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| July 15, 2003 | Tuesday | Jumadi-ul-Awwal 14, 1424 |
Perry cards 66 in winning by one stroke
MILWAUKEE (Wisconsin), July 14: Overnight leader Kenny Perry carded a 66 for the second day running to win the Greater Milwaukee Open by one stroke on Sunday.
Perry, who recently won both the Colonial and the Memorial Tournament in consecutive weeks, finished with an 12-under 268 to edge Australia’s Steve Allan and Heath Slocum, who also carded rounds of 66 on Sunday for 269.
Brett Quigley managed a final round 65 to take fourth place on 270, two strokes ahead of a group of five players — Chris Smith, Dennis Paulson, Billy Mayfair, Jeff Gallagher and Brenden Pappas of South Africa.
Perry recovered from a three-stroke deficit on the back nine of the Brown Deer Park course to shoot his way to a third win in his last four starts, having finished third in the US Open.
He began the final round with a one-stroke lead and led by a stroke over Allan after a birdie at the par-three 11th.
However, Perry then bogeyed the par-four 12th to fall back into a tie with Allan at 11-under. Allan, whose previous best finish on the PGA Tour was a tie for 14th at the 2002 Valero Texas Open, birdied the par-three 14th to reach 12 under.
Minutes later, Perry three-putted on the 13th green for a double bogey and trailed Allan by three strokes.
However, the day swung Perry’s way when Allan, playing in the threesome ahead of Perry, failed to take advantage of birdie opportunities on two par-fives in the last four holes and then bogeyed the 17th.
Perry birdied three of the final four holes, including both par-fives, the last being the 18th where he hit a delicate up-and-down shot from just behind the green in gnarly rough and then made a three-foot uphill putt to win.
Leading final round scores (US unless stated):
268 — Kenny Perry 69, 67, 66, 66.
269 — Steve Allan (Australia) 69, 66, 68, 66; Heath Slocum 72, 63, 68, 66.
270 — Brett Quigley 66, 67, 72, 65.
272 — Chris Smith 72, 69, 67, 64; Dennis Paulson 68, 69, 69, 66; Billy Mayfair 67, 72, 67, 66; Jeff Gallagher 73, 66, 67, 66; Brenden Pappas (South Africa) 72, 68, 63, 69.
273 — Spike McRoy 69, 70, 69, 65; Hal Sutton 69, 70, 67, 67.
274 — Grant Waite (New Zealand) 70, 72, 67, 65; Richard S. Johnson (Sweden) 69, 69, 69, 67; Todd Fischer 69, 68, 68, 69; Jerry Kelly 66, 67, 70, 71; Shigeki Maruyama (Japan) 66, 69, 69, 70.
275 — Kent Jones 67, 71, 69, 68; Loren Roberts 69, 66, 70, 70; Tommy Armour III 67, 68, 70, 70.
276 — Paul Goydos 70, 69, 70, 67; Hunter Mahan 70, 70, 68, 68; Dicky Pride 72, 69, 70, 65; J.P. Hayes 71, 67, 69, 69; Notah Begay III 67, 72, 68, 69; Jason Gore 69, 72, 72, 63; Joel Edwards 66, 69, 70, 71.
Other international players:
278 — Carlos Franco (Paraquay) 70, 67, 70, 71; K.J. Choi (Korea) 70, 68, 72, 68.
279 — Stephen Ames (Trinidad and Tobago) 70, 71, 71, 67; Greg Chalmers (Australia) 70, 70, 66, 73.
282 — Hidemichi Tanaka (Japan) 73, 68, 70, 71; John Senden (Australia) 69, 73, 70, 70.
283 — Deane Pappas (South Africa) 69, 71, 72, 71.
285 — Steven Alker (New Zealand) 69, 71, 76, 69.
286 — Gavin Coles (Australia) 71, 70, 74, 71.
287 — Kenichi Kuboya (Japan) 72, 70, 72, 73.
Leading world rankings (previous ranking in brackets):
1. (1) Tiger Woods 16.25 points average; 2. (2) Ernie Els (South Africa) 9.76; 3. (3) Mike Weir (Canada) 7.91; 4. (6) Davis Love III 7.39; 5. (4) Jim Furyk 7.38; 6. (5) Vijay Singh (Fiji) 7.38; 7. (7) David Toms 6.84; 8. (11) Kenny Perry 6.22; 9. (9) Padraig Harrington (Ireland) 6.08; 10. (8) Phil Mickelson 6.01; 11. (10) Nick Price (Zimbabwe) 5.76; 12. (12) Retief Goosen (South Africa) 4.92; 13. (13) Justin Leonard 4.47; 14. (14) Chris DiMarco 4.04; 15. (15) Sergio Garcia (Spain) 3.74; 16. (16) Robert Allenby (Australia) 3.66; 17. (26) Darren Clarke (Britain) 3.55; 18. (18) Rich Beem 3.55; 19. (17) Bob Estes 3.41; 20. (19) Jerry Kelly 3.38.—Reuters
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