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MERIDEN (England), June 8: Britain’s Greg Owen laid the ghost of Portugal when he won the British Masters on Sunday by three strokes.
Owen allowed the Portuguese Open title to slip through his fingers seven weeks ago but held on this time as a closing one-under-par 71 for 14-under-par 274, earned him the $409,000 first prize from fellow Briton Ian Poulter and Frenchman Christian Cevaer.
Leading final round scores (Britain unless stated):
274 — Greg Owen 68, 68, 67, 71.
277 — Christian Cevaer (France) 73, 70, 66, 68; Ian Poulter 71, 73, 63, 70.
280 — Darren Clarke 71, 71, 72, 66; Robert Rock 73, 69, 70, 68; Anthony Wall 72, 70, 67, 71.
281 — Raphael Jacquelin (France) 70, 72, 72, 67; Stephen Gallacher 69, 71, 71, 70; Jorge Berendt (Argentina) 72, 72, 67, 70; David Lynn 66, 71, 71, 73.
282 — Soren Kjeldsen (Denmark) 70, 73, 70, 69; Henrik Stenson (Sweden) 69, 74, 70, 69; Fredrik Andersson (Sweden) 74, 70, 68, 70; Mathias Gronberg (Sweden) 73, 71, 66, 72; Richard Green (Australia) 70, 66, 71, 75.
283 — Robert Karlsson (Sweden) 75, 69, 69, 70; Ignacio Garrido (Spain) 67, 72, 73, 71; Nick O’Hern (Australia) 72, 70, 70, 71; Marcel Siem (Germany) 66, 71, 74, 72; Philip Golding 69, 73, 69, 72; Mark Roe 71, 70, 69, 73; Darren Fichardt (South Africa) 72, 66, 71, 74; Mikael Lundberg (Sweden) 69, 69, 71, 74.
284 — Justin Rose 69, 75, 73, 67; Gary Orr 72, 72, 72, 68; Jarrod Moseley (Australia) 70, 73, 70, 71; Andrew Coltart 68, 73, 70, 73; David Howell 72, 71, 67, 74; Barry Lane 73, 68, 68, 75.
THIRD ROUND DELAYED
POTOMAC (Maryland): Rain forced PGA Tour officials to postpone Saturday’s third round at the Kemper Open until Sunday with South Africa’s Rory Sabbatini leading from Friday with an eight-under-par total of 134.
After firing a 62 in the second round, 2001 British Open champion David Duval had jumped into a tie for second on 136 with Sweden’s Niclas Fasth, Notah Begay III and Tom Gillis.
The fourth and final round will be played on Monday.
The Potomac area has seen rain on 28 of the last 38 days.—Reuters
