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| July 11, 2005 | Monday | Jumadi-us-Sani 3, 1426 |
Clark claims Scottish Open by two strokes
LOCH LOMOND (Scotland), July 10: South African Tim Clark holed a 20-foot birdie putt at the last to clinch his third European Tour title by two shots at the Scottish Open on Sunday.
The 29-year-old from Durban fired a four-under-par 67 to hold off the challenge of Dutchman Maarten Lafeber and Britain’s Darren Clarke, finishing on 19-under 265 at a sun-drenched Loch Lomond.
Lafeber returned a 69 for a share of second place with Ryder Cup player Clarke, who shot a 66.
Lafeber had cause to celebrate more than just a runner-up spot, though, by booking his place at next week’s British Open by finishing as the highest non-exempt player at Loch Lomond.
Britain’s Ian Poulter fired a best-of-the-day 65 to secure fourth place at 16 under after charging up the leaderboard with seven birdies and a solitary bogey at the par-four 16th.
Leading final round scores (Britain unless stated):
265 — Tim Clark (South Africa) 67, 66, 65, 67.
267 — Darren Clarke 67, 65, 69, 66; Maarten Lafeber (Netherlands) 67, 63, 68, 69.
268 — Ian Poulter 69, 67, 67, 65.
269 — Angel Cabrera (Argentina) 64, 67, 68, 70; Luke Donald 68, 67, 67, 67; Nick Dougherty 66, 69, 67, 67.
270 — Alastair Forsyth 68, 64, 67, 71; Peter Hedblom (Sweden) 67, 68, 68, 67; Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spain) 67, 69, 66, 68.
271 — Ernie Els (South Africa) 70, 66, 67, 68.
272 — Gary Orr 68, 65, 71, 68; Adam Scott (Australia) 70, 67, 64, 71.
273 — Trevor Immelman (South Africa) 74, 66, 65, 68; Fredrik Jacobson (Sweden) 71, 67, 69, 66; Francesco Molinari (Italy) 70, 66, 68, 69; Henrik Stenson (Sweden) 66, 70, 67, 70.
274 — Simon Dyson 71, 64, 70, 69; David Lynn 69, 68, 67, 70; Colin Montgomerie 68, 69, 66, 71; Anthony Wall 69, 66, 71, 68.
275 — Richard Finch 68, 71, 68, 68; Simon Khan 67, 67, 70, 71; Greg Owen 67, 66, 72, 70.
276 — Richard Bland 69, 70, 68, 69; Paul Broadhurst 73, 65, 65, 73; David Drysdale 67, 69, 70, 70; Jose Maria Olazabal (Spain) 68, 69, 69, 70; Lee Westwood 65, 69, 72, 70.
LEWIS STAYS IN FRONT
SILVIS (Illinois): With Michelle Wie having missed the cut, the focus of attention shifted to J.L. Lewis as he carded a two-under-par 69 to surge three shots clear after the third round of the John Deere Classic on Saturday.
Much of the buzz that had surrounded the warm-up event for the British Open at St Andrews disappeared on Friday when the American teenager failed in her bid to become the first female in 60 years to make the cut at a PGA Tour event.
American journeyman Lewis, 44, who claimed the first of his two tour titles at the John Deere in 1999, stepped into the spotlight by recording a 15-under-par aggregate of 198.
Fellow countrymen Hank Kuehne (67) and Craig Bowden (68) and Swede Richard S Johnson (68) shared second place on 201.
Leading third round scores (US unless stated):
198 — J.L. Lewis 64, 65, 69.
201 — Hank Kuehne 68, 66, 67; Richard Johnson (Sweden) 65, 68, 68; Craig Bowden 65, 68, 68.
202 — Jeff Brehaut 66, 70, 66; Robert Damron 65, 68, 69.
203 — Zach Johnson 68, 69, 66; Carlos Franco (Paraguay) 68, 68, 67; Sean O’Hair 66, 69, 68; Joey Snyder III 67, 66, 70; Shigeki Maruyama (Japan) 68, 63, 72.
204 — D.J. Trahan 68, 69, 67; Heath Slocum 68, 69, 67; Kevin Stadler 72, 63, 69; Wes Short Jr 66, 67, 71; Brandt Jobe 66, 66, 72.
205 — Woody Austin 72, 65, 68; John Maginnes 70, 67, 68; Matt Kuchar 71, 67, 67; Stewart Cink 68, 70, 67; Phillip Price (Britain) 69, 69, 67; Glen Hnatiuk (Canada) 65, 71, 69; John Senden (Australia) 69, 67, 69; Todd Hamilton 68, 67, 70; Brendan Jones (Australia) 66, 73, 66; Hunter Mahan 63, 68, 74.
206 — Duffy Waldorf 66, 71, 69; Guy Boros 68, 69, 69; Esteban Toledo (Mexico) 70, 67, 69; Garrett Willis 66, 72, 68; Brett Wetterich 68, 68, 70; Mark Hensby (Australia) 70, 66, 70; Robert Gamez 74, 65, 67.—Reuters
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