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Argentinian Angel Cabrera, twice a runner-up in the past four years, denied
Ryder Cup hero Paul McGinley the solo victory he so desperately wanted at
Wentworth on Sunday.
But the Dubliner, having made a brilliant last-day dash into the lead, will
reflect instead on two late bogeys which ended his hopes in the European tour's
flagship event.
While the the 35-year-old from Cordoba known as "El Pato" - "The Duck" -
waddled away with the massive £458,652 first prize it was of little consolation
to McGinley that he had earned not only £305,768, but also a place in next
month's US Open.
The 38-year-old, based at nearby Sunningdale, knows his record of only three
victories in 348 European tour events does not reflect his quality.
He and Cabrera were level with three holes to play, but McGinley then found
two bunkers on the 383-yard 16th and could not scramble a par.
When the South American, second to Andy Oldcorn in 2001 and Scott Drummond 12
months ago, holed an 18-footer for birdie on the same green a few minutes later
the gap was two.
And it grew to three when McGinley made a mess of the 571-yard 17th, driving
into rough behind trees on the right, leaving his chip 14 feet short and missing
the putt for a bogey six.
The Irishman, who holed Europe's winning putt at The Belfry in 2001 and was
unbeaten in last September's record-breaking triumph in Detroit, did two-putt
the last for birdie, but once Cabrera had parred the 17th the big-hitter could
afford a closing six and still win.
He took five, though, to match McGinley's 67 and so finished with a 15 under
par total of 273.
Collated final totals (Gbr and Irl unless stated, par 72):
273 Angel Cabrera (Arg) 70 70 66 67 (£458,652)
275 Paul McGinley 72 64 72 67 (£305,768)
277 Nick O'Hern (Aus) 68 69 76 64 (£172,271)
279 David Howell 70 72 66 71 (£137,597)
280 Peter Hanson (Swe) 69 69 72 70, Marten Olander (Swe) 68 72 70 70, Peter
Hedblom (Swe) 68 65 73 74
281 Jamie Donaldson 73 71 69 68, Michael Campbell (Nzl) 71 68 71 71
282 Bradley Dredge 75 68 69 70
283 Colin Montgomerie 71 73 73 66, Scott Drummond 71 71 73 68, Steve Webster
71 72 71 69, Padraig Harrington 70 68 74 71, Retief Goosen (Rsa) 70 70 72 71,
Gary Murphy 74 68 70 71, Thongchai Jaidee (Thai) 72 67 71 73
284 Peter Fowler (Aus) 68 76 74 66, Luke Donald 71 72 74 67, Paul Broadhurst
70 70 74 70, Damien McGrane 69 71 72 72
285 Thomas Bjorn (Den) 71 71 75 68, Richard Sterne (Rsa) 73 71 72 69, Ian
Woosnam 75 69 71 70, Peter Lonard (Aus) 69 70 75 71, Jose Maria Olazabal (Spa)
72 69 71 73
286 Jonathan Lomas 72 68 78 68, Graeme McDowell 67 76 75 68, Niclas Fasth
(Swe) 71 73 74 68, Lee Westwood 72 71 73 70, Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 75 68 72 71,
Andrew Marshall 72 72 70 72
287 Richard Green (Aus) 71 70 77 69, Nick Faldo 70 71 77 69, Trevor Immelman
(Rsa) 72 71 74 70, Ben Curtis (USA) 68 71 76 72, Ian Poulter 71 69 73 74, Paul
Lawrie 73 70 70 74
288 David Lynn 71 73 74 70, Philip Golding 71 73 74 70, Peter Lawrie 67 75 75
71, Ernie Els (Rsa) 73 69 75 71, Stephen Dodd 69 74 74 71, Thomas Levet (Fra) 72
72 73 71, Robert-Jan Derksen (Den) 71 69 76 72, Robert Coles 69 71 76 72,
Alastair Forsyth 69 72 75 72, Steven O'Hara 69 72 73 74
289 Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 70 73 76 70, Jose-Filipe Lima (Por) 67 73 78 71,
Marcus Fraser (Aus) 68 72 78 71, Stephen Scahill (Nzl) 71 73 73 72, David Carter
75 69 72 73, Marcel Siem (Ger) 70 74 71 74, Henrik Stenson (Den) 70 74 71 74
290 Lee Slattery 70 69 84 67, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 70 73 76 71, Kenneth
Ferrie 72 69 76 73, Pierre Fulke (Swe) 74 69 73 74
291 Soren Hansen (Den) 70 71 78 72
292 Andrew Coltart 70 73 80 69
293 Rolf Muntz (Ned) 74 69 77 73, Tony Johnstone (Zim) 72 72 76 73, Phil
Edwards 71 72 75 75
296 Graeme Storm 73 71 82 70, Simon Dyson 70 73 76 77, Patrik Sjoland (Swe) 72
70 75 79
297 Scott Henderson 72 72 78 75, Alessandro Tadini (Ita) 73 70 76 78
302 Matthew King 72 71 82 77
304 Miles Tunnicliff 72 72 81 79
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