Golf-European Tour Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles scores

Aug 25 (Infostrada Sports) - Scores from the European Tour Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles at the par-72 course on Sunday in Gleneagles 

Tommy Fleetwood wins play-off at the first extra hole

270 Tommy Fleetwood (Britain) 68 65 67 70 

270 Stephen Gallacher (Britain) 71 68 64 67 

270 Ricardo Gonzalez (Argentina) 65 65 70 70

271 Scott Henry (Britain) 72 65 67 67

 Bernd Wiesberger (Austria) 65 66 72 68 

272 Emiliano Grillo (Argentina) 71 66 69 66

Paul Waring (Britain) 75 63 67 67

 Brett Rumford (Australia) 66 69 69 68 

273 Thorbjorn Olesen (Denmark) 71 68 66 68 

274 Mikko Korhonen (Finland) 71 69 67 67 

 Richie Ramsay (Britain) 69 68 69 68 

David Drysdale (Britain) 71 67 68 68

 Shane Lowry (Ireland) 68 70 67 69 

275 Craig Lee (Britain) 69 67 71 68 

David Horsey (Britain) 70 68 69 68

 Morten Madsen (Denmark) 70 70 67 68 

276 Thongchai Jaidee (Thailand) 66 69 73 68 

Gary Boyd (Britain) 71 69 68 68

 David Howell (Britain) 71 70 67 68 

Anders Hansen (Denmark) 70 69 68 69

Tom Lewis (Britain) 67 71 67 71

Ross Fisher (Britain) 66 72 66 72

277 Gregory Bourdy (France) 68 71 70 68 

 Espen Kofstad (Norway) 71 70 68 68 

 Richard Finch (Britain) 73 67 68 69 

John Parry (Britain) 71 66 70 70

 Fredrik Andersson Hed (Sweden) 68 67 66 76 

278 Eddie Pepperell (Britain) 72 66 72 68 

 Simon Dyson (Britain) 72 67 71 68 

 Michael Hoey (Britain) 68 72 70 68 

Brooks Koepka (U.S.) 68 66 75 69

Paul Lawrie (Britain) 70 67 71 70

Mark Foster (Britain) 66 67 73 72

 Matthew Baldwin (Britain) 70 70 66 72 

279 Ricardo Santos (Portugal) 69 72 71 67 

 Rafael Cabrera-Bello (Spain) 71 69 71 68 

Matthew Nixon (Britain) 68 71 71 69

Joel Sjoeholm (Sweden) 68 71 71 69

Mark Tullo (Chile) 69 71 70 69

 Gregory Havret (France) 67 69 70 73 

 Alvaro Quiros (Spain) 70 67 68 74 

280 Darren Fichardt (South Africa) 69 70 72 69 

Gary Stal (France) 69 71 71 69

Anthony Snobeck (France) 72 69 69 70

Francesco Molinari (Italy) 69 67 73 71

Matthew Southgate (Britain) 72 68 69 71

Simon Wakefield (Britain) 70 71 68 71

Alexander Levy (France) 70 71 67 72

281 Andy Sullivan (Britain) 67 73 73 68

 Eduardo De La Riva (Spain) 68 72 71 70 

Joakim Lagergren (Sweden) 68 71 70 72

282 Soren Hansen (Denmark) 69 71 74 68

Gareth Wright (Britain) 69 72 70 71

Chris Doak (Britain) 69 69 69 75

 Jorge Campillo (Spain) 69 71 67 75 

 Oliver Fisher (Britain) 66 70 69 77 

283 James Morrison (Britain) 72 69 70 72

284 Raphael Jacquelin (France) 69 71 75 69 

 Peter Lawrie (Ireland) 71 67 75 71 

Thomas Levet (France) 71 70 71 72

Ignacio Garrido (Spain) 66 73 72 73

Simon Thornton (Ireland) 74 67 69 74

285 Paul McGinley (Ireland) 68 71 71 75

 Danny Willett (Britain) 72 69 68 76 

 Gareth Maybin (Britain) 68 70 70 77 

286 Mikael Lundberg (Sweden) 70 69 75 72 

 Michael Jonzon (Sweden) 71 70 72 73 

Lasse Jensen (Denmark) 70 71 69 76

287 Martin Wiegele (Austria) 69 70 74 74 

Marcus Both (Australia) 69 70 72 76

291 Neil Fenwick (Britain) 75 66 74 76

292 Jose Maria Olazabal (Spain) 73 68 76 75

Maiden triumph for Fleetwood at Gleneagles

Englishman Tommy Fleetwood claimed his first European Tour title on Sunday after capturing the Johnnie Walker Championship following a sudden-death play-off at Gleneagles in Scotland.

Fleetwood triumphed on the first extra hole at the Centenary Course, site of next year's Ryder Cup, to take the honours ahead of Scotland's Stephen Gallacher and Ricardo Gonzalez of Argentina.

Gallacher looked to have ruined his chances with a triple-bogey seven on the 11th hole, but he produced birdies at 14 and 16 before sinking a 15-foot putt to record an eagle on the last.

The Scot set a clubhouse target of 18 under par, but Fleetwood equalled his score thanks to a birdie on the last and playing partner Gonzalez matched his feat with birdies on 16 and 18.

The players returned to the par-five 18th for the play-off, and after Gallacher missed a seven-foot putt for birdie and Gonzalez three-putted, Fleetwood holed a birdie putt from four feet to claim the prize.

"The other two guys were a little unlucky with their putts and before you know it, you have a four-footer for the win," said Fleetwood.

"God knows how I made contact. It all seemed to unravel really quickly."

Fleetwood, 22, only kept his card at the end of his debut season on the European Tour by registering a first top-10 finish in the year's final event in South Africa.

He stayed with his parents in a house behind the 12th green at Gleneagles and added: "It's unbelievable. I have been up there a lot and not even had a top-five finish and all of a sudden you come away with a win.

"It just seemed to come a bit easier this week. I was nervous as hell on the first green but after that I was pretty calm.

"It was so tight, almost claustrophobic on the leaderboard; if you dropped a shot, you went down 10 places."

Gallacher's participation was cast into doubt after he hurt his back while washing his car on Monday, and he said he was pleased just to have been in contention.

"I would have taken a play-off on Monday," Gallacher said.

"I was just happy to be playing, to be honest. I actually hit the ball really, really well. It was only the short irons I was struggling with. I could not really get into my posture."

Golf-Chappell leads with Woods in hunt at Barclays

By Larry Fine

 JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, Aug 25 (Reuters) - A back nine Sunday shootout looked to be in the offing, as Tiger Woods trailed unheralded Kevin Chappell by one stroke atop a jam-packed leaderboard with nine holes to play at The Barclays.

Chappell, looking for his first PGA Tour win, was 12 under par for the opening event of the FedExCup playoffs with playing partner Woods one off the pace after making three birdies in four holes from the fifth.

Nine players were within three shots of the lead including clubhouse leader Graham DeLaet of Canada, who fired a 65 for a 10-under-par total of 274, one shot better than Phil Mickelson who also posted 65.

 Tied with Woods on 11-under were overnight co-leaders Matt Kuchar and Gary Woodland.

 On the course at 10 under par were Masters champion Adam Scott of Australia (through 14), U.S. Open winner Justin Rose of England (12 holes) and former Masters champion Bubba Watson (10).

Chappell, who set a course record with a nine-under-par 62 on Saturday, was playing with steely steadiness, parring his first seven holes before making birdie at the eighth to reach the turn one-under for the day.

Kuchar and Woodland both bogeyed the first hole, with Kuchar running off a series of pars and Woodland balancing two birdies with a double-bogey at the fifth after an errant drive.

 British Open champion Mickelson began the day tied for 34th, nine shots back, but rocketed up the leaderboard and got to 10-under before giving a stroke back with bogey at the last.

 "I love playing here," said Mickelson at home on the course as a Barclays spokesman and a member of Liberty National.

"The people are really fun to play in front of," said Mickelson, a fan favorite who finds the banter with spectators entertaining.

The back nine at Liberty National also promised some competitive fun on a sunny day on the edge of New York harbor.

 (Reporting by Larry Fine, Editing by Gene Cherry)

Svoboda wins Web.com Tour event

CBSSports.com wire reports

Aug. 11, 2013 8:26 PM ET

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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Andrew Svoboda won the Price Cutter Charity Championship on Sunday for his first Web.com Tour title, closing with an 8-under 64 for a three-stroke victory.

The 33-year-old former St. John's player finished at 22-under 266 at Highland Springs Country Club. He opened with a 64 and followed with rounds of 72 and 66.

In 17 PGA Tour starts this year, Svoboda has made only four cuts and withdrew from another event. He has played six Web.com Tour events, missing three cuts.

Brazil's Fernando Mechereffe shot a 67 to finish second. Matt Davidson and Sweden's Daniel Chopra tied for third at 18 under. Davidson had a 64, and Chopra finished with a 68.

Emma Talley wins US Women's Amateur

CBSSports.com wire reports

Aug. 11, 2013 9:01 PM ET

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CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Emma Talley gave the Southeastern Conference something else to shout about.

The rising Alabama sophomore won the U.S. Women's Amateur on Sunday, beat Yueer Cindy Feng 2 and 1 at the Country Club of Charleston.

"Thanks everybody. You were all awesome and `Roll Tide,'" she told the crowd after closing out Feng on the next-to-last hole in the 36-hole final.

The 19-year-old Talley, from Princeton, Ky., had a "Big Al" mascot headcover, the Crimson Tide's script "A" logo on her shoes and coach Mic Potter and teammate Stephanie Meadows in the gallery cheering her on throughout the match. Meadow carried a sign, "Go Emma. Roll Tide," throughout the 36 holes.

And Talley needed all the support she could get, squandering a three-up lead early in the afternoon round. But Talley took the lead for good with a birdie on the 10th hole, the 28th of the match, and didn't let Feng back in front.

Talley finished the match when the 17-year-old Feng conceded par on the par-3 17th, then missed a 6-footer for a par that would've sent the match to the 36th hole. She'll bring the winner's medal and her new title back to campus this fall and hopefully make an impact on the school's fanbase, which has its sights set on a third national football crown.

"Football at Alabama is pretty much the biggest thing there is," Talley said. "I do know that I have friends who are Alabama athletes who've been following me and watching on TV."

Feng was vying to become the first Chinese-born player to win a USGA title.

Talley looked as if she had gained control of the match at the end of the morning 18 after birdies on the 17th and 18th holes left her 1 up at the lunch break. She extended that lead when play resumed with a birdie on the second hole and moved to 3 up on Feng's bogey on the par-4 fourth.

Just as quickly as Talley moved in front, Feng caught up and tied things with birdies on the fifth and sixth holes and Talley's botched chip on No. 7 that led to a bogey.

"The good thing about that was she was making shots," Talley said. "I hardly did anything wrong. I just had to keep playing my game because I knew it wasn't over at all."

Talley struggled with the putter early on. She three-putted four of her first 10 holes, yet only trailed by a hole.

Talley got things going on perhaps the club's trickiest hole, the par-3 11th reverse redan where Sam Snead once made a 13 in a 1937 tournament. Talley put her tee shot in a bunker right of the green, then deftly chipped to about 10 feet and made the putt to square the match. Feng landed in a bunker on the par 3's other side and needed two shots to make the green.

Feng regained the lead a hole later when her approach to the par-4, 12th finished about 2 feet from the flag for a birdie.

Another stellar bunker shot by Talley to about 6 feet past -- she had her the blade of her wedge almost total parallel to the sand -- led to another birdie on the 14th hole to again tie the match.

Talley closed the morning round with two straight birdies on the 17th and 18th shots for a 1 up lead at the break. She got inside of Feng's 12-footer on the par-3 17th for a birdie that tied the match.

Talley struck a final time on the 18th, her approaching finishing about 5 feet past for a birdie.

Both Talley and Feng have spots in next year's U.S. Women's Open at Pinehurst, N.C., as long as they don't turn pro. Feng, though, has signed up for LPGA Tour qualifying school with the hope of joining the tour.

Feng was disappointed in losing the match, but satisfied with her play this week. "I didn't think I would get this far," she said. "This is the biggest tournament in amateur golf. So to get into the finals, it's really a big accomplishment."

Talley hopes to play professionally one, too. Right now, she can't wait to get back to school. "I do want to go pro," she said. "But right now, I just love college too much."

PGA Tour Expert Picks: Wyndham Championship

by Kyle Porter | Golf Writer

Aug. 14, 2013 12:22 PM ET

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Each week during the official PGA Tour season, CBSSports.com's Kyle Porter will give his best shot at pegging the winner and seeing what other golfers will have a good week. The picks are based on a combination of homework, guesswork and just plain instinct.

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Field | Course Guide | Previous Champions | Schedule | Rankings, FedEx Points

Sedgefield Country Club -- Greensboro, NC

Purse: $5.3 million

Defending Champion: Sergio Garcia

FedEx Cup Points: 500

TV Schedule

Thursday: GOLF -- 2-6 p.m.

Friday: GOLF -- 3-5 p.m.

Saturday: CBS -- 3:30-6:30 p.m.

Sunday: GOLF -- 1-2:30 p.m., CBS -- 3-6 p.m.

Pick to win

Carl Pettersson Odds: 50 to 1 World Ranking: 52 Pettersson won this tournament in 2008 and has three other top five finishes (including the last two years). He hasn't played particularly well this season (only one top 10) but that's why you're getting 50-1 odds on a guy who has traditionally dominated this course, right? I like the big man in a big way.

Lock for Top-10 finish

Webb Simpson Odds: 14 to 1 World Ranking: 26 Simpson's last three finishes at this tournament: T22, win, T8. He dropped that incredible 64 at the PGA Championship (the course record for roughly three hours before Jason Dufner covered it up) and he's as capable as anyone of going super low (which you kind of need to do to win the Wyndham). With a weaker field I like him to get his fifth top 10 of the year.

Sleeper

Camilo Villegas Odds: 100 to 1 World Ranking: 263 Bear with me here. I know Villegas has missed seven cuts this year and I know his best finish all year is a T9 at the RBC Heritage way back in April. I still like him though and here's why: in 2011 he came into this tournament having been cut in seven of his last 10 tournaments and went on to post a T9 that included a 64 and 66. I'm not saying he's going to win but he's at least worth taking a flyer on.