Saturday, December 24, 2011
Castle Stewart witness the winning
Luke Donald confirmed his status as the World's number one golfer as he secured a four-stroke victory more than a high quality field in the rain-affected Barclays Scottish Open. The occasion was moved from Loch Lomond to Castle Stuart to provide a test more in keeping with links golf, but despite some rave reviews about the course, bad weather throughout Friday evening and Saturday caused a number of landslides and many locations of standing water, therefore reducing the tournament to 54 holes. Donald completed his second round on Sunday one shot off the lead and returned Cheap Soccer Jerseys within the afternoon to fire a final round 63 to take the title by four shots from Swede Fredrik Andersson Hed, who rocketed up the field following a third round 62. Angel Cabrera, George Coetzee, Nicolas Colsaerts, Lorenzo Gagli, Scott Jamieson, Mark Tullo and Martin Wiegele finished a shot further adrift in a seven-way share of third, with Jamieson securing a spot within the Open Championship as the highest ranked of these players who had not already qualified.
Meanwhile, on the US PGA Tour, Steve Stricker secured a third consecutive John Deere Classic title after a dramatic finish at TPC Deere Run in Illinois. The two-time defending champion had looked set for a comfortable victory before Kyle Stanley went on a run of five birdies in six holes to turn out to be tied for the lead Real Madrid Jersey. Stricker then dropped shots on both the 15th and 16th holes to fall two behind - the latter coming as a result of a plugged lie in a bunker. However, Stanley then found trouble off the tee on each the 17th and 18th, but despite salvaging a par on his penultimate hole, was unable to obtain up and down from a greenside bunker at the last. Stricker, playing a group behind Stanley, produced a 14-foot birdie on the 17th, and following a excellent shot from a tricky lie in a fairway bunker, then sunk a 25 foot putt from Arsenal Jersey just off the final green to clinch a remarkable victory. Stanley had the consolation of securing the final berth within the Open Championship field.
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