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July 30, 2007 Tour Results
Tour Results - July 30, 2007
EUROPEAN TOUR: The Deutsche Bank Players' Championship of Europe
One week after feeling the disappointment of losing the Open Championship, Argentina's Andres Romero was back in the hunt for
his first European Tour title. Romero started the final round with a 2 shot lead and quickly increased that lead with 3 birdies
in the first 4 holes. Five clear as he came to the 9th, Romero made things interesting as his approach shot found the water
and the resulting double bogey gave the rest of the field hope. Romero though was not going to lose this title and he played
solidly over the closing holes before rapping up his maiden tour victory by holing a 25 foot birdie putt on the 18th to finish
on 19 under-par 269 and a 3 shot victory over Denmark's Soren Hansen and England's Oliver Wilson.
PGA TOUR: Canadian Open
Thanks to a hole in one at the 4th hole, Jim Furyk was able to defend the title he won last year with a one shot victory over
Vijay Singh. Furyk entered the final round 3 back of Singh, but birdies at the 1st and 3rd holes got him within one before the
amazing hole in one gave Furyk the lead. Further birdies at the 10th and 11th stretched Furyk's lead to 3 at one point and he
was still two clear as he played the last. Furyk though missed his 5 foot par putt, which meant Singh who was playing behind
Furyk needed to make birdie at the 18th to force a play-off. Singh's approach landed 20 feet from the hole, but he was unable
to convert the birdie putt, thus giving Furyk his second straight Canadian open title with a winning 16 under-par 268 total.
EUROPEAN LADIES/LPGA TOUR: Evian Masters
American Natalie Gulbis finally knows what it feels like to win, when she claimed her maiden victory by defeating Korean Jeong
Jang with a birdie at the first extra hole. In difficult conditions Gulbis played superbly and looked set for victory in
regulation until Jang birdied 3 of the last 4 holes to tie the young American on 4 under-par 284 and force a play-off.
Third round leader Julie Inkster was still in with a chance until 3 bogies in her final 5 holes ended her hopes. Back to the
par 5 18th they went and Gulbis hit two great shots to find the heart of the green as Jang's approach went over the back of the
green. Jang then hit a poor pitch to about 10 feet as Gulbis putted down stone dead. Jang though could not hole her putt which
left Gulbis with a simple tap in to claim her first winner's cheque on the LPGA Tour.
CHAMPIONS/EUROPEAN SENIORS TOUR: Senior Open Championship
Tom Watson won The Open title at Muirfield in 1980 and he was trying to add the Senior version this time around. Watson had the
lead over Australian Stewart Ginn and Mark O'Meara heading into the back nine and when Watson made birdie at the 11th, as he
did on the way to victory in 1980, Ginn made bogey on the same hole and the two shot swing gave Watson a comfortable lead over
both players. As they got to the 18th tee Watson was 3 clear of both and looked set for an easy victory. Watson though drove
into one of the deep bunkers on the left of the fairway and it took him two to get out. Now playing his 4th shot from the
fairway and with O'Meara and Ginn facing 25 foot birdie putts, Watson missed the green to the right and it was still him to play
his 5th shot before the other two putted. Watson held his nerve and putted up stone dead from the fringe, but that left O'Meara
and Ginn birdie putts to tie Watson and force a play-off. Amazingly though both players left their birdie putts short and
Watson was then able to tap in his double bogey putt to finish on level par 284 and secure his third Senior Open Championship
with a one shot victory.
EUROPEAN CHALLENGE TOUR: FIRSTPLUS Wales Challenge
Colm Moriarty claimed his first win on the Challenge Tour with a 3 shot victory over Chile's Felipe Aguilar. With the event
reduced to 54 holes after Thursday's play was washed out due to bad weather, Moriarty entered the final round tied with
Argentina's Julio Zapata for the lead. It did not start well for Moriarty as he bogeyed his opening hole, but three birdies
in the next 5 holes got him back on track. Zapata slowly slipped back into the pack and Moriarty sealed the win with a final
birdie at the 15th to eventually finish on a winning 13 under-par 203 total.
NATIONWIDE TOUR: Cox Classic
American Roland Thatcher claimed his second win of the 2007 season with a hard fought one shot victory over Australian
teenager Jason Day. Thatcher started the final round 2 clear, but Day quickly joined him at the top with 3 birdies in his
first 6 holes. Both players then went back and forth with each other for the rest of the round. Day eagled the 9th, before
Thatcher eagled the 10th, but then Day made bogey at the 11th and Thatcher was back in the lead. Day made things interesting
when he birdied the final hole, but Thatcher was up to the task and made his own birdie at the 17th to stay one clear and was
then able to 2 putt the final hole for par to finish on 24 under-par 260 and take the winner's cheque.
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