Golf: Ben Crane claimed his fourth PGA Tour victory on Sunday by edging Webb Simpson on the second play-off hole at the McGladrey Classic in Georgia. The 35-year-old from Portland stormed up the leaderboard with a seven-under-par final round of 63 at Sea Island.
Golf: Ben Crane claimed his fourth PGA Tour victory on Sunday by edging Webb Simpson on the second play-off hole at the McGladrey Classic in Georgia. The 35-year-old from Portland stormed up the leaderboard with a seven-under-par final round of 63 at Sea Island.
Simpson earned a play-off by joining his fellow American on 15 under with a blemish-free 66, but missed a three-foot putt for par on the second play-off hole - the 17th.
Two major winners from South Africa rounded off the top five, 2010 Open champion Louis Oosthuizen 13 under after a 66 and 2008 Masters champion Trevor Immelman a shot further back following a 69.
Two-time major winner Angel Cabrera of Argentina finished 10 under and tied for sixth after a 67 along with American trio Scott McCarron (68), Kevin Streelman (68), Jeff Overton (69) and Australia's Nick O'Hern (69).
Rookie Michael Thompson had looked on course for his maiden PGA Tour triumph when he opened up a three-shot lead with three birdies over his first six holes.
The 26-year-old from Tucson birdied three straight holes from the fourth and was 16 under through seven, but that was as good as it got and two bogeys on the back to a third-place finish on 14 under.
Billy Horschel, who was just one shot behind overnight leader Thompson at the start of play, opened well with birdies on one and three but endured a nightmare round thereafter.
A triple-bogey seven on the par-four fifth and a double bogey on 18 - along with further dropped shots on four, seven and 15 - saw him slip to joint 20th after signing for a five-over-par 75.
Collated final-round scores and totals, Seaside Course, Sea Island, Georgia, United States of America (USA unless stated, par 70)
265Ben Crane 65 70 67 63 (Ben won at the second play-off hole), Webb Simpson 63 67 69 66
266Michael Thompson 65 65 67 69
267Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 65 67 69 66
268Trevor Immelman (Rsa) 66 71 62 69
270Scott McCarron 64 70 68 68, Jeff Overton 66 69 66 69, Angel Cabrera (Arg) 65 70 68 67, Nick O'Hern (Aus) 65 67 69 69, Kevin Streelman 66 70 66 68
271Bryce Molder 67 68 68 68, Kris Blanks 67 68 66 70, Jim Furyk 67 68 69 67, D.J. Trahan 65 71 68 67
272Bud Cauley 68 68 70 66, Sean O'Hair 71 66 66 69, Lucas Glover 68 68 68 68, David Mathis 69 69 66 68, Heath Slocum 70 66 70 66
273Jerry Kelly 68 67 71 67, Michael Bradley 68 69 67 69, Billy Mayfair 67 72 67 67, Billy Horschel 64 64 70 75, Matt Kuchar 70 68 67 68, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 69 70 68 66
274Michael Letzig 67 72 67 68, Alexandre Rocha (Bra) 67 72 70 65, Matt null Mcquillan (Can) 69 68 68 69, Colt Knost 66 71 70 67, Kevin Kisner 70 67 67 70, Cameron Tringale 65 73 67 69
275Spencer Levin 67 71 70 67, Paul Stankowski 66 72 68 69, Charles Howell III 69 70 66 70, Blake Adams 69 69 69 68, Richard S Johnson (Swe) 65 70 71 69, Robert Allenby (Aus) 70 68 68 69, Roland Thatcher 69 69 69 68, Jonathan Byrd 69 70 66 70, Brandt Snedeker 71 68 67 69, Josh Teater 69 69 66 71, Henrik Stenson (Swe) 66 70 70 69, Stephen Ames (Can) 66 70 70 69
276David Hearn (Can) 65 71 68 72, Boo Weekley 67 68 69 72, Johnson Wagner 67 67 69 73, Jason Bohn 69 69 68 70
277Bio Kim (Kor) 67 71 68 71, Shaun Micheel 68 71 69 69, Jeff Quinney 68 70 71 68, Ben Curtis 66 70 66 75, Shane Bertsch 67 72 69 69, William McGirt 69 69 71 68
278D.A. Points 70 67 72 69, Kyle Stanley 69 69 69 71, Vaughn Taylor 72 67 71 68, Zack Miller 63 74 70 71, Tag Ridings 69 70 72 67, Chris Couch 69 69 71 69
279Andres Gonzales 66 72 71 70, Brendon De Jonge 69 70 72 68, Tim Herron 71 67 69 72, Jim Herman 67 69 68 75
280Fabian Gomez (Arg) 68 70 71 71, Chris Riley 68 69 70 73, Richard Scott (Can) 68 71 72 69
282Troy Merritt 68 69 72 73
283Ben Martin 67 70 68 78
284 Robert Garrigus 67 72 71 74
287 Adam Hadwin (Can) 68 71 72 76
