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Vijay Singh provided an opening but John Daly could not take advantage.
Despite bogeying the final hole, Singh held on for a one-shot victory over
Daly at the Buick Open, giving the native of Fiji his fourth title of the year.
Playing in the final group of the day, Singh and Daly duelled through the
final round. Singh withstood a sizzling start by Daly, who played the first four
holes in five under, and took the lead for good with a birdie on the 16th.
It was the fourth victory of the year and second Buick Open title for Singh,
who signed for a five-under-par 67 and completed 72 holes at 23-under 265.
Daly, who ended a nine-year drought earlier this year at the Buick
Invitational, posted a 66.
Tiger Woods, still without a win in a strokeplay event this year, tied for
third with Paraguay's Carlos Franco at 21-under.
Woods could not catch Singh despite shooting a 66 in each of the last two
rounds.
Nursing a one-shot lead, Singh pulled his drive on the last way right under a
tree, then appeared to be in more trouble when he left his second shot in the
deep rough.
But despite facing another tough lie, he came through with a spectacular third
shot, getting it to stop on the green just four feet from the pin. Singh missed
the par putt, sliding it just past the hole.
Daly had an opportunity to force a play-off, but also stroked his four-foot
par putt past the hole. It was his first bogey in 31 holes.
Collated fourth-round scores and totals (USA unless stated, par 72):
265 Vijay Singh (Fij) 63 70 65 67
266 John Daly 70 64 66 66
267 Carlos Franco (Par) 67 67 67 66, Tiger Woods 67 68 66 66
270 Stewart Cink 69 65 70 66
271 Jim Furyk 66 67 70 68, Jeff Sluman 70 67 68 66
272 Jerry Kelly 71 66 69 66, Daniel Chopra (Swe) 68 68 66 70
273 Scott Verplank 70 67 70 66, Mark O'Meara 67 70 70 66
275 Jose-Maria Olazabal (Spa) 70 67 69 69, Brenden Pappas (Rsa) 66 73 69 67,
Craig Barlow 66 69 72 68
276 Kenny Perry 69 68 72 67, Billy Andrade 68 65 73 70, Chris DiMarco 69 68 73
66
277 Paul Casey (Eng) 72 66 69 70, Bob Tway 68 67 73 69, Hank Kuehne 69 69 68
71, Jim Carter 69 69 70 69, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 69 70 69 69, J.P. Hayes 72 68 69
68
278 Wes Short jr. 70 68 71 69, Brian Gay 68 70 69 71, Olin Browne 64 70 69 75,
Woody Austin 72 68 69 69, Justin Rose (Eng) 68 70 71 69, Glen Day 68 71 71 68
279 Rich Barcelo 70 69 70 70, Bob Burns 70 70 71 68, Dan Briggs 68 72 72 67,
Steve Allan (Aus) 67 72 68 72, Neal Lancaster 71 68 70 70, Scott McCarron 68 69
70 72, Hunter Mahan 70 68 77 64, Paul Azinger 72 68 70 69, Brett Quigley 72 68
69 70
280 Patrick Sheehan 71 69 70 70, Tom Byrum 71 69 72 68, Matt Gogel 68 68 68
76
281 Bill Glasson 75 63 71 72
282 Jay Williamson 70 69 72 71, David Peoples 66 71 71 74, Jason Dufner 71 69
71 71, Steve Flesch 69 71 69 73, Billy Mayfair 71 69 73 69, Tom Pernice Jnr. 70
70 69 73, Jeff Brehaut 70 69 72 71, Robert Damron 67 71 73 71, Larry Mize 70 70
71 71
283 Greg Chalmers (Aus) 69 71 73 70, Pat Bates 70 65 74 74, Mathias Gronberg
(Swe) 69 71 73 70, Dan Forsman 68 71 76 68
284 Pat Perez 73 67 70 74, John E Morgan (Eng) 70 70 73 71, Roland null
Thatcher 69 71 72 72, Dan Olsen 72 68 70 74, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 69 71 73 71
285 Steve Stricker 69 71 71 74, Lucas Glover 70 69 76 70
286 Joe Ogilvie 73 67 72 74, Bill null Haas 72 65 76 73
287 Robert Gamez 68 68 78 73, J.L. Lewis 72 67 75 73
288 Ken Duke 69 71 71 77, Mike Grob 65 73 74 76, David Morland IV (Can) 70 70
78 70
289 Len Mattiace 66 73 73 77
291 Hideto Tanihara (Jp) 73 67 77 74
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