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Scotland win World Cup
by Mark Thornhill, EM Publications.
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| Marc Warren and Colin Montgomerie with the World Cup of Golf. |
After 54 years of trying, Scotland finally got their hands on the World Cup of Golf, as Colin Montgomerie and Marc Warren won the World Cup after a dramatic play-off with the United States at Mission Hills in China.
The Scottish duo took the spoils when Boo Weekley missed a 15-foot par putt on the third extra hole.
The win made up for the the huge disappointment of last year when the Scottish pairing lost a World Cup play-off against Germany.
Scotland were favourites to claim victory in regulation after a final round 66 left them on 25-under-par but the American pairing of Heath Slocum and Weekley, who had led after the opening three days, carded a crucial birdie at the last to force the play off.
FINAL ROUND LEADERBOARD
-25 Montgomerie/Warren (Sco) *, Slocum/Weekley (USA)
* Scotland win on third play-off hole
-24 Jacquelin/Havret (Fr)
-23 Poulter/Rose (Eng)
-21 Goosen/Immelman (SA)
Selected others:
-8 Dodd/Dredge (Wal)
-7 Hoey/Maybin (Irl) |
Warren, winner of the Johnnie Walker Championship earlier in the year, has really got his game together afetra slow start as a professional. Playing with Mongomerie was obviously a good experience.
"In this format he is the ideal partner," he said. "If you hit a bad shot you can rely on him to hole a putt or hit a good tee shot.
The French pairing of Raphael Jacquelin and Gregory Havret claimed third place on 24-under-par, with England's Justin Rose and Ian Poulter, who had started the day two shots behind the United States, finishing a further shot back on -23.
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