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Eag's
10th November 2005, 06:33 PM
Some great scoring in the first round, these guys are going to go very low :smt045
How good was Peter O'malley' with 7 straight birdies :shock: could of been 8 last one just lipped out. He is equal leader at 8 under with Woods just off the pace with 7 under.
Good to see some Aussies posting good scores :wink:

Jarro
10th November 2005, 08:35 PM
DAMN, i forgot this was on #-o

have to check my Foxtel guide to see what time it's on :wink:

jaster
13th November 2005, 07:23 PM
Howell denies Tiger victory
From correspondents in Shanghai
November 13, 2005

BRITON David Howell valiantly held off Tiger Woods to win the inaugural Champions Tournament by three strokes today.

The Englishman fired a four-under-par 68 to finish on 20-under 268 in Shanghai, erasing the pain of his previous close encounter with the world No.1 at this year's US Masters.

Woods had to settle for second place in his first official tournament in China after returning a final-round 70 at the $US5 million ($A6.86 million) event, the start of the 2006 European Tour.

"I'm very ambitious and winning events like this HSBC Champions tournament is the sort of stuff I want to be doing," said an elated Howell.

"I've worked so hard for this win. I'm now leading the 2006 order of merit ... plus I've got some Ryder Cup points, which we're all after, so I couldn't be happier."

Woods began the day one shot behind his Ryder Cup rival and it soon became two after Howell birdied the second.

A two-shot swing at the fifth, where Woods fluffed a three-foot par putt and watched Howell tap in for birdie, left the 10-times major winner four strokes adrift.

Howell was pulverised by eventual champion Woods at this year's Masters at Augusta National where they were paired together in the third round.

Woods shot a 65 while Howell slumped to a 76 on his Augusta debut but, though the Englishman briefly faltered by missing short par putts at the eighth and ninth on the final day in Shanghai, he kept his nerve this time.

The 30-year-old calmly sank a 10-foot birdie putt on the par-four 10th to forge three clear and, once Woods bogeyed 16, Howell's third European Tour victory was all but sealed.

Britain's Nick Dougherty tied for third with Australian Nick O'Hern at 14 under after an eagle at the last gave him a 69. Left-hander O'Hern carded a 73.

Fiji's world No.2 Vijay Singh shot a 69 to tie for fifth at 13 under with Denmark's Thomas Bjorn, who carded a 70.

US Open champion Michael Campbell of New Zealand finished a further three strokes back in 10th place after a 73.

Howell, who had led the tournament since Friday's second round, ended a six-year wait for a second European Tour title at the BMW International Open in August.

However, his win at the Champions Tournament, which marked the start of the 2006 European Tour, was the biggest to date for the world No.19, earning him $US830,000 ($A1.14 million).

268: David Howell (UK) 65 67 68 68
271: Tiger Woods (US) 65 69 67 70
274: Nick Dougherty (UK) 64 68 73 69, Nick O'Hern (Aus) 67 67 67 73
275: Thomas Bjorn (Den) 67 69 69 70, Vijay Singh (Fij) 67 69 70 69
276: Paul Casey (UK) 67 68 73 68
277: Jean-Francois Remesy (Fra) 70 67 70 70, Thaworn Wiratchant (Tha) 67 68 69 73
278: Michael Campbell (NZ) 66 70 69 73
279: Paul Lawrie (UK) 64 75 70 70
280: Arjun Atwal (Ind) 69 70 73 68, KJ Choi (Kor) 65 71 74 70, Lee Westwood (UK) 70 69 74 67
281: Padraig Harrington (Ire) 69 72 72 68, Thongchai Jaidee (Tha) 67 73 71 70, Peter O'Malley (Aus) 64 72 73 72, Steve Webster (UK) 72 70 71 68
Also
282: Steven Bowditch (Aus) 71 69 71 71
285: Richard Green (Aus) 71 73 72 69
287: Craig Parry (Aus) 71 72 71 73
288: Terry Pilkadaris (Aus) 69 72 76 71
290: Euan Walters (Aus) 70 72 75 73
294: Adam Le Vesconte (Aus) 72 70 80 72, Scott Strange (Aus) 69 76 76 73
300: Brett Rumford (Aus) 79 72 73 76

3oneday
13th November 2005, 07:28 PM
If you were to read a leaderboard from the bottom up, the Aussies blitzed it !!!!!

:lol: :lol:

Jarro
13th November 2005, 07:50 PM
watching the final round highlights on Foxtel now 8)

jaster
16th November 2005, 02:33 AM
2005 HSBC Champions
November 14, 2005
By SAL JOHNSON
Contributing Writer, GOLFONLINE
Here are the key reasons why David Howell won by three strokes over Tiger Woods at the HSBC Champions (the first tournament on the 2006 European Tour schedule), contested November 10-13 at Sheshen International Golf Club (7,143 yards, par 72) in Shanghai, China:

# For the second consecutive week, a player who hadn't won much in his career played stellar golf to relegate Tiger Woods to runner-up status. The 30-year-old Howell, who won the BMW International Open in August for his second career European Tour victory and first in six years, shot four rounds in the 60s (65-67-68-68) to top a field that also included, among others, Vijay Singh, Michael Campbell, Colin Montgomerie, Padraig Harrington, Lee Westwood, Thomas Bjorn, K.J. Choi, Paul McGinley and Ian Poulter. Howell's stats weren't as impressive as Bart Bryant's were the week before at the Tour Championship, but he did finish 3rd in putting, T4th in greens hit in regulation and T7th in fairways hit. He was superb on the par 4s playing them in 12 under par, the best of anyone in the field.


# Howell had a one-stroke lead over Woods entering the final round, then got off to a great start with birdies on four of the first seven holes to stretch his lead to four over Tiger. He gave two strokes back with bogeys on eight and nine, but quickly got them back with birdies at 10 and 12.


# What Howell did best was keep the pressure on Woods. On holes three, seven and 12, while Woods had very makeable birdie putts, Howell beat him to the punch by making birdie first. Tiger hit the first 13 greens in regulation, but with two three-putts (one on a par 5) he only played those holes in 2 under while Howell played his first 13 holes in 4 under to build a three-stroke lead.


# The key shot of the tournament had to be at the par-3 12th, where Howell didn't hit a great shot but got a good bounce. His tee shot hit in front of a greenside bunker, bounced over it and finished about 15 feet away. He made the birdie putt to keep pace with Woods, who made a birdie after him. Thus, Howell maintained his three-stroke lead. Had his ball went into the bunker, it could have led to a bogey and a two-shot swing.


Howell's stats (with rank in parentheses):

Fairways hit: 44 of 56 (T7th)
Driving average: 281.4 (T15th)
Greens hit: 57 of 72 (T4th)
Putts: 109 (27.25 a rd) (3rd)
Putting breakdown:
0-putt greens: 0
1-putt greens: 35
2-putt greens: 37
3-putt greens: 0
Eagles: 1
Birdies: 22
Par 3s: -1
Par 4s: -12
Par 5s: -7
Scrambling: 11 of 15 (73.3%)

Scrambling measures how many times a player gets up and down for par or better on the holes where he missed the green in regulation.

What This Win Means
# This was the third European Tour win of Howell's career and his fourth official victory. His first European Tour win came at the 1999 Dubai Desert Classic, and his first official win as a pro came at the 1998 MasterCard Australian PGA Championship.


# After winning the 1999 Dubai Classic, Howell struggled from 2000-03, finishing out of the top 10 on the European Tour's Order of Merit. He turned things around in 2004, finishing T7th on Order of Merit on the strength of seven top-five finishes and was a member of Europe's victorious Ryder Cup team. He got off to a great start in the 2005 season, finishing T6th in Hong Kong and then T8th in South Africa. After finishing T9th in Dubai, he played well at the Masters in April, finishing T11th. His trip to Augusta National helped him because he got paired with Tiger in third round and found out what it takes to play alongside the world's No. 1 player. He knocked on the door to victory at the Dunlop Masters, finishing 2nd, and at the Irish Open, then finally got back into the winner's circle at the BMW International Open. Just like with Bart Bryant, all Howell needed was a boast in confidence, and his good play has given it to him. He finished 7th on the 2005 Order of Merit, winning just about $2 million.


# This week, Howell travels to Portugal, where he will help Luke Donald defend the World Cup crown for England. Donald paired with Paul Casey last year to win the title