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CARL PETTERSSON
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Week 30 - CARL PETTERSSON WINS THE RBC CANADIAN OPEN AND MOVES TO WORLD NUMBER 109
7/26/10 7:56 AM
Carl Pettersson from Sweden won the RBC Canadian Open, his fourth PGA Tour victory. After making the cut on the mark, he shot 60-67 over the weekend to win by a single stroke from overnight leader Dean Wilson. The win takes Pettersson to World Number 109, an improvement of 98 positions. |
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Louis Oosthuizen
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Week 29 - LOUIS OOSTHUIZEN WINS THE 139TH OPEN GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP AND MOVES TO WORLD NUMBER 15
7/19/10 9:46 AM
South Africa's Louis Oosthuizen won the 139th Open Golf Championship by seven strokes from Lee Westwood over the Old Course at St. Andrews. He started the final day with a four stroke lead which after eight holes had been trimmed to three, but an eagle at the ninth and a birdie at the twelth to Paul Casey’s triple-bogey seven gave Oosthuizen the lead by eight. Westwood birdied the final hole, after rescuing a five when in trouble at the seventeeth, which gave him outright second place. Oosthuizen climbs to a career best 15th in the Official World Golf Ranking from 54th. |
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Edoardo Molinari
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Week 28 - EDOARDO MOLINARI WINS THE BARCLAYS SCOTTISH OPEN AND MOVES INTO THE WORLD TOP 20
7/12/10 8:38 AM
Italy's Edoardo Molinari won the Barclay's Scottish Open at Loch Lomond. One ahead after his dazzling third round 63, Edoardo closed with a 74 in the much tougher conditions and, with a 12 under par total of 272, took the €601,599 first prize by three strokes from Darren Clarke. Rafael Jacquelin holed at 40 foot putt for birdie on the 18th for 3rd place alone while Edoardo's brother Francesco, playing with his sibling in the final group, finished in a tie for fourth place with Stephen Gallacher and Peter Hedblom. The win takes Molinari into the World Top 20 with a 22 place jump to World Number 19. |
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Miguel Angel Jimenez
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Week 27 - JIMENEZ WINS THE ALSTOM OPEN DE FRANCE AFTER PLAY-OFF AND MOVES TO WORLD NUMBER 32
7/5/10 9:19 AM
Miguel Angel Jimenez won the Alstom Open de France at Le Golf National by beating compatriot Alejandro Cañizares and Italian Francesco Molinari in sudden death after he had gone in the water when two clear on the final hole of regulation play. His par at the first extra hole, the same 18th hole he had just double bogeyed, was enough for victory and he becomes the oldest winner of continental Europe's oldest golf title. The win takes him to World Number 32, a jump of 18 positions. |
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