Stanley lifts Phoenix, Lawrie best in Qatar
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February 7, 2012, Tuesday
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IN a stunning reversal of fortune, Kyle Stanley bounced back from his own nightmare a week ago to win the Phoenix Open in Scottsdale, Arizona, by one shot on Sunday as Spencer Levin suffered an agonising meltdown.
Stanley came from eight behind going into the final round to claim his first PGA Tour victory as overnight leader Levin squandered a seven-stroke cushion to finish third.
"I just didn't have it," Levin said after mixing four bogeys with two birdies and a costly double-bogey at the par-five 15th. "I just was looking ahead too much and maybe trying a little too hard. The back nine in general I didn't play very well. It just was a tough day for me."
Levin, like Stanley, was hunting a maiden PGA Tour title, and had recorded only two bogeys in the first 54 holes at the TPC Scottsdale. After battling to sleep soundly overnight, he went on to shoot a four-over-par 75 in the final round.
The six-stroke lead he lost with 18 holes remaining matched the PGA Tour record set by five other players and he accepted full blame for his last-day meltdown.
In Doha, former British Open champion Paul Lawrie chipped in for an eagle and a birdie on his way to winning the wind-shortened Qatar Open on Sunday, shooting a 7-under 65 to hold off the challenge of Jason Day and Peter Hanson who finished four shots back.
Lawrie finished with a 15-under total of 201 to win his seventh European Tour event and his second in Qatar.
The victory is Lawrie's second in a year, he also won the Andalucian Open, after a nine-year drought. He could contend for a spot at the 2012 Ryder Cup.
Stanley came from eight behind going into the final round to claim his first PGA Tour victory as overnight leader Levin squandered a seven-stroke cushion to finish third.
"I just didn't have it," Levin said after mixing four bogeys with two birdies and a costly double-bogey at the par-five 15th. "I just was looking ahead too much and maybe trying a little too hard. The back nine in general I didn't play very well. It just was a tough day for me."
Levin, like Stanley, was hunting a maiden PGA Tour title, and had recorded only two bogeys in the first 54 holes at the TPC Scottsdale. After battling to sleep soundly overnight, he went on to shoot a four-over-par 75 in the final round.
The six-stroke lead he lost with 18 holes remaining matched the PGA Tour record set by five other players and he accepted full blame for his last-day meltdown.
In Doha, former British Open champion Paul Lawrie chipped in for an eagle and a birdie on his way to winning the wind-shortened Qatar Open on Sunday, shooting a 7-under 65 to hold off the challenge of Jason Day and Peter Hanson who finished four shots back.
Lawrie finished with a 15-under total of 201 to win his seventh European Tour event and his second in Qatar.
The victory is Lawrie's second in a year, he also won the Andalucian Open, after a nine-year drought. He could contend for a spot at the 2012 Ryder Cup.
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