Week 4 - ROBERT ROCK WINS THE ABU DHABI HSBC CHAMPIONSHIP AND JUMPS TO WORLD NUMBER 55
1/30/12 12:01 PM
England's Robert Rock won the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship with a final round of two-under-par 70 to finish 13 under par for a one stroke victory over Rory McIlroy. Rock's final round partner Tiger Woods, Graeme McDowell and Thomas Bjorn all shared third place one stroke further back. Whilst this wasn't Rock's largest cheque on the European Tour, he pocketed the €500,000 at the 3 Irish Open in 2009, it is surely his biggest win, a win the takes him from 117th to 55th in the world.
Week 3 - MARK WILSON WINS THE HUMANA CHALLENGE AND CLIMBS TO WORLD NUMBER 40
1/23/12 11:33 AM
Mark Wilson weathered strong winds, fading light and a charging pack to pick up the fifth PGA Tour win of his career at the Humana Challenge. He may have had to return to the course first thing on Sunday to finish off his third round, after heavy gusts had damaged the course and halted play the day before, but Wilson remained unperturbed to polish off his penultimate round and post a three under par Sunday to win by a stroke. Faced with a ten footer for birdie and the win at the last the Wisconsin native, still sporting short sleeves as the light faded and temperature dropped, rolled in the putt and took the trophy. The win not only adds to his career trophy haul, it proves his credentials as one of the Tour’s fastest starters, with all his victories coming before mid-March. This backs up his two wins in the opening few weeks of 2011, and sees him climb 17 spots on The Official World Golf Ranking to 40th place.
Week 2 - JOHNSON WAGNER JUMPS INTO THE WORLD TOP 100 WITH VICTORY AT THE SONY OPEN IN HAWAII
1/16/12 12:54 PM
Johnson Wagner won his third PGA Tour title at the Sony Open in Hawaii, with a final round of 67, to claim a two-shot victory over four players who all tied for second place. They were Carl Petterson, Sean O'Hair and Harrison Frazar, who all matched Wagner's 67 on the day, plus Charles Howell-III, who managed only a one-under-par 69. Wagner jumps into the World Top 100 for the first time in his career with a 106 spot rise to World Number 92.
Week 1 - STEVE STRICKER WINS THE HYUNDAI TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS AND MOVES TO WORLD NUMBER FIVE
1/10/12 11:52 AM
Steve Stricker proved his tournament winning credentials once again at the Hyundai Tournament of Champions en route to a four stroke victory over Scotland’s Martin Laird. However, it was not as easy as it may have looked on paper, when some sloppy play to begin the round had seen his lead evaporate to just a single shot. But Stricker is a seasoned competitor, and few have been in greater tournament winning form than him the previous four seasons where he has now picked up eight PGA Tour titles, and this showed as he composed himself and got the job done coming home to eventually win comfortably. It is his fourth straight top ten at the Plantations Course in Kapalua, and makes up for last year’s fourth place finish having shared the 54 hole lead. It’s therefore the perfect start to the year for Stricker who now finds himself atop the FedEx Cup rankings, somewhere he will no doubt hope to stay come the end of the season, and he climbs one place to fifth on the first Official World Golf Ranking of the year to remain the game’s top ranked American.
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