Leonard on the 18th green. (Getty Images)
Leonard win completes Bettingzone tipping double
Justin Leonard, who entered the final round of the St Jude Classic with the
biggest 54-hole lead on the PGA Tour this year, just held on for a narrow
victory.
Leonard began the day with an eight-stroke advantage but struggled to a
three-over-par 73.
However, his 14-under total of 266 was just enough to edge two-time defending
champion David Toms by one shot in Memphis, Tennessee.
Leonard, who picked up his second victory of the season and 10th of his
career, also became the first player since Vijay Singh at the 2004 PGA
Championship to win without recording a birdie in the final round.
He carded three bogeys and 15 pars to take home a first-place cheque worth
almost £500,000.
Toms closed with a 63, including a 30 on the back nine, to put the pressure on
Leonard.
He needed only 21 putts, birdied the 13th and 14th, eagled the par-five 16th
and sank another birdie putt on the 17th.
Toms gave himself a chance on the last for another birdie but slid a 15-footer
just to the right of the cup.
Having won the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic in January, Leonard becomes the fifth
multiple winner on Tour this year, joining Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Vijay
Singh and Kenny Perry.
Fred Funk finished alone in third at nine under while Davis Love III and Heath
Slocum tied for fourth another shot back.
Collated final scores and totals in the US PGA FedEx St.Jude Classic, The TPC at Southwind, United States of America (USA unless stated, par 70):
266 Justin Leonard 62 65 66 73
267 David Toms 68 71 65 63
271 Fred Funk 69 68 66 68
272 Heath Slocum 68 66 67 71, Davis Love III 65 70 68 69
273 Fredrik Jacobson (Swe) 68 64 72 69, Richard S Johnson (Swe) 69 66 69 69
274 Bob Estes 67 70 67 70, Roland Thatcher 67 67 71 69, Neal Lancaster 71 68
68 67
275 Phillip Price (Wal) 67 69 68 71
276 Billy Andrade 70 70 65 71, Tom Pernice Jnr. 66 68 68 74, Paul Goydos 67 66
70 73, DJ Brigman 68 68 72 68
Brenden Pappas (Rsa) 69 68 72 67
277 Spike McRoy 70 70 69 68, Carl Paulson 68 70 68 71, Olin Browne 67 70 72
68, Jose Coceres (Arg) 70 68 69 70
Jeff Brehaut 68 71 70 68, Steve Lowery 72 70 68 67, J J Henry 73 66 70 68
278 Kirk Triplett 64 71 72 71, Tim Herron 71 67 69 71, Tag Ridings 70 68 71
69, Matt Gogel 66 68 73 71, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 67 70 73 68
279 Ryuji Imada (Jpn) 71 69 71 68, John Cook 72 69 72 66, Mathias Gronberg
(Swe) 69 70 66 74, Michael Allen 70 69 73 67
280 Blaine McCallister 70 71 69 70, Jason Bohn 65 72 72 71, Hunter Haas 67 69
74 70, Hunter Mahan 71 67 74 68, Hidemichi Tanaka (Jpn) 73 67 70 70, Todd
Fischer 69 70 70 71
281 Shaun Micheel 69 69 71 72, Ben Crane 69 70 69 73, Per-Ulrik Johansson
(Swe) 69 71 71 70, Stephen Ames (Can) 68 72 73 68, Rob Rashell 73 68 69 71
282 Grant Waite (Nzl) 72 66 70 74, Stephen Gangluff 69 71 71 71, Jaxon Brigman
70 70 73 69, Steve Stricker 71 70 70 71, Woody Austin 69 70 70 73, Lucas Glover
67 72 72 71, Larry Mize 71 71 69 71, Dudley Hart 69 69 72 72
283 Jay Delsing 71 69 72 71, Tom Byrum 71 67 71 74, Robin Freeman 68 72 71 72,
Scott Simpson 70 71 70 72, Brad Faxon 69 70 73 71, Casey Wittenberg 72 70 68 73,
Arjun Atwal (Ind) 71 66 70 76, Robert Damron 73 68 70 72
284 Sean O'Hair 72 66 74 72, Kent Jones 72 67 68 77
285 John Rollins 72 70 71 72, Ted Tryba 71 71 72 71, Bradley Hughes (Aus) 69
72 70 74, John Elliott 71 69 71 74
287 Hank Kuehne 67 71 76 73, Hideto Tanihara (Jpn) 73 69 69 76, Nick Price
(Zim) 69 70 72 76, Will MacKenzie 67 74 73 73
288 Tim Clark (Rsa) 74 67 75 72, David Hearn (Can) 75 67 75 71
289 John Daly 72 69 77 71, Jonathan Byrd 72 69 76 72, Scott Gutschewski 67 71
77 74
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