Fraser bags Ballantine's, Bohn supreme at Zurich
Marcus Fraser won the Ballentine's Championship in some style this weekend, finishing four strokes ahead of his nearest competitors with a wire-to-wire victory - the Australian's first European Tour win since he triumphed at the BMW Russian Open some seven years ago.
The 31-year-old Fraser (pictured) finished three-under-69 on the day, 12-under in total - though that result was over three rounds, rather than the standard four. Fog had held up play for more than six hours on the opening day of the competition at Pinx Golf Club, and so the organisers opted to truncate the Jeju Island tournament in order to be sure of finishing play by Sunday.
Not that the circumstances of the win could temper Fraser's joy. "It's unbelievable, I don't know how I did that today. It has blown me away," he commented afterwards. "I have had so many chances to win in seven years and you just don't know if it is going to be your day, and it was. I just can't believe it.
Northern Ireland's Gareth Maybin was tied for second place on eight-under, along with Fraser's countryman Brett Rumford. England's Oliver Fisher was a stroke back and tied for fourth place - his fifth consecutive top ten finish - while Wales' Jamie Donaldson was on six-under, tying for sixth place.
South Africa's Ernie Els started the day just two strokes off the lead, but he finished in joint ninth place, five-under, after his round fell apart on the back nine with three bogeys and a double on the 17th. Argentina's Tano Goya, who had tied for the lead after the first round, also finished on five-under, as did Thailand's Thongchai Jaidee. And Anthony Kim tied for 16th place after finishing three-under in total.
But England's Ross McGowan had a poor final round to finish way down the leaderboard, four bogeys and a double on the 18th seeing the 28-year-old come home five-over-77, and five-over in total.
On the PGA Tour, Jason Bohn stamped his supremacy on the TPC Lousiana course to take his second tour win, this one coming at the Zurich Classic in New Orleans.
Bohn was playing in a reduced field - both Steve Stricker and Ian Poulter had dropped out shortly before the tournament began with injuries - but he finished strongly to win, birdying three of the last four holes to clinch the victory.
"This is life changing," Bohn admitted, before confessing he'd had tears in his eyes as he made the winning putt.
The 37-year-old finished 18-under, two strokes ahead of Jeff Overton on 16-under, with rookie Troy Merritt a further two shots behind in third place. England's Greg Owen was tied for 16th place on eight-under.
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