Scott cruises to seven-shot victory
SINGAPORE, Sept 11: Australia’s Adam Scott fired a final-round 65 to ease to a seven-stroke victory at the $2-million Singapore Open on Sunday, the world number seven completing the tournament with a 13-under par 272 total.
Scott was one of 15 golfers forced to finish their third round in the morning after rain had curtailed play on Saturday, and he set up his victory with three birdies in the four holes he completed to take a one-stroke lead into the final 18 holes.
Leading final round scores:
271 — Adam Scott (Australia) 70, 69, 67, 65.
278 — Lee Westwood (Britain) 71, 71, 68, 68.
279 — Andrew Buckle (Australia) 71, 65, 72, 71.
281 — Ted Oh (South Korea) 69, 70, 72, 70.
282 — Thongchai Jaidee (Thailand) 67, 73, 68, 74.
CALCAVECCHIA LEADS
VANCOUVER (British Columbia): Mark Calcavecchia held on to a one-shot lead after fellow American Craig Barlow and Sweden’s Jesper Parnevik mounted late charges in the third round of the Canadian Open on Saturday.
Leading third round scores:
204 — Mark Calcavecchia (US) 65, 67, 72.
205 — Craig Barlow (US) 70, 70, 65; Jesper Parnevik (Sweden) 66, 72, 67.
206 — Ryan Moore (US) 69, 70, 67.
207 — Brian Davis (Britain) 70, 71, 66; Stephen Ames (Canada) 73, 70, 64; Vijay Singh (Fiji) 73, 66, 68; Jerry Kelly (US) 72, 66, 69.
208 — Bob Heintz (US) 68, 70, 70; Carlos Franco (Paraguay) 68, 70, 70.
209 — Kevin Na (South Korea) 70, 72, 67; Michael Harris (US) 72, 70, 67; Trevor Immelman (South Africa) 71, 68, 70.
GOOSEN AHEAD
COLOGNE (Germany): European number two Retief Goosen is the player with most at stake going into German Masters final round in a four-way tie for the lead.
A late bogey in a third round 66 dropped Goosen back into a tie with Swede Henrik Stenson (64) and Britons Nick Dougherty (66) and Anthony Wall (68), a stroke ahead of the field on 15-under-par 201.
Leading third round scores:
201 — Nick Dougherty (Britain) 71, 64, 66; Retief Goosen (South Africa) 67, 68, 66; Henrik Stenson (Sweden) 71, 66, 64; Anthony Wall (Britain) 71, 62, 68.
202 — David Lynn (Britain) 68, 67, 67.
203 — Jose Maria Olazabal (Spain) 68, 65, 70.
204 — Scott Drummond (Britain) 68, 68, 68; David Howell (Britain) 72, 66, 66; Thomas Levet (France) 71, 66, 67.
205 — Fredrik Andersson Hed (Sweden) 69, 70, 66; Angel Cabrera (Argentina) 70, 68, 67; Paul Casey (Britain) 67, 67, 71; Niclas Fasth (Sweden) 69, 71, 65; Philip Golding (Britain) 71, 66, 68; Jose-Filipe Lima (Portugal) 71, 69, 65.—Agencies