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| October 14, 2002 | Monday | Sha'aban 7, 1423 |
Carmichael lifts first professional crown
MELBOURNE, Oct 13: Australia’s Craig Carmichael clinched his first professional title at the Victorian PGA Championship Sunday, beating compatriot Craig Jones at the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
Carmichael, a former milkman, birdied the par-three 18th after Jones had returned a par. Both players had finished the 72 regulation holes on 10-under-par 278 at the Kew Golf Club.
Carmichael fired a closing round of six-under-par 66 to finish three strokes ahead of the field with Jones, who returned a 70, in the opening tournament of the 2002-03 Australasian PGA season.
Leading final round scores (Australia unless stated, a denotes amateur):
278 Craig Carmichael 70 73 69 66, Craig Jones 70 66 72 70. Carmichael won in a playoff at the first extra hole
281 a-Craig Scott 69 72 71 69, Andrew Webster 67 71 73 70, Paul Sheehan 71 72 68 70
282 Tony Carolan 72 68 73 69, Adam Fraser 69 67 73 73, Marcus Cain 68 71 71 72, Martin Doyle 72 67 69 74, Steven Bowditch 70 70 67 75
JOHOR BARU (Malaysia): Switzerland duo Andre Bossert and Mark Chatelain booked their place at the season-ending World Cup of Golf after winning the Nations Cup team qualifier by one shot Sunday.
Final round scores (top three finishers qualify for World Cup):
264 Switzerland (Andre Bossart/Mark Chatelain) 64 66 66 68
265 Myanmar (Kyi Hla Han/Soe Kyaw Naing) 62 68 66 69, Singapore (Mardan Mamat/Lam Chih Bing) 64 69 63 69, Philippines (Danny Zarate/ Marciano Pucay) 64 68 65 68
266 Thailand (Thaworn Wiratchant/ Chawalit Plaphol) 65 67 67 67, Italy (Constantino Rocca/Alessandro Napoleoni) 63 71 64 68
269 Netherlands (Guido van der Valk/Niel Kraaij) 62 69 68 70
273 Spain (Diego Borrero/Ivo Giner) 69 70 66 68, Finland (Mikko Ilonen/Kalle Vainola) 66 70 67 70, Malaysia (Danny Chia/Periasamy Gunasegaran) 67 70 64 72, India (Mukesh Kumar/Firoz Ali) 67 68 63 75—Reuters
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