Monday 25 May 2009

Casey wins at Wentworth,McIlroy 5th....

Paul Casey biried the last from the front bunker to hold of a strong challenge from local Ross Fisher and win the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth on 17 under par.Casey was in great form all week and showed his class when Fisher came at him right from the start. Ross Fisher completed a best of the week 64 and came so close to forcing a play off,when his eagle putt lipped out on the 18th.
Casey birdied the last two to win with a final round 68 and collect the trophy and a cheque for 750,000 Euros. He now moves to No1 in the race to Dubai with 1,948,431 points or Euros. He also jumped to World No3,behind Tiger and Phil Mickelson.

Rory McIlroy birdied the final 2 holes for the 3rd time in 4 days for an up and down round of 71.His 10 under par finish gave him a cheque for 190,800 Euros and lifted him into 3rd place in the race to Dubai.Only turned 20,Rory has passed the million mark this year. He has won 1,141,334 Euros,and jumped into 16th in the world rankings.
greame McDowell finised tied 13th on -5 and won 69,150 and Darren Clarke had another dissapointing week finishing joint 52nd on +2 for 18,000 Euros.

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