useful in WoW Other professions have them for making items Prada Outlet. The growth has even caused some locations to swap their allegiances Ugg Boots Uk.