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Phil Mickelson turned around a season of near-misses to claim the Greater
Hartford Open in Connecticut.
Mickelson claimed his 19th USPGA Tour win by shooting a two-under-par 68 for a
16-under total of 264 to hold off Billy Andrade by a stroke in his first start
since the US Open.
Ranked second in the world, Mickelson has made a habit of failing to come up
with a big round on Sundays, finishing second or third six times this year.
He entered the final round with a one-shot lead and kept it, despite going the
final 11 holes without a birdie.
Andrade sank a 25ft birdie putt at the 17th hole en route to a 66 and claimed
second spot.
David Berganio Jr, Chris DiMarco and Dudley Hart shared third spot a further
stroke behind.
Briton Ed Fryatt had a final round of 68, but finished just outside the top 20
on 272, while Nick Faldo carded a 67 but finished way off the pace on 278.
Collated scores and totals from the PGA Greater Hartford Open, River Highlands,
Connecticut (USA unless stated, Par 70):
264 P Mickelson 67 68 61 68
265 B Andrade 68 65 66 66
266 D Berganio, Jr. 67 66 64 69, C DiMarco 65 67 66 68, D Hart 70 63 70 63
267 T Pernice, Jr. 68 68 66 65
269 O Browne 68 71 67 63, J Kelly 67 65 69 68, F Lickliter 65 69 68 67, S
Maruyama 63 69 73 64, K Perry 68 68 70 63, K Triplett 68 71 65 65, T Isenhour 69
70 67 63
270 P Azinger 70 64 69 67, T Herron 66 68 67 69, H Sutton 67 67 69 67
271 M Brooks 66 69 68 68, S Simpson 65 67 70 69, K Sutherland 68 67 68 68, S
Verplank 72 67 71 61, J Ogilvie 68 64 70 69
272 JD Blake 64 68 72 68, J Daly 67 70 70 65, D Duval 67 66 70 69, B Mayfair
70 70 68 64, F Nobilo (Nzl) 67 66 70 69, G Ogilvy (Aus) 67 68 69 68, E Fryatt
(Gbr) 65 67 72 68
273 M Calcavecchia 68 68 71 66, D Frost (Rsa) 69 68 69 67 J Kaye 62 71 72 68,
J Williamson 66 72 70 65, B Baird 67 69 70 67, P Gow 67 69 68 69, C Howell 66 72
70 65
274 J Carter 68 68 71 67, J Haas 71 68 68 67, S Pate 68 67 71 68, J Sluman 67
69 69 69, D Waldorf 71 69 65 69, B Gay 68 72 68 66, D Dunakey 67 65 71 71, J
Anderson 70 67 71 66
275 L Mattiace 67 69 72 67
276 J Edwards 73 67 66 70, J Green 66 73 70 67, C Smith 70 66 72 68, C Beckman
70 70 69 67, A McLardy 66 71 72 67
277 JL Lewis 70 70 69 68, LMize 65 72 71 69, C Paulson 68 69 71 69, E Toledo
(Mex) 66 74 71 66, K Johnson 68 71 67 71
278 N Faldo 66 73 72 67 (Eng), A Magee 67 71 71 69, C Pavin 69 71 71 67, D
Peoples 71 68 69 70, C Tidland 70 70 69 69, M Clark 69 69 69 71
279 K Clearwater 71 67 73 68, J Furyk 72 67 71 69, J Hart 74 66 69 70, B
Hughes 69 71 69 70, S Murphy 67 73 74 65, G Hnatiuk (Can) 73 67 71 68
280 W Austin 69 71 70 70, B Bryant 70 69 74 67, S Elkington (Aus) 68 72 69 71,
P Jordan 69 66 73 72, P Stankowski 67 72 70 71, I Leggatt 67 73 71 69
281 G Kraft 68 72 74 67, C Riley 65 70 78 68
282 R Freeman 73 67 74 68, E Canonica 71 68 71 72 (Ita)
283 D Pride 68 71 74 70, K Grunewald 69 70 75 69
284 S McRoy 68 71 76 69
285 J Huston 71 68 71 75, N Lancaster 69 69 74 73
286 B Geiberger 70 69 78 69, F Langham 70 67 78 71
287 K Jones 71 65 77 74
288 M Goggin 67 72 72 77