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| June 28, 2005 | Tuesday | Jumadi-ul-Awwal 20, 1426 |
Harrington seals victory with 65-foot eagle putt
HARRISON (New York), June 27: Padraig Harrington holed a 65-foot eagle putt at the last after American Jim Furyk suffered a late collapse to win the Barclays Classic by a shot on Sunday for his second PGA Tour title of the year. The 33-year-old Irishman closed with a one-under 70 for a 72-hole total of 10-under 274, edging out Furyk, who had led by three with five holes to play.
Harrington, who lost out to Spaniard Sergio Garcia in a three-way playoff for last year’s title, became Ireland’s first winner on the PGA Tour when he beat Vijay Singh at the second extra hole in the Honda Classic in March.
Furyk, winless on the PGA Tour since the 2003 Buick Open bogeyed 16 and 17 on his way to a 71.
It was a crushing defeat for Furyk who had led the tournament from the start of the week and was beaten by compatriot J.P. Hayes in a playoff for the 1998 title at the Westchester Golf Club.
It was also the third runner-up placing this season for the 2003 US Open champion.
Finishing in a tie for third at five-under 279 were Americans Brad Faxon (73), Brian Gay (73) and Kenny Perry (71).
Leading final round scores:
274 — Padraig Harrington (Ireland) 71, 65, 68, 70.
275 — Jim Furyk (US) 65, 69, 70, 71.
279 — Brian Gay (US) 69, 66, 71, 73; Kenny Perry (US) 68, 68, 72, 71; Brad Faxon (US) 72, 68, 66, 73.
280 — Dean Wilson (US) 72, 71, 66, 71.
281 — Billy Mayfair (US) 72, 68, 75, 66; Justin Leonard (US) 72, 71, 67, 71; John Senden (Australia) 69, 67, 72, 73; Vijay Singh (Fiji) 68, 71, 69, 73.
282 — Tom Pernice Jr (US) 70, 69, 72, 71.
283 — Jeff Brehaut (US) 70, 70, 72, 71; Tim Clark (South Africa) 74, 70, 68, 71; Chris DiMarco (US) 71, 72, 69, 71; Dudley Hart (US) 71, 69, 70, 73; Len Mattiace (US) 71, 65, 73, 74.
284 — Loren Roberts (US) 74, 69, 72, 69; Brett Quigley (US) 73, 68, 68, 75.
285 — Omar Uresti (US) 70, 73, 74, 68; J.P. Hayes (US) 70, 72, 73, 70; Franklin Langham (US) 73, 71, 68, 73.
286 — Michael Allen (US) 72, 71, 74, 69; Greg Owen (Britain) 72, 73, 71, 70; Sergio Garcia (Spain) 72, 71, 73, 70; Lucas Glover (US) 70, 73, 72, 71; Michael Long (New Zealand) 72, 71, 71, 72; Craig Barlow (US) 76, 67, 71, 72; Paul Gow (Australia) 70, 74, 70, 72; Kevin Sutherland (US) 70, 68, 74, 74; Hidemichi Tanaka (Japan) 68, 68, 75, 75; Pat Perez (US) 70, 71, 68, 77.
DRAMATIC WIN FOR REMESY
SAINT-QUENTIN (France): Jean-Francois Remesy retained his French Open title in dramatic fashion by beating
fellow Frenchman Jean Van
de Velde in a sudden-death playoff at Le Golf National on Sunday.
Remesy, who ended a 35-year wait for a home champion last year with a seven-stroke victory, sealed his third European Tour title despite running up a double-bogey six at the first extra hole after finding water with his approach.
Leading final round scores:
273 — Jean-Francois Remesy (France) 68, 69, 67, 69; Jean Van de Velde (France) 64, 70, 70, 69 (Remesy wins on first playoff hole).
276 — Soren Hansen (Denmark) 65, 69, 71, 71.
279 — Francois Delamontagne (France) 67, 68, 71, 73; Richard Finch (Britain) 73, 70, 69, 67; Gregory Havret (France) 70, 70, 67, 72; Peter O’Malley (Australia) 69, 68, 70, 72
280 — Bradley Dredge (Britain) 67, 73, 72, 68; Anders Hansen (Denmark) 67, 71, 70, 72; Jonathan Lomas (Britain) 65, 69, 71, 75; Jose Maria Olazabal (Spain) 69, 70, 70, 71; Eduardo Romero (Argentina) 70, 62, 72, 76.
281 — Nick Dougherty (Britain) 72, 68, 69, 72; Philip Golding (Britain) 69, 69, 68, 75; Stuart Little (Britain) 71, 71, 68, 71; Richard Sterne (South Africa) 67, 75, 70, 69.
282 — Martin Erlandsson (Sweden) 68, 67, 75, 72; Ignacio Garrido (Spain) 72, 66, 75, 69; David Lynn (Britain) 73, 68, 70, 71; Colin Montgomerie (Britain) 69, 72, 70, 71.—Reuters
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