Highlights from the final round of Crowne Plaza Invitational – Part6
A nine-way tie was seen at the 31st spot of the leader board, which included Greg Chalmers and Jason Day from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Australia-c746.
The lowest score of the group was compiled by Chalmers, who teed-off from the front in the 54th place and jumped 23 steps upwards after carding 67 in the final round. The Aussie birdied the opening hole at the front with a fabulous putt, but could
not emulate a similar shot at the next hole, where he dropped a shot to sign for a bogey.
The player approached the fifth fairway with an iron and hit the green in regulation setting place for a birdie, but the wrong analysis of the green left him putting with a faster pace and hence the second bogey of the day. The crowd, who was there to support
the Aussie awed at the loss. To sooth the crowd, the Aussie sank a 20-foot long birdie on the immediate hole and changed the roar of awe into applause. He wrapped the front nine at par and loads of motivation.
On his way towards the back nine, the veteran clamped four more birdies with a gap of one green each and sealed the day with a 67, which was a fabulous score on a day, when the pressure was at its peak and the greens were irrevocably hard.
Similar performance was given by Day, who joined the field at Colonial to prepare for HP Byron Nelson Championship, which will take place in the current week. The Aussie could not produce an impressive scorecard, but he managed to keep his scorecard free
from bogeys. The 24-year-old Aussie reeled only two birdies in the 18-hole session and wrapped the day with a 68.
The problem faced by the player was driving accuracy. The player attained a success rate of 43 percent in the final round, which suggested the player needed swing adjustments to defend his title at the next PGA Tour spot.
Despite that, Day seems confident in defending his title at Nelson. He said, “It's been great actually. A lot has changed winning the Nelson. On course, off course, a lot of things have changed personally. A lot of things have changed on the golf course
as well. Most of its been for the better. I matured a lot on the golf course, which is a good thing. I am trying to learn something each and every week. Obviously the day you stop learning is the day you go backwards.”
On the other hand, Jim Furyk posted a 69 to join the Aussies at 3-under par. The FedEx cup champion aced the first hole-in-one on the eighth, and birdied the 16th and 18th to occupy the position.
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