Singh ends drought

Published June 13, 2006

HARRISON (New York), June 12: Vijay Singh of Fiji ended a victory drought of more than 10 months and put a smile on what he called a ‘horrible’ year by winning the Barclays Classic on Sunday by two shots from Australian Adam Scott.

Leading final round scores:

274 – Vijay Singh (Fiji) 70, 64, 72, 68.

276 – Adam Scott (Australia) 65, 72, 69, 70.

277 – Brett Quigley (US) 71, 66, 70, 70; Billy Andrade (US) 66, 70, 69, 72.

BRIER MAKES HISTORY

VIENNA: Markus Brier created golfing history on Sunday when he became the first Austrian winner on the full European Tour by capturing his home title by three strokes.

Leading final round scores:

266 – Markus Brier (Austria) 65, 67, 66, 68.

269 – Soren Hansen (Denmark) 68, 67, 69, 65.

270 – Simon Dyson (Britain) 66, 66, 67, 71.

271 – Richard Green (Australia) 71, 67, 70, 63..—Reuters

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