03 August 2004	Tuesday	16 Jamadi-us-Saani 1425

GRAND BLANC, Aug 2: World number three Vijay Singh fired a five-under-par 67 to clinch a one-shot victory at the Buick Open on Sunday. The Fijian finished at 23-under-par 265 , ahead of former British Open and US PGA champion John Daly (66) at 22-under 266.

Tiger Woods (66) and Paraquay's Carlos Franco (66) tied for third a shot further back at 267, while Stewart Cink (66) finished solo fifth at 18-under 270.

Singh had Saturday's two-stroke 54-hole lead erased by Daly at the second hole on Sunday and trailed by a shot after Daly made birdie at the third.

Singh tied with Daly with a birdie at the 12th and reclaimed the outright lead with birdie at the par-four 14th before going on to win for the fourth time on the PGA Tour this season.

LEADING FINAL ROUND SCORES:

265 - Vijay Singh (Fiji) 63, 70, 65, 67.

266 - John Daly (US) 70, 64, 66, 66.

267 - Tiger Woods (US) 67, 68, 66, 66; Carlos Franco (Paraguay) 67, 67, 67, 66.

270 - Stewart Cink (US) 69, 65, 70, 66.

271 - Jeff Sluman (US) 70, 67, 68, 66; Jim Furyk (US) 66, 67, 70, 68.

272 - Jerry Kelly (US) 71, 66, 69, 66; Daniel Chopra (Sweden) 68, 68, 66, 70.

273 - Scott Verplank (US) 70, 67, 70, 66; Mark O'Meara (US) 67, 70, 70, 66.

275 - Craig Barlow (US) 66, 69, 72, 68; Brenden Pappas (South Africa) 66, 73, 69, 67; Jose Maria Olazabal (Spain) 70, 67, 69, 69.

DONALD TRIUMPHS

MALMO: Britain's Luke Donald won his first European Tour title with a five-shot victory at the Scandinavian Masters on Sunday. The 26-year-old, who plays most of his golf on the US PGA Tour, fired a three-under-par 69 for a 16-under total of 272 at the Barse back Golf and Country club.

Competing in only his ninth European Tour event as a professional, Donald birdied three of the last six holes to boost his chances of a place in the European team at next month's Ryder Cup.

Swedes Peter Hanson (71) and Henrik Stenson (69) shared second place while seven-time European number one Colin Montgomerie finished a further two strokes back in a tie for fourth after carding a seven-birdie 67.

LEADING FINAL ROUND SCORES:

272 - Luke Donald (Britain) 69, 65, 69, 69.

277 - Henrik Stenson (Sweden) 68, 70, 70, 69; Peter Hanson (Sweden) 72, 66, 68, 71.

279 - Colin Montgomerie (Britain) 72, 68, 72, 67; Ian Poulter (Britain) 72, 68, 74, 65.

280 - David Lynn (Britain) 72, 68, 69, 71.

281 - Simon Khan (Britain) 70, 69, 72, 70.

282 - David Howell (Britain) 67, 71, 74, 70; Peter Lawrie (Ireland) 72, 74, 72, 64; Adam Scott (Australia) 72, 71, 70, 69; Marcel Siem (Germany) 71, 74, 69, 68; Niclas Fasth (Sweden) 71, 71, 70, 70; Jesper Parnevik (Sweden) 69, 70, 71, 72; Steve Webster (Britain) 68, 74, 68, 72.

283 - Markus Brier (Austria) 70, 71, 71, 71; Ross Fisher (Britain) 71, 71, 70, 71; Raymond Russell (Britain) 72, 72, 68, 71; Stephen Scahill (New Zealand) 72, 73, 67, 71; Charl Schwartzel (South Africa) 73, 69, 69, 72. -Reuters