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Round-up of the Weekend

By: Adam Smith | Mon 25 Apr 2011


PGA Tour

Luke Donald missed the chance to go to World number one as he lost out in a play-off in the Heritage Classic at Harbour Town.

The Englishman led by one shot going into the final day but was caught early on by Brandt Snedeker who fired a magnificent 64 to come through the field.

Donald had to get up and down from a green side bunker on his 72nd hole to force a play-off which he did with sublime shot we have come to expect from the Chicago based player.

They tied the first two play-off holes, both with birdies playing the 18th again with Donald holing from 12 foot which was then matched by Snedeker just inside him.

They both pared the par 3, 17th but it was Snedeker that took the title after Donald again found the green side bunker but his ball this time plugged and he was unable to make the par.

Asian Tour

The second placed finish from Donald was enough for Lee Westwood to return to the World number one spot after his convincing win at the Indonesian Masters in Jakarta.

The Worksop professional won by three shots from a resurgent Thongchai Jaidee who fired a bogey-free 65 to put pressure on Westwood coming down the home stretch.

However three birdies coming home was enough to make him comfortable at the top even after a rain delay after hitting his tee shot down the last.

"It was quite a day really," said Westwood. "I knew it wasn't going to be easy with a five-shot lead.

"I'm experienced enough to know that patience is the key. I hit the ball great but didn't hit the putts when it mattered."

For Donald though the number one spot is not everything in the game:

"Number one is not the final goal," he said.

"It's a constant travel. You're constantly moving forward in this game. To be number one would be great, but it's not everything.

"It certainly would be a tick in the box and it would be something great to talk to the grandkids [about] in 30 years' time and say that you were the best in the world, but I still have a lot of chances to do that.

"There are a lot of people who have a chance to be number one right now. It's a fun time in golf.

"Obviously Tiger Woods dominated for a number of years and no one was close to him.

"But now it's a little bit more of a race, that's kind of fun for the spectators."

European Tour

Nicolas Colsaerts coasted to his first European Tour victory as he ran out a four shot winner at the Volvo China Open.

More than ten years after turning professional on his 18th birthday, having become the second youngest European Tour Qualifying School graduate, the big-hitting Belgian finally realised his potential with a closing six under par round of 66.

That left him 24 under for the week, four clear of Spain’s Pablo Martin, New Zealander Danny Lee, Ireland’s Peter Lawrie and Dane Søren Kjeldsen.
 


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