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- Golf: Watney storms from behind to win Barclays
- Golf: Kiwi Ko becomes youngest LPGA winner at 15
- Jonathan dedicates first win to late pal
| Golf: Watney storms from behind to win Barclays Posted: 26 Aug 2012 05:10 PM PDT FARMINGDALE (New York): Nick Watney closed with a two-under 69 as the American rallied in Sunday's fourth round to capture The Barclays tournament, the first event in the PGA Tour playoffs. Watney began the final round two shots back. He finished at 10-under 274 and won the title by three strokes at the Bethpage course. The win moves him into first place in the PGA Tour's playoff points race with three more FedEx Cup events to play. Brandt Snedeker, who is trying to land a spot on the US Ryder Cup team, shot a one-under 70 and took second at seven-under par. - AFP |
| Golf: Kiwi Ko becomes youngest LPGA winner at 15 Posted: 26 Aug 2012 04:33 PM PDT VANCOUVER (Canada): New Zealand's Lydia Ko became the youngest champion in the history of the LPGA Tour on Sunday by firing a five-under-par 67 to capture the Canadian Women's Open by three strokes. The 15-year-old South Korean-born Ko finished the 72 holes on 13-under-par 275 at the Vancouver Golf Club course to beat Park Inbee by three shots. Ko, who is four months past her 15th birthday, is also the fifth amateur winner and also the first since JoAnne Carner captured the Burdine's Invitational in 1969. Ko is 16 months younger than Lexi Thompson, who was the previous youngest winner on the Tour at 16 years, eight months. Thompson set the mark when she won the Navistar Classic last year. Ko was born 11 days after Tiger Woods won his first Masters in 1997. She finished five strokes ahead of South Koreans Choi Na-yeon, Shin Ji-yai and Chella Choi, who finished in a tie for third place at eight-under 280. Earlier this year, Ko won the New South Wales Open in Australia at 14 to become the youngest player to win a professional tour event. Ko also won the US Women's Amateur two weeks ago in Ohio. Ko pulled away with birdies on five of the first six holes on the back nine. She began the tournament with two straight 68s and shot a 72 on Saturday, giving her a two-shot lead heading into Sunday's final round. - AFP |
| Jonathan dedicates first win to late pal Posted: 26 Aug 2012 03:58 PM PDT PETALING JAYA: Back-up bowler Jonathan Chan won his first international title at the 15th PBAP Bevida-Storm International Classic in Manila yesterday and dedicated it to his late team-mate Khoo Beng Khai. The 21-year-old Jonathan defeated compatriot Siti Shazwani Abdul Suhaimi in a sudden death playoff, taking the opening game 236-221 and the second 244-233. The victory brought back memories of his former roomate Beng Khai, who passed away last October. The duo had competed in the youth division of the 2011 edition of the tournament in what was to be their last stint together. "Beng Khai was always on my mind. It felt like only yesterday that we were here together. This win is for him," said an emotional Jonathan. In October last year, promising bowler Beng Khai collapsed in his car after parking it at the Bukit Jalil Sports Complex. Jonathan had been with him but all efforts to revive Beng Khai failed and the whole episode was a traumatic one for the whole team. "I spent some amazing time with Beng Khai and I will always cherish that," said Jonathan. On his sensational game yesterday, Jonathan gave due credit to Shazwani for putting up a good show. Shazwani did better than the boys to top the leaderboard with an eight-game score of 1,949 in the Masters Open qualifying round. "It was a tough fight but I was confident I would win as I had better pin carry today," said Jonathan. "My coach Foong Tak Meng changed my release and helped me improve my physical condition. I'm thankful to him." Prior to yesterday's success, Jonathan's most significant achievement was winning the team gold at the 2010 Asian Youth championships in Kuwait with Beng Khai, Abdul Syimir Razak and Aris Ardilla Santosoh. Team manager George Tan was pleased with the country's 1-2 sweep especially as the bowlers were sent for the competition on the Malaysian Tenpin Bowling Congress (MTBC)'s own funding. "MTBC are looking at exposing the back-up bowlers and identifying new and additional talents to strengten the team. "We are quite pleased with their progress," said George. The places in the national team are limited and the National Sports Council (NSC) only fund the select group. But that has not stopped MTBC from sending aspiring bowlers abroad. |
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