New Delhi, Oct 07: Arjun Atwal and Jyoti Randhawa, faced late hole blues to deny themselves the chance of finishing higher up on the leader-board at the US$-6 million WGC-American Express championship, played at the tough Crabapple course of Capital City Club at Woodstock.
Atwal, triple bogeyed the final hole of his round to return a final round card of four-over 74. That ensured a tied-48th finish for him at 14-over 294, according to information received here.
Randhawa's card displayed a hat-trick of double bogeys on the 16th, 17th and 18th which contributed to his finishing at six-over 76. His tournament aggregate of 16-over 296 tied him at 54th position.
World no 1 golfer Tiger Woods put himself in excellent position to win the year ending "Player of the Year" award with his 39th career title win.
Woods who shot a level-par 72 yesterday, finished two strokes ahead of Stuart Appleby and Tim Herron at six-under 274. This handed the American his fifth title win of the season and the winner's cheque of $ 1.5 million.


Bureau Report