Adam Scott fended off a late charge by Retief Goosen to claim a wire-to-wire victory at the Johnnie Walker Classic. Scott fired an even par 72 to finish at 18-under par for his first victory at the Classic. Scott defeated Goosen by three strokes for his ninth career title.
The majority of the players were finishing their third rounds on Sunday morning after heavy winds on Thursday forced play to be cancelled. Scott was one of the players who had to finish his third round on Sunday, and he let his seven stroke lead dwindle to five after a double-bogey at 18.
Richard Sterne, Henrik Stenson and Michael Campbell tied for third, five shots back of Scott. One shot further back was Ernie Els, Brett Rumford and Colin Montgomerie. Montgomerie is looking to crack back into the top-50 of the world so he can claim an exemption to the U.S. Open, while Campbell has to be pleased as he took four weeks off to rejuvinate his game after struggling throughout the year.
Throughout the day on Sunday, Scott gave Goosen some chances to catch him. Scott had bogeys on the ninth and 10th holes, but Goosen could not get anything going, stringing together 10 straight pars at one point. While Scott gave Goosen chances, he did a good job of grinding out his even par round by scoring birdies on the 12th and 13th holes.
Scott fired an opening round 63 to set the course record at Pine Valley and held the lead for all four rounds. With his victory, the world number 10 has earned slightly over $7 million.
Pos Name R1 R2 R3 R4 Tot 1 Adam Scott 63 66 69 72 270 2 Retief Goosen 68 67 68 70 273 T3 Michael Campbell 70 65 68 72 275 T3 Henrik Stenson 70 67 66 72 275 T3 Richard Sterne 68 66 70 71 275 T6 Ernie Els 71 67 69 69 276 T6 Colin Montgomerie 68 70 69 69 276 T6 Brett Rumford 71 71 65 69 276 9 Luke Donald 73 67 65 72 277 T10 Scott Drummond 69 71 65 73 278 T10 Sergio Garcia 67 71 67 73 278 T10 Santiago Luna 70 70 66 72 278 T10 Steven O'Hara 72 65 69 72 278
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