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| October 11, 2005 | Tuesday | Ramzan 6, 1426 |
Golf: Daly’s miss putt hands Woods title in play-off
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 10: John Daly missed a three-foot putt on the second playoff hole to gift Tiger Woods his fourth WGC-American Express Championship crown on Sunday.
Daly’s howler on the par-four 16th provided an anti-climactic finish to a gripping afternoon of cut-and-thrust golf as two of the biggest draws on the PGA Tour duelled for supremacy at a sun-drenched Harding Park golf course.
The American duo had completed the 72 holes of regulation play on 10-under-par 270, Woods firing a three-under 67 and Daly closing with a 69.
With his sixth victory of 2005, Woods secured a winner’s cheque of $1.3 million and moved closer to Vijay Singh’s single season-record of $10.9 million set last year.
Woods has won $9.9 million from 19 events.
Daly began the final day with a one-shot cushion over Britain’s Colin Montgomerie but the battle for the title came down to a two-way fight with Woods.
After scrapping his way to an outward nine of even par, US Masters and British Open champion Woods roared into a share of the lead with three consecutive birdies from the par-five 10th.
Daly, however, responded by chipping in from 55 feet on 13 to regain control.
The twice major winner, bidding for his sixth PGA Tour title, forged two strokes clear when Woods bogeyed 14 but Daly faltered with a bogey at the par-three 17th before the tournament went into extra holes.
Seven-time European number one Montgomerie, chasing his first PGA Tour title, bogeyed the last for a 70 to slip back into a share of third place at eight under with Spaniard Sergio Garcia (69) and Swede Henrik Stenson (68).
Leading final round scores:
270 — Tiger Woods (US) 67, 68, 68, 67; John Daly (US) 67, 67, 67, 69. (Woods wins title on second playoff)
272 — Henrik Stenson (Sweden) 70, 67, 67, 68; Colin Montgomerie (Britain) 64, 69, 69, 70; Sergio Garcia (Spain) 67, 69, 67, 69.
275 — David Howell (Britain) 67, 67, 74, 67; Graeme McDowell (Britain) 69, 70, 68, 68; Vijay Singh (Fiji) 67, 70, 69, 69; David Toms (US) 68, 68, 70, 69.
276 — Stephen Ames (Canada) 72, 64, 71, 69.
277 — Shigeki Maruyama (Japan) 74, 69, 67, 67; Davis Love III (US) 71, 68, 71, 67; Luke Donald (Britain) 70, 71, 68, 68; Stuart Appleby (Australia) 71, 65, 69, 72.
278 — Fred Couples (US) 74, 69, 66, 69; Chad Campbell (US) 67, 70, 70, 71; Jim Furyk (US) 68, 67, 71, 72.
279 — Charl Schwartzel (South Africa) 72, 66, 74, 67; Mike Weir (Canada) 73, 67, 70, 69; Tim Clark (South Africa) 69, 69, 72, 69; Bradley Dredge (Britain) 69, 69, 72, 69; Ian Poulter (Britain) 67, 70, 72, 70; Stephen Dodd (Britain) 70, 68, 70, 71; Angel Cabrera (Argentina) 69, 66, 72, 72.
280 — Mark Calcavecchia (US) 67, 68, 74, 71; Brandt Jobe (US) 68, 71, 71, 70; Yasuharu Imano (Japan) 69, 68, 72, 71; Billy Mayfair (US) 69, 67, 73, 71.
TENERIFE (Spain): Britain’s John Bickerton clinched his maiden European Tour title, and his playing privileges for next year, with a five-shot victory at the Canaries Open on Sunday.
The 35-year-old Englishman, who had recorded five runner-up places in 287 tour starts since turning professional in 1991, fired a three-under-par 68 to finish on 10-under 274 at the Abama course.
One shot clear overnight, Bickerton pulled further away with three birdies in the first 10 holes before securing the first prize of $90,000 and a spot in the big-money Champions Tournament in Shanghai in November.
Leading final round scores:
274 — John Bickerton (Britain) 69, 68, 69, 68.
279 — Michael Kirk (South Africa) 69, 66, 75, 69; Stuart Little (Britain) 68, 67, 72, 72.
280 — Johan Axgren (Sweden) 72, 67, 71, 70; Mark Roe (Britain) 69, 68, 71 72; Marc Warren (Britain) 68, 71, 72, 69.
281 — Lee Slattery (Britain) 69, 72, 71, 69; Fredrik Widmark (Sweden) 70, 73, 67, 71.
282 — Jose Manuel Carriles (Spain) 72, 70, 66, 74; Stephen Scahill (New Zealand) 70, 66, 73, 73.
283 — Peter Baker (Britain) 69, 68, 72, 74; Gregory Bourdy (France) 69, 71, 72, 71; David Carter (Britain) 74, 71, 70, 68; Gareth Davies (Britain) 74, 71, 73, 65; Martin Maritz (South Africa) 74, 71, 72, 66; Gareth Paddison (New Zealand) 74, 68, 68, 73; Jamie Spence (Britain) 69, 69, 72, 73.
284 — Philip Archer (Britain) 70, 72, 71, 71; Roger Chapman (Britain) 69, 72, 71, 72; Ignacio Garrido (Spain) 70, 70, 73, 71; Ivo Giner (Spain) 72, 72, 72, 68; Hernan Rey (Argentina) 72, 69, 73, 70; Patrik Sjoeland (Sweden) 69, 76, 72, 67; Benoit Teilleria (France) 72, 72, 69, 71.—Reuters
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