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| August 9, 2005 | Tuesday | Rajab 3, 1426 |
Goosen edges out Jobe for narrow victory
CASTLE ROCK (Colorado), Aug 8: South Africa’s Retief Goosen capped his preparations for the US PGA Championship by claiming his first title of the season with a one-point win over Brandt Jobe at the International on Sunday.
After rain wiped out the opening round at the Castle Pines Golf Club, the field faced 36 gruelling holes in the thin Colorado air on Sunday and Goosen ground his way to a winning total of 32 in the modified Stableford scoring system.
Goosen mixed 11 birdies with seven bogeys over the two rounds scoring eight-points in the morning and seven in the afternoon to secure his sixth career PGA Tour win.
Playing his first event in the United States since his final round meltdown at the US Open in June, Goosen was back to his unflappable best, calmly draining a tricky four-foot par putt at the last that clinched his one-point victory.
American Jeff Brehaut was two points further back on 29, followed by Hank Kuehne alone in fourth with 27.
World number four Phil Mickelson, a two-time winner of the event, had a spectacular up-and-down final round that included seven birdies and five bogeys to finish in a tie for 10th with Scott McCarron on 23 points.
Leading final scores (US unless stated):
32 — Retief Goosen (South Africa) 7, 10, 8, 7.
31 — Brandt Jobe 13, 9, 12, -3.
29 — Jeff Brehaut 7, 6, 6, 10.
27 — Hank Kuehne 3, 8, 6, 10.
26 — Charles Howell III 12, 10, -4, 8.
24 — Joey Snyder III -1, 13, 8, 4; Rod Pampling (Australia) 5, 7, 3, 9; Tim Clark (South Africa) 4, 6, 6, 8; Tim Petrovic 11, 4, 8, 1.
23 — Scott McCarron 5, 5, 13, 0; Phil Mickelson 3, 14, -3, 9.
22 — Paul Gow (Australia) 6, 4, 7, 5; Steve Flesch 1, 8, 12, 1; Stewart Cink 9, 8, 3, 2.
21 — Carl Pettersson (Sweden) 6, 4, 9, 2; Jonathan Byrd 10, 2, 5, 4; Craig Barlow 6, 4, 12, -1; Mike Weir (Canada) 7, 6, 2, 6; Ryan Palmer 5, 3, 8, 5; Daniel Chopra (Sweden) 10, 6, 4, 1; Olin Browne 4, 3, 8, 6; Billy Mayfair 15, 7, 0, -1.
20 — Justin Rose (Britain) 6, 6, 2, 6; D.J. Brigman 3, 10, 11, -4; Hunter Haas 5, 9, 8, -2; Brian Bateman 5, 3, 0, 12; Chris Anderson 10, 8, 2, 0.
GLENEAGLES (Scotland): Italy’s Emanuele Canonica ended a 14-year wait for a European Tour title when he won the PGA Tour Championship on Sunday.
Canonica, ranked 353rd in the world, closed with a one-under-par 71 to total seven-under-par 281 for four rounds, two shots ahead of overnight leader Nicolas Colsaerts of Belgium and Britons Barry Lane, Bradley Dredge and David Lynn.
The nearest the 34-year-old big-hitter from Turin had come to winning since first going to Tour school in 1991 was with second places in the 2000 Tournament Players Championship of Europe and 2002 Spanish Open.
He became the third Italian winner in recent times, after Ryder Cup player Costantino Rocca and Massimo Scarpa, with a composed final round, taking advantage of playing-partner Colsaerts falling away in the middle of the back nine.
Leading final round scores (Britain unless stated):
281 — Emanuele Canonica (Italy) 70, 71, 69, 71.
283 — Nicolas Colsaerts (Belgium) 70, 71, 67, 75; Bradley Dredge 70, 72, 69, 72; Barry Lane 73, 74, 66, 70; David Lynn 70, 71, 73, 69.
284 — Francesco Molinari (Italy) 75, 69, 71, 69; Wade Ormsby (Australia) 73, 73, 66, 72.
285 — Richard Bland 71, 71, 68, 75; Raphael Jacquelin (France) 75, 66, 76, 68; Sam Little 71, 68, 75, 71; Gary Orr 77, 71, 69, 68; Steve Webster 71, 67, 74, 73.
286 — Paul Broadhurst 71, 73, 69, 73; Robert Coles 74, 72, 69, 71; Jonathan Lomas 70, 71, 73, 72; Santiago Luna (Spain) 75, 68, 71, 72.
287 — Gregory Bourdy (France) 70, 69, 74, 74; Robert-Jan Derksen (Netherlands) 73, 71, 73, 70; Ian Garbutt 71, 69, 72, 75; Jose-Filipe Lima (Portugal) 75, 70, 76, 66; Damien McGrane (Ireland) 70, 72, 69, 76; Oliver Wilson 76, 71, 70, 70.—Reuters
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