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| January 28, 2003 | Tuesday | Ziqa’ad 24, 1423 |
Singh bounces back to clinch title
SCOTTSDALE (Arizona), Jan 27: Vijay Singh overcame a two-shot deficit and shot an eight-under-par 63 on Sunday to win the $4 million Phoenix Open.
Singh, twice a major champion, birdied five of his first six holes on his way to a 23-under-par 261 and three-stroke victory over John Huston.
Robert Gamez, South Africa’s Retief Goosen, Harrison Frazar and Tim Petrovic tied for third on 265, four behind Singh.
Singh, the world’s number seven player, earned $720,000 in winning his 12th career title on the PGA Tour.
Final round scores:
261 Vijay Singh 67 66 65 63
264 John Huston 64 67 66 67
265 Robert Gamez 70 65 64 66, Retief Goosen 65 68 65 67, Harrison Frazar 62 67 67 69, Tim Petrovic 66 63 68 68
266 Alex Cejka 67 65 70 64, Joe Durant 69 65 66 66
267 Phil Mickelson 69 67 67 64, Mike Weir 70 66 65 66
268 John Rollins 65 66 70 67, Scott McCarron 66 65 68 69, David Toms 64 72 63 69
269 Dan Forsman 66 69 67 67, Chad Campbell 67 65 68 69, Chris DiMarco 69 69 62 69, Kirk Triplett 66 69 63 71.—Reuters
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