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International News
Rory McIlroy set a new course record en route
to winning the Quail Hollow Championship, his first US PGA title. He became
the youngest winner on the Tour since Tiger Woods in 1996. The Northern
Irishman, who turned 21 that week enjoyed a blistering round, capped by a 43
foot birdie putt on the 18th to sign for a 62 and win by four shots from
Phil Mickelson. This victory lifted him back into the world's top ten at
World Nš 9, a jump of 4 places. Mickelson's second place finish gave him an
opportunity to take the World Number One spot at the Player's Championship
if he could win and Tiger Woods finished outside the Top 5.
Alvaro
Quiros has joined Seve Ballesteros and Sergio Garcia as the only home
winners of the Open de Espaņa since 1972. At 35th in the world, Quiros was
the highest-ranked player in the field at the Real Club de Golf in Seville.
He grabbed his fourth European Tour title with a par on the first hole of a
play-off with English rookie James Morrison and jumped to World Nš 31.
Ryo Ishikawa set a new Japan Golf Tour record by carding a stunning
12-under-par 58 to win the seventh title of his career at The Crowns. The
18-year-old started the day six shots behind overnight leader Shigeki
Maruyama but conjured up 12 birdies, including nine on his first 11 holes,
without dropping a shot for a five-stroke victory at Nagoya Golf Club.
Ishikawa climbed 9 places to World Nš 38. That week's other winners were
Martin Piller at the Stadion Athens Classic at UGA on the Nationwide Tour
and Charlie Ford at the Turkish Airlines Challenge hosted by Carya Golf Club
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South African Tim Clark won The Players Championship
in at TPC Sawgrass to win his first PGA Tour tournament in a 12-year period.
Five birdies in a six hole stretch in the middle of his round gave Clark the
lead and he completed his round in 67, the best of the day by two, for a
single stroke victory over Robert Allenby. The win took Clark to World Nš
20, a rise of 20 places.
Sweden's Fredrik Andersson Hed withstood a
charge from Englands David Horsey on a tense final day in Turin to win the
BMW Italian Open and claim his first European Tour title at this 245th
attempt. Andersson Hed took a commanding six stroke advantage into the final
round in Turin after a brilliant third round nine under par 63 and his final
round of 73 was enough for a two stroke victory and a 125 place jump to
World Nš 152.
That week's other winners were Sam Walker at the
ALLIANZ Open Cotes d'Armor Bretagne on the Challenge Tour and Kim Dae-hyun
at the GS Caltex Maekyung Open Golf Championship on the OneAsia Tour.
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Australia's Adam Scott claimed his first PGA Tour title since 2008 with
victory in the Valero Texas Open. The play on Friday was washed out due to
heavy rain and a tornado warning, leaving 36 holes to be played on the final
day. Scott responded superbly with rounds of 66 and 67 to post a total of 14
under par and one-shot winning margin from Sweden's Fredrik Jacobson. The
win took Scott up seven places in the Official World Golf Ranking to Nš 36.
Sweden's Peter Hanson overcame a one-shot penalty for a double hit to
win the Iberdrola Open Cala Millor Mallorca at Pula, his third European Tour
title in a play-off with Spain's Alejandro Canizares. Birdie putts of 12 and
30 feet at the 15th and 17th brought him level, then he saved par from a
bunker at the last and then won when Canizares failed to get up and down
from the same trap on the first extra hole. Hanson broke back into the World
Top 50 in Nš 45 place and gained exemption from the US Open if he can stay
in the World Top 50 for just one more week.
Toru Taniguchi secured
his 16th career win when he claimed the Japan PGA Championship in Nagaskai.
It was Taniguchis first victory in this event and he adds this title to his
two Japan Open Championships. Taniguchi jumped 55 places to World Nš 85.
Justin Hicks won the BMW Charity Pro-Am on the Nationwide Tour and
climbed to World Number 342.
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