FANLING, Hong Kong (Reuters) – Miguel Angel Jimenez fired a final round five-under 65 to become the oldest player to record a European Tour victory with a one-stroke triumph at the Hong Kong Open on Sunday. The Spaniard completed the tourna ment on 15 under par to edge out Sweden's Fredrik Andersson Hed, who had earlier shot a 64, to secure a hat-trick of Hong Kong titles at the age of 48 years and 318 days. … Golf-Jimenez secures record-breaking triumph in Hong Kong
FANLING, Hong Kong, Nov 18 (Reuters) – Miguel Angel Jimenez fired a final round five-under 65 to become the oldest player to record a European Tour victory with a one-stroke triumph at the Hong Kong Open on Sunday. The Spaniard completed the tournament on 15 under par to edge out Sweden’s Fredrik Andersson Hed, who had earlier shot a 64, to secure a hat-trick of Hong Kong titles at the age of 48 years and 318 days. …
Golf-Scott gets job done to banish memories of Lytham meltdown
MELBOURNE, Nov 18 (Reuters) – Adam Scott’s nerveless finish to secure victory in his home Australian Masters will give him more confidence to close out the big tournaments following his galling collapse at the British Open, the Australian said on Sunday. Battling an opponent in white-hot form and one of the game’s finest exponents of match-play golf, Scott showed ice in his veins to shoot a five-under 67 in tricky winds and quash Briton Ian Poulter by four strokes. …
Al Ahli in seventh heaven with latest African triumph
(Reuters) – Cairo giants Al Ahli are no strangers to success in continental club competition but their seventh and latest African Champions League triumph must feel like the sweetest of them all. A 2-1 away upset against holders Esperance in front of a hostile crowd in Tunisia on Saturday sealed a 3-2 aggregate win in the two-legged final and further entrenched their status as Africa's top club side. The triumph also extended their record-breaking number of wins in the continent's most prestigious club competition and guaranteed a berth at next month's Club World Cup in Japan. … Sounders' situation dire, not hopeless
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Scott gets job done to banish memories of Lytham meltdown
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Adam Scott’s nerveless finish to secure victory in his home Australian Masters will give him more confidence to close out the big tournaments following his galling collapse at the British Open, the Australian said on Sunday. Battling an opponent in white-hot form and one of the game’s finest exponents of match-play golf, Scott showed ice in his veins to shoot a five-under 67 in tricky winds and quash Briton Ian Poulter by four strokes. …
UPDATE 1-Golf-Scott masters Poulter to claim Melbourne victory
* Scott canters to victory as Poulter crumbles on back nine * Australian wins first tournament for year (Adds details, quotes) MELBOURNE, Nov 18 (Reuters) – Local favourite Adam Scott cruised to a four-stroke victory in the $1 million Australian Masters on Sunday as Ian Poulter’s title defence fizzled out with a bogey-strewn back nine at Melbourne’s Kingston Heath Golf Club. The world number five Scott showed great composure on a windy day to shoot five-under 67 for a 17-under total of 271 and clinch his first tournament win OF the year after a frustrating season of near-misses. …
Al Ahli in seventh heaven with latest African triumph
(Reuters) – Cairo giants Al Ahli are no strangers to success in continental club competition but their seventh and latest African Champions League triumph must feel like the sweetest of them all. A 2-1 away upset against holders Esperance in front of a hostile crowd in Tunisia on Saturday sealed a 3-2 aggregate win in the two-legged final and further entrenched their status as Africa's top club side. The triumph also extended their record-breaking number of wins in the continent's most prestigious club competition and guaranteed a berth at next month's Club World Cup in Japan. … Soccer-Al Ahli in seventh heaven with latest African triumph
Nov 18 (Reuters) – Cairo giants Al Ahli are no strangers to success in continental club competition but their seventh and latest African Champions League triumph must feel like the sweetest of them all. A 2-1 away upset against holders Esperance in front of a hostile crowd in Tunisia on Saturday sealed a 3-2 aggregate win in the two-legged final and further entrenched their status as Africa’s top club side. The triumph also extended their record-breaking number of wins in the continent’s most prestigious club competition and guaranteed a berth at next month’s Club World Cup in Japan. …
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