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| October 18, 2005 | Tuesday | Ramzan 13, 1426 |
US journeyman scoops jackpot with maiden win
LAS VEGAS, Oct 17: American journeyman Wes Short Jr hit the jackpot at the Las Vegas Championship on Sunday, beating three-times winner Jim Furyk at the second playoff hole to claim his first career title.
Short, who started the week 176th on the money list and battling to finish in the top 125 to secure his card for next season, scooped a first prize of $720,000 and a two-year PGA Tour exemption.
It was truly a Cinderella week for the 41-year-old Short, who only gained entry to the $4 million event following Arron Oberholser’s withdrawal.
After the two players parred the first playoff hole, Furyk sent his tee shot into the water at the par-three 17th to open the door for Short who found a greenside bunker.
Short, though, blasted out of the sand to within 18 inches of the cup to leave a routine putt for par.
He had staged a rally over the final regulation holes to force the playoff, picking up an eagle at 16 and holing a nine-foot birdie putt at 18 to record a six-under 66 for a 21-under total of 266 at the TPC at Summerlin.
Furyk, who won earlier this season at the Western Open, had two eagles on his card but a bogey at the last gave the 2003 US Open champion a seven-under 65.
Ted Purdy (71), who held a three-shot lead with nine to play, dropped out of contention with a triple-bogey at the 17th. He finished in a tie for third place with Harrison Frazar (69) on 19-under 268.
Leading final round scores:
266 — Wes Short Jr (US) 67, 67, 66, 66; Jim Furyk (US) 66, 66, 69, 65.
268 — Harrison Frazar (US) 68, 63, 68, 69; Ted Purdy (US) 67, 65, 65, 71.
269 — Charles Howell III (US) 63, 69, 67, 70. 270 Nick Watney (US) 67, 67, 70, 66; Shigeki Maruyama (Japan) 65, 65, 72, 68.
271 — Briny Baird (US) 62, 66, 78, 65; Will MacKenzie (US) 65, 69, 70, 67; Hidemichi Tanaka (Japan) 66, 68, 68, 69; Steve Lowery (US) 67, 68, 64, 72.
272 — Davis Love III (US) 68, 67, 71, 66; Daniel Chopra (Sweden) 70, 67, 70, 65; Stephen Leaney (Australia) 67, 67, 69, 69; Ryan Palmer (US 62, 72, 68, 70.
273 — Rod Pampling (Australia) 67, 64, 74, 68; Ryan Moore (US) 67, 63, 74, 69; John Daly (US) 68, 67, 70, 68; Ben Crane (US) 67, 65, 72, 69; Tom Pernice Jr (US) 65, 68, 70, 70; Bart Bryant (US) 64, 66, 73, 70; Bo Van Pelt (US) 70, 66, 67, 70; Geoff Ogilvy (Australia) 65, 69, 67, 72; Scott Gutschewski (US) 64, 71, 67, 71.
274 — John Senden (Australia) 66, 66, 73, 69; Scott Verplank (US) 70, 66, 69, 69; Lee Janzen (US) 66, 69, 70, 69; Kevin Sutherland (US) 67, 67, 70, 70.
275 — Jason Gore (US) 65, 70, 71, 69; Fred Funk (US) 67, 68, 70, 70; Joe Durant (US) 66, 70, 71, 68; Olin Browne (US) 67, 65, 75, 68; Phillip Price (Britain) 68, 66, 68, 73; Jeff Sluman (US) 67, 69, 66, 73.
MADRID: France’s Raphael Jacquelin won the Madrid Open by three strokes on Sunday despite a spirited challenge by former British Open champion Paul Lawrie.
Jacquelin’s first European Tour title at his 238th event came with a closing two-under-par 69 for a 23-under-par 261 four-round total and a 166,660 euros ($200,000) first prize.
Scotland’s Lawrie, who began the day eight strokes behind the Frenchman, shot a 64 to finish three adrift.
Leading final round scores:
261 — Raphael Jacquelin (France) 64, 64, 64, 69.
264 — Paul Lawrie (Britain) 68, 66, 66, 64.
266 — Darren Clarke (Britain) 64, 67, 68, 67; Anders Hansen (Denmark) 67, 69, 66, 64.
267 — Ian Woosnam (Britain) 69, 65, 68, 65.
268 — Jose Manuel Lara (Spain) 67, 69, 68, 64; Jose-Filipe Lima (Portugal) 66, 66, 67, 69
269 — Gregory Bourdy (France) 69, 68, 67, 65; David Lynn (Britain) 69, 69, 65, 66; Colin Montgomerie (Britain) 72, 66, 65, 66.
270 — Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spain) 72, 64, 66, 68.
271 — Robert-Jan Derksen (Netherlands) 67, 69, 66, 69; James Kingston (South Africa) 71, 66, 68, 66; Stuart Little (Britain) 67, 66, 68, 70; Andrew Marshall (Britain) 70, 68, 65, 68; Jose Maria Olazabal (Spain) 67, 69, 70, 65; Wade Ormsby (Australia) 70, 70, 65, 66; David Park (Britain) 68, 67, 67, 69.—Reuters
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