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CROMWELL, Connecticut, June 24: World number two Phil Mickelson retained his Greater Hartford Open title on Sunday, firing a closing six-under-par 64 to win by a stroke from Davis Love III and Jonathan Kaye.
The left-handed Mickelson, who finished second to Tiger Woods in the U.S. Open earlier this month, returned a 72-hole aggregate of 266 at the par-70 TPC at River Highlands.
The victory was the second of the season for Mickelson, following his triumph at the Bob Hope Classic in January, and his 21st on the PGA Tour.
Love closed with a 67 while Kaye, who began the day one stroke clear of the field, returned a 70.
FINAL ROUND SCORES
266 Phil Mickelson 69 67 66 64
267 Davis Love III 68 64 68 67, Jonathan Kaye 65 67 65 70
269 Scott Verplank 65 70 63 71
270 Joel Edwards 68 71 68 63, Jim Carter 67 69 66 68
271 Dan Forsman 68 70 69 64, Skip Kendall 65 72 67 67, Scott
Hoch 67 66 66 72
272 Ernie Els (South Africa) 69 70 69 64, David Frost (South
Africa) 72 68 67 65, Jeff Gove 73 64 68 67
273 Mathew Goggin (Australia) 66 70 70 67, Pat Bates 70 71
64 68, Kenny Perry 70 71 64 68, Tim Herron 65 72 66 70,
Hidemichi Tanaka (Japan) 64 70 68 71
274 Billy Andrade 70 70 69 65, Briny Baird 65 67 73 69
275 Frank Nobilo (New Zealand) 69 69 71 66, Mark
Calcavecchia 68 70 68 69, Brett Quigley 64 71 70 70, Sergio
Garcia (Spain) 69 67 69 70, Kaname Yokoo (Japan) 65 68 71
71, Peter Lonard (Australia) 66 68 70 71, Steve Pate 66 70.—Reuters
