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Martin Laird Nabs Golden Ticket, Inbee Cruises At Kraft Nabisco PDF Print E-mail
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Martin Laird celebrates Sunday at TPC San Antonio

 

 

San Antonio, Texas - Martin Laird entered the final round five shots behind 54 hole leader Billy Horschel,

but a dominant 63 Sunday was enough to win the Valero Texas Open and grab the last "Golden Ticket"

to the Masters this week at Augusta National. The Scotsman birdied two of the first three holes enroute

to shooting -5 on the front nine, and finished off the round (and the field) with 3 straight birdies. Lairds

22 putts vaulted him to a two stroke victory (-13) over a hard charging Rory McIlroy - who regained his

form and shot 66. The Ulsterman found the confidence that he sought when he signed up to play in

Texas at the last minute. The solo 2nd moves McIlroy from 122nd to 30th in the Fedex Cup standings,

and immediately makes him one of the favorites when he travels down Magnolia Lane this week .


Lairds win was his third career title on the PGA Tour, and moved him to 18th in the Fedex Cup Standings,

also it was the 1st win by a non-American on the PGA Tour this year (Americans won the first 14 events

of 2013).

 

“To come here and play the way I did today and have my name on (the trophy) beside all these other

great names, it means a lot.” “I know how good Rory is,” Laird said. “But it doesn’t matter if it’s Rory

or Jim or Billy. If someone’s behind me making birdies like they were, I know I’ve got to keep making

birdies.





54 hole leader Billy Horschel finished tied for fourth at TPC San Antonio.



Scores: http://www.pgatour.com/content/pgatour/leaderboard.html

 

 

 

Inbee Park was dominant at Mission Hills

 

 

Rancho Mirage, California - Inbee Park cruised to her second major victory at the Kraft Nabisco

Championship at Mission Hills Country Club. The result was never in doubt as Park won by four

strokes over So Yeon Ryu, who carded a final round 65, to finish at -11. After finishing Sunday

with 69 and a tournament total of -15, Park was confident, and hungry regarding her new ranking

of No.2 in the world. "That's the place I always wanted and only have one more spot to go," Park

said. "That brings a lot of momentum, keeps momentum going for me, especially after this week. I

felt a lot of confidence with my swing and with putting. Everything has been going the right way

this season. It feels good."

 

The win was Park's second of the season, and her fourth in the last two seasons (That's 4 in 16

months). Park also won last years Official Money Title and the Vare Trophy for low scoring average.

Regarding her celebration in Poppy's Pond, "That's the pond I've always wanted to jump in, and I

finally jumped. It was a little bit chilly though."


Caroline Hedwall shot a final round 68 to finish third at -9.

 

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D.A Points Wins The Shell Houston Open PDF Print E-mail
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D.A Points Celebrates his par putt to seal the deal on the 18th hole Sunday.

 

 

Humble, Texas - After a two hour weather delay, D.A Points kept his cool and his touch . . . his first shot

after the delay was a 43 yard pitch, which he executed perfectly to two feet. On the 72nd hole he faced

a 13 foot tester to save par and close out the Victory, he decided to play a little less break on the putt

. . . and when it fell into the cup, he celebrated with an uppercut. His final round 66 was a solid bookend

to his opening round of 64 on Thursday. D.A's 16 under total at Redstone Golf Club was good enough for

a one stroke victory, the 2nd of his career.


I've been having a really tough year," Points said. "To have a putt to win, you want that starting out

every week. I would have liked for it to have been closer."


Henrik Stenson and Billy Horschel each shot Sunday 66's to finish a stroke behind at -15. Dustin Johnson

(65) and Ben Crane (68) finished tied for 4th at -14. For Stenson, the finish nudged him into the top 50

in the world . . . and another trip down Magnolia Lane. "I said to my caddie walking up 18, No matter

what, we're playing for a green jacket in a couple of weeks," Stenson said. "That will be nice."



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Tiger Reclaims The #1 Ranking PDF Print E-mail

 

 

Orlando, Florida - On a Monday finish at Bay Hill, Tiger Woods won for the third time this season

and reclaimed his place atop the world of professional golf. It looked for a moment like Ricky Fowler

might make a game of it . . . on the par 4 fifteenth, Tiger was up two when he flared his approach

into the front bunker and left the door open for Fowler to close the gap. Ricky over cooked the approach

to the left pin location and failed to capitalize on Tiger's bogey.


On the 16th with Tiger in the fairway bunker, Fowler once again had a chance to get closer . . . his

chances of catching his fellow Medalist member ended when he rinsed his approach to the par 5, and

then added his next to the water with a chunked wedge - making 8 on the hole. Game Over. Woods

finished the final round shooting 70 on Monday for a total of -13 (275).


Tiger was excited after the round : "It feels good right now." Woods exclaimed, "All of the hard work

has paid off, I've turned some of the weaknesses I had last year into strengths. I'm really excited

about the rest of this year."


First and Second round leader Justin Rose finished second at -11.


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Streelman Gets 1st Win, Stacy Lewis Rises To #1 PDF Print E-mail
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Kevin Streelman looked more like a seasoned veteran, than a first time winner on Sunday.

 

 

Palm Harbor, Florida - Kevin Streelman certainly didn't look like a winless journeyman

in his 153rd start, his gutsy and aggressive shot making on Sunday looked like a

player who not only had been there before, but who had converted on many

occasions. On the toughest hole of the day - the par 3 thirteenth, Justin Leonard

and Streelman were locked in a duel (Boo Weekley was waiting in the clubhouse at

-8 after his final round round 63). Leonard was first to hit, he double crossed his tee

shot way left . . . Streelman stepped up and hit the shot of the tournament to the

far right hole location that was guarded by water and tucked just beyond the

greenside bunkers, his shot landed just onto the green and rolled out to six feet past

the hole. Leonard could not convert his par, and Streelman made his putt for

birdie to take command on the Copperhead Course for good. The final round 67, and

10 under par total were good enough to win the Tampa Bay Championship by two

strokes for the 1st victory of his career.

 

"Probably the best shot of my life in that situation" Streelman said (about the 5 iron

on 13), "It's just how I envisioned it and pulled it off. That was really cool . . . I just

stayed really patient, and had a peace about me today."


On a day when the field average was almost 72, Boo Weekley's final round 63 was

impressive and earned him a much needed solo 2nd. Another player who gained in

status Sunday was 19 year old Jordan Spieth, his Sunday 70 was good enough for a

tie for seventh and enough earnings ($521,893) to gain temporary special

membership on the PGA Tour for the rest of 2013.


Streelman, a former caddie and mini-tour player was still giddy after the victory,

"Just keep chasing your dreams, you never know what will happen." On this

St.Patrick's Day, he certainly was living proof of that. With the win, Kevin

Streelman earned his way back into the Masters.


Scores: http://www.pgatour.com/leaderboard.html





Your new #1 Stacy Lewis celebrating after her win at the RR Donnelley Founders



Phoenix, Arizona - Stacy lewis rallied against Ai Miyazato to win the RR Donnelley

LPGA Founders Cup at Wildfire Golf Club (Marriott Desert Ridge Resort). Trailing by 4

entering Sunday's final round, things changed on the back nine. “I was certainly

surprised she finished the way she did, but to make those two putts I did on 16 and

17 was pretty unbelievable and I'm just ‑‑ I'm really speechless,” said Lewis. “I played

great today and I was super motivated from all that happened yesterday and just

happy for Travis (Wilson).” (Travis Wilson, Lewis' caddie had violated rule 13-4 on

Saturday for moving sand in a bunker, costing Stacy Lewis 2 strokes)


It all fell apart for Miyazato on the 16th, holding a one shot lead, her approach flew

the green and she ended up making double bogey. Stacy Lewis drained her birdie

putt for a 3 shot swing and never looked back.


When the rankings come out on Monday, it is expected that Lewis will become the

7th women to hold the #1 spot in the Rolex Rankings. Yani Tseng had previously held

the spot for 109 weeks (other players to hold the coveted spot were: Annika

Sorenstam, Lorena Ochoa, Jiyai Shin, Ai Miyazato, and Christie Kerr)



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