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VANCOUVER (Canada), Sept 12: Mark Calcavecchia survived a shaky finish to post a one-shot victory over fellow Americans Ben Crane and Ryan Moore at the Canadian Open on Sunday, his first title in four years.
Calcavecchia, who had held a four-shot cushion after six holes at the Shaughnessy Golf Club, watched his advantage shrink on the back nine with a pair of bogeys, limping home with a one-over 71.
Despite carding just a single birdie over his final two rounds, the 1989 British Open champion did just enough to hold on and collect his 12th career title with a winning total of five-under 275.
Moore, winner of the 2004 US Amateur title, had a final round even-par 70 to post the best result in his young career, joining Crane in second place at four-under 276.
Needing a par on the last to clinch the win, Calcavecchia left his approach seven-feet from the hole then calmly two-putted for the win.
Leading final round scores:
275 — Mark Calcavecchia (US) 65, 67, 72, 71.
276 — Ben Crane (US) 74, 66, 70, 66; Ryan Moore (US) 69, 70, 67, 70.
277 — Jesper Parnevik (Sweden) 66, 72, 67, 72.
278 — Joey Sindelar (US) 70, 71, 69, 68; Jerry Kelly (US) 72, 66, 69, 71.
279 — Trevor Immelman (South Africa) 71, 68, 70, 70; Vijay Singh (Fiji) 73, 66, 68, 72; Stephen Ames (Canada) 73, 70, 64, 72.
280 — Arjun Atwal (India) 72, 67, 73, 68.
281 — Mathias Groenberg (Sweden) 68, 70, 74, 69; John Huston (US) 69, 72, 70, 70; Bob Heintz (US) 68, 70, 70, 73.
282 — Tom Pernice Jr (US) 68, 72, 71, 71; Ted Purdy (US) 67, 72, 72, 71; Matt Kuchar (US) 72, 67, 72, 71; Briny Baird (US) 70, 72, 68, 72; Carlos Franco (Paraguay) 68, 70, 70, 74; Brian Davis (Britain) 70, 71, 66, 75; Craig Barlow (US) 70, 70, 65, 77.
283 — Michael Allen (US) 68, 73, 76, 66; Rory Sabbatini (South Africa) 73, 68, 69, 73; Michael Harris (US) 72, 70, 67, 74.
284 — Hunter Mahan (US) 71, 70, 72, 71; Peter Tomasulo (US) 73, 70, 70, 71; Scott Dunlap (US) 67, 77, 70, 70; Billy Andrade (US) 70, 73, 68, 73.
COLOGNE (Germany): South Africa’s Retief Goosen put himself in line for a third European Tour order of merit with a one-shot victory at the German Masters on Sunday.
Goosen’s first European success of the season, which took him to the top of Europe’s money list at the expense of New Zealander Michael Campbell, came after he fired a five-under-par 67 to finish at 20-under-par 268.
It was hard-earned, though, as the twice US Open champion had to come back from a double-bogey six at the second hole and a visit to a water hazard at the last.
Britain’s Nick Dougherty (68) and Swede Henrik Stenson (68) both needed to birdie the last to force a playoff with Goosen but fell short to share second place with Spain’s Jose Maria Olazabal (66) and another Briton, David Lynn (67).
Leading final round scores:
268 — Retief Goosen (South Africa) 67, 68, 66, 67.
269 — Nick Dougherty (Britain) 71, 64, 66, 68; David Lynn (Britain) 68, 67, 67, 67; Jose Maria Olazabal (Spain) 68, 65, 70, 66; Henrik Stenson (Sweden) 71, 66, 64, 68.
270 — David Howell (Britain) 72, 66, 66, 66.
271 — Paul Casey (Britain) 67, 67, 71, 66; Anthony Wall (Britain) 71, 62, 68, 70.
272 — Angel Cabrera (Argentina) 70, 68, 67, 67.
273 — Kenneth Ferrie (Britain) 68, 72, 66, 67; Ricardo Gonzalez (Argentina) 67, 71, 71, 64.
275 — Marc Cayeux (Zimbabwe) 66, 69, 72, 68; Scott Drummond (Britain) 68, 68, 68, 71; Niclas Fasth (Sweden) 69, 71, 65, 70; Pierre Fulke (Sweden) 68, 69, 69, 69; Bernhard Langer (Germany) 67, 69, 71, 68.—Reuters
