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International News
Australian Geoff Ogilvy shot a
final-round 67 at the par-73 Kapalua Resort Plantation Course to
successfully defend his title at the season-opening SBS Championship
from South Africa's Rory Sabbatini who finished a shot behind.
American Matt Kuchar was third of the 28-man field consisting of the
previous year's PGA Tour event winners with compatriot Sean O'Hair
in a tie for fourth place with Scotland's Martin Laird. Ogilvy
moveed back into the World's Top 10 with a 5 spot jump to ninth
while Sabbatini and Kuchar along with Ryan Moore, who finished 6th,
all climb into the World Top 50.
Charl Schwartzel claimed
his fourth European Tour title after his final round of 67 which was
good enough to help him secure the Africa Open in East London. The
South African as the highest World Ranked player in the field ended
with a total of 272 - 20 under par overall - to edge out
joint-overnight leader Thomas Aiken by a stroke. The win took
Schwartzel to the fringes of the World Top 50 with a 15 spot leap to
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Ryan Palmer
landed the third PGA Tour title of his career when he won the Sony
Open in Honolulu by a stroke from Robert Allenby. Palmer jumped 190
places in the Ranking to Nš 92. Charl Schwartzel won his second
straight Sunshine Tour - European Tour co-sanctioned tournament when
he claimed the Johannesburg Open by an impressive six strokes and
jumped 16 spots to World Nš 35. |
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Martin
Kaymer jumped to a career high at Nš 6 with a victory at the Abu Dhabi Golf
Championship and the second placed Ian Poulter broke into the Top 10 for the
first time as he moved to 10th. Bill Haas birdied the final hole to win the
weather delayed Bob Hope Classic by a single stroke from Matt Kuchar, Bubba
Watson and Tim Clark. Haas jumped 88 places in the Ranking to Nš 112.
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Robert
Karlsson won the Commercialbank Qatar Masters presented by Dolphin Energy by
three strokes from defending champion Alvaro Quiros. Karlsson missed the
middle of the 2009 season with an eye injury but the win placed him on track
for a third successive Ryder Cup appearance. The victory at Doha has also
took Karlsson back into the World Top 20 as he climbed 14 places to World Nš
17.
Ben Crane closed with a 2-under 70 for a one-shot victory at the
Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines. Crane parred the final hole to win
by a stroke from Michael Sim, Brandt Snedeker and Marc Leishman. The win
took Crane to 56th in the Ranking, a jump of 53 places.
American
Robert Gates claimed the Australasian Tour co-sanctioned 2010 Michael Hill
New Zealand Open by one shot from Australian Andrew Dodt and became the 13th
player in Nationwide Tour history to be victorious in his first event. Gates
jumped to World Number 366.
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