Golf:McDowell wins but Kaymer knocked out of the Volvo Matchplay in Spain
Biggest shock of the day came right at the end when Hull’s Richard Finch, 218th in the world, knocked out top seed Martin Kaymer when the world number nine missed a three-footer on the last.
There was no reprieve for Kaymer because he had also lost to Rafael Cabrera-Bello.Finch, whose third-place finish in last month’s China Open qualified him for the 24-man field because top two Branden Grace and Colsaerts already had places, next plays Graeme McDowell.
Northern Ireland’s 2010 US Open champion made it two wins out of two, following his last-green success over Robert Karlsson with a 4&3 victory over South African Jbe Kruger. Karlsson, who stepped in on Sunday for the injured Paul Casey, is still alive after beating Kruger in a play-off. He will meet Cabrera-Bello.
Scot Paul Lawrie, in his 500th European Tour event, won his group, but only in a play-off with Colombian Camilo Villegas after they halved. It is Dane Thomas Bjorn next for the former Open champion. Bjorn was involved in a three-way shoot-out with American Brandt Snedeker and Grace.
Snedeker, reunited with his own full set of clubs after they failed to arrive for the start of the event yesterday and he set off with 10 borrowed ones, birdied the first extra hole and will now take on Villegas. The other match is between Rock and the other group winner Retief Goosen, who has already beaten Colsaerts and Schwartzel.
