Memorable Victory for Choi at Memorial

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South Korea’s K.J. Choi fought back from five strokes off the lead to clinch a one-shot victory at the Memorial in Dublin, Ohio. Choi closed with a seven-under-par 65 at Muirfield Village Golf Club, including four saves on the final five holes, to bag his fifth PGA Tour title with a total of 271.

Ryan Moore carded a final-round 66 to finish on 272 while Rod Pampling and Kenny Perry shared third place on 273. Stewart Cink and Fredrik Jacobson were a further stroke behind in a tie for fifth.

The tournament is hosted by golfing legend Jack Nicklaus, who is also the event founder, and the 37-year-old Choi appeared more awed by the Golden Bear’s presence than he was by his triumph. He said on the PGA Tour website:

“It’s very meaningful. It’s hard to describe in words how meaningful it is. I just feel very honored and very happy to be living in the same age, same period of time as Jack is living, and to win his tournament is so meaningful to me. I can only think this was meant to be.”

Indeed, Choi credits his success to his younger days when his teacher gave him a book entitled, “Golf My Way”, written by Jack himself.

“My teacher kept emphasizing that this is a very famous golfer, so keep reading it. As I started reading it, I could understand why he was such a great golfer because all the things that were written really started to make sense.”

On the European Tour, South African Richard Sterne scored a final round 65 for a one-stroke victory at the Celtic Manor Wales Open.

Sterne carded a four-round total of 13-under-ar 263 to finish a single shot ahead of four players – local hope Bradley Dredge, Danish pair Soren Kjeldsen and Mads Vibe-Hastrup and Singapore’s Mardan Mamat.

The 25-year-old emerged from a drama-packed four days with a narrow triumph that did justice to the competitive atmosphere since day one, when a European Tour record of nine players shared the first-round lead.

He shot five birdies in an amazing back nine of 29 to pop his head above the crowd and take the victory, which was worth 368,812 euro and moved him to fourth place on the European Order of Merit.

He may have been a deserving winner but, from the reported reaction of the crowd, he wasn’t the most popular as the Welsh fans rooted for Dredge. As Sterne said on the European Tour website, he was able to block out the negative vibes to claim the title.

“Obviously the crowd didn’t want a South African to win but in sport strange things can happen. Bradley is a great player and he has been close a few times in his career as well and unfortunately that is how it goes.”

Dredge missed his chance for a play-off when he bogeyed the final hole after missing a six-foot putt for par, adding to the crowd’s frustration. Dredge said:

“I hit a good pitch and missed the putt. Tension? There is always tension over a six footer. There was a lot of tension over all the putts today.”

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