NEW ORLEANS, May 4: World number two Vijay Singh capped a dramatic comeback with a birdie on the 18th hole to win the New Orleans Classic by one shot on Monday.
Singh, four shots behind leader Joe Ogilvie when the final round began, shot a nine-under-par 63, including a seven-under 29 over the final nine holes, to finish on 22-under 266.
He won his second straight title on the PGA Tour and his third of the season.
Leading final round scores:
266 - Vijay Singh (Fiji) 70, 65, 68, 63.
267 - Joe Ogilvie 66, 67, 66, 68; Phil Mickelson 67, 65, 69, 66.
269 - Hidemichi Tanaka (Japan) 69, 64, 69, 67.
271 - Justin Rose (Britain) 67, 70, 65, 69; Charles Howell III 66, 64, 71, 70.
272 - Stephen Ames (Trinidad and Tobago) 67, 69, 71, 65; K.J. Choi (South Korea) 67, 68, 68, 69; Brian Bateman 67, 67, 69, 69.
273 - Matt Kuchar 69, 63, 71, 70; Joe Durant 67, 70, 67, 69.
MCDOWELL TRIUMPHS
MILAN: Britain's former American collegiate champion Graeme McDowell claimed his second European Tour title on Monday when he beat Frenchman Thomas Levet in a sudden-death playoff for the Italian Open title.
Both players had finished a stroke ahead of the field on 19-under-par after finishing off third and final round seven-under-par 65s before 24-year-old Northern Irishman McDowell prevailed at the fourth extra hole. Levet found water with his approach.
Leading final round scores:
197 - Thomas Levet (France) 67, 65, 65; Graeme McDowell 66, 66, 65 (McDowell won at the fourth extra hole).
