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| November 18, 2002 | Monday | Ramazan 12, 1423 |
Montgomerie seals 2-stroke victory over Thai star
DONGGUAN (China), Nov 17: Britain’s Colin Montgomerie won the TCL Classic Sunday, firing a five-under-par 67 to seal a two-shot victory over Thailand’s Thongchai Jaidee.
Montgomerie, who last week shared the title at the European tour’s season-ending Volvo Masters with Bernhard Langer, finished on a 16-under-par total of 272.
The seven-times European number one began the final round two shots behind Thongchai, but a birdie at the par-five fourth hole set him on the way to victory as the Thai struggled to a 71.
Leading final round scores:
272 Colin Montgomerie (Britain) 70 68 67 67
274 Thongchai Jaidee (Thailand) 68 67 68 71
278 Liang Wen-chong (China) 78 66 65 69
279 Michael Campbell (New Zealand) 73 70 67 69, Bob May (U.S.) 71 67 73 68
280 Wang Ter-chang (Taiwan) 69 71 71 69, Ted Purdy (U.S.) 70 71 71 68, Andrew Coltart (Britain) 71 68 72 69, Hendrik Buhrmann (South Africa) 70 68 74 68
282 Jyoti Randhawa (India) 70 73 69 70
283 Paul McGinley (Ireland) 71 69 71 72, Zhang Lian-wei (China) 70 70 71 72, Lee Westwood (Britain) 68 70 74 71, Simon Yates (Britain) 71 72 73 67
284 Chung Joon (South Korea) 68 73 72 71, Charlie Wi (South Korea) 68 72 70 74, Fran Quinn (U.S.) 71 71 72 70, Craig Kamps (South Africa) 70 70 73 71
285 Zaw Moe (Myanmar) 68 73 71 73, Ted Oh (South Korea) 67 71 70 77, Prayad Marksaeng (Thailand) 69 71 70 75, Kyi Hla Han (Myanmar) 70 70 73 72, Carlos Franco (Paraguay) 73 68 71 73
286 Jon Levitt (U.S.) 72 69 73 72, Yeh Wei-tze (Taiwan) 74 71 72 69, Thammanoon Sriroj (Thailand) 71 71 70 74.
GOTEMBA (Japan): Overnight leader Tsuneyuki Nakajima shot a two-under-par 70 to hold on for a one-stroke victory at the 150 million yen (1.25 million dollar) Taiheiyo Masters golf tournament Sunday. Starting the day with a two-stroke lead ahead of fel low Japanese Hidemichi Tanaka, Nakajima carded three birdies against a bogey for a four-round total of 16-under-par 272, beating Tanaka into the runner-up spot.
Nakajima picked up 30 million yen (250,000 dollars) for his second victory of the season and 47th overall. It was his first two-win season in eight years after the Diamond Cup win in Saitama, Japan.
The 1999-2000 Australian Open champion Aaron Baddeley of Australia hit a 69 to finish third on 274, followed by Justin Rose of England and Japan’s Shingo Katayama on 275.
American Charles Howell III finished seventh place on 277, while last year’s Scottish PGA champion, Paul Casey of England, moved up to 37th tied from Saturday’s 62nd after hitting a 67.
Two-time defending champion Toshimitsu Izawa of Japan was eighth place on 277.
Leading final round scores:
272 Tsuneyuki Nakajima 69 66 67 70
273 Hidemichi Tanaka 67 70 67 69
274 Aaron Baddeley (Australia) 69 68 68 69
275 Justin Rose (Britain) 70 68 69 68, Shingo Katayama 69 70 67 69
276 Katsuyoshi Tomori 72 67 72 65
277 Charles Howell III (U.S.) 70 70 68 69 279 Kiyoshi Miyazato 71 65 72 71, Toshimitsu Izawa 71 69 69 70, Katsunori Kuwabara 74 68 67 70
280 Dean Wilson (U.S.) 74 67 66 73, Kazuhiko Hosokawa 74 67 69 70
281 Scott Laycock (Australia) 72 68 71 70, Brendan Jones (Australia) 65 69 73 74, Taichi Teshima 69 67 69 76
SINGAPORE: South African Retief Goosen was the biggest money winner with $70,000 in the Singapore Skins tournament at the Tanah Merah Country Club Sunday.
Playing for the first time in a skins event, the European number one won $60,000 on the 177-yard, par three 11th after the previous six holes had been halved.
World number six Garcia was bottom of the pile, winning only one skin, worth $15,000, with a great shot on the par-five 15th.
He sank his nine-iron from 126 yards for an eagle and celebrated by rolling in the fairway grass as soon as he knew that the ball had finished at the bottom of the cup.—Reuters/AFP
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