Golfbidder Tour Wrap 15th December Alfred Dunhill It seemed like Branden Grace came out of hiding to claim his first European Tour title in two years at the Alfred Dunhill Championship. The South African, who won four times in 2012, but had scarcely been heard of since, found the secret again and blew the field apart with a seven shot winning margin. Poor Lucas Bjerregaard seemed to be one caught in the percussive aftershock, falling from one off the lead at the start to a 17-over-par 89 at Leopard Creek Country Golf Club. Former Masters champion, Louis Oosthuizen eventually finished second with Trevor Fisher, Andrew Johnston, and Danny Willett tied third. The adrenaline finally ran dry on Nedbank champion Willett who burned a sack full of rand by dropping six shots in his final three holes. Thailand Open The stars that travelled to Asia in expectation of another 20 under resort course massacre got a rude awakening at Amata Springs when the course bit back with thick rough and hard greens at The Thailand Golf Championship. In the end a battling Lee Westwood performance saw him secure his second Thai title when overnight leaders Martin Kaymer and Marcus Fraser folded on the home stretch. Westwood’s final round of 67 included a run of seven birdies in 10 holes to post a clubhouse target of 8-under. The Worksop pro then watched Kaymer muck up the 17th green for bogey and Fraser rush a six footer for par and a playoff past the hole on the final green. The win was the 41st of Westwood’s career and worth $1m. This is my last event of the year and its nice to finish with a win and go into Christmas and start the New Year with confidence and a bit of momentum, he said after. It is by far the hardest golf course Ive played on in Asia. The greens were firm and the rough was really thick. Though he missed the chance to force a playoff Marcus Fraser, who missed a big chunk of 2014 with a wrist injury, left Thailand upbeat having secured a spot in The Open Championship next July at St Andrews. Im really excited with getting the place at St Andrews, Fraser said. That was one of the reasons I came to this event. The Open is the best tournament in the world. Aussie PGA The Australian PGA Championship almost descended into farce as the dull final hole at Royal Pines was used over and over again, seven times in total, to decide a playoff. In the end Greg Chalmers stayed awake just long enough to beat Adam Scott and Wade Ormsby who was eliminated earlier. The three men had all tied on 11-under and organizers decided the 18th hole with its corporate and hospitality tents would be perfect to settle matters. But by the seventh time it was getting ridiculous. Having dropped Ormsby on the third lap, Chalmers and Scott continued to tie the hole until Scott finally cracked (of boredom), missing a four footer for par on the seventh playing. That left Chalmers, who had shot the round of the day, a 64 to surge up the leaderboard, with the 10th win of his career. His final round required just 26 putts, two of which were over 50 feet.
Posted on: Mon, 15 Dec 2014 15:38:36 +0000
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