Former world number one seed
Tiger Woods failed to take the crown at this weekend's Australian Open as Greg Chalmers stormed to victory on home turf by finishing two shots clear.
Despite recording an eagle and five birdies in an impressive 67 as he battled back from a third-round score of 75, Woods could not compete with Chalmers who carded a three-under-par final round of 69 to finish 13-under.
"A couple of drives on the back nine cost me. I fought real hard all day but I've come up just short," he commented.
The tournament, which would have represented Woods's first victory in two years, came to a nail-biting conclusion as Chalmers was forced to watch overnight leader and compatriot John Senden take a 35-foot putt at the 18th.
If successful, the Australian would have forced a play-off round. However, Chalmers - who fought back tears upon his win - did just enough to take the crown for the second time since 1998.
"You can stumble into it once but to win it again, in this field, one of the strongest fields we've had in Australian
golf for a long time, that does something for me, that really floats my boat," he said.
Meanwhile, Spanish professional Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano took the title at the Singapore Open after storms delayed proceedings for a day, resulting in the event being shortened to 54 holes.
The 31-year-old enjoyed a nine-foot birdie put on the difficult par-five 18th to defeat Juvic Pagunsan of the Philippines, who pushed his putt just inches wide of the cup in the second hole in a play-off round.
Both had ended the event on 14 under par, with the Spaniard surrendering a four-shot lead over the back nine after suffering three bogeys as his closest competition sank a 10-foot birdie putt on the last to end the day with a 67.
"I've never been in the lead with a four-shot margin going into the last nine holes. I hope I've learned from that," Fernandez-Castano commented.
The shoot-out, which saw the victor take his first European Tour title in three years, was interrupted by the bad weather conditions on two occasions, while lightning delayed the proceedings until this morning (November 14th).
England's James Morrison was three shots off the lead after the second round, but failed to close the gap on the 11th and 18th holes, while fellow countryman
Justin Rose tied for ninth place on ten-under-par after scoring 69 on the final day.
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