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Last-gasp birdie hands Jonzon victory at Castellon
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 26 - 10 - 2009

Michael Jonzon ended a 12-year wait for his second European Tour victory when the Swede won the Castello Masters Sunday.
The 37-year-old stayed calm to birdie the final hole at the Mediterraneo club and post a four-under-par 67 for a 20-under total of 264, one stroke better than Germany's Martin Kaymer and Swede Christian Nilsson.
Since he won the 1997 Portuguese Open, Jonzon's career has failed to take off. But Sunday's victory moved him from 158th on the money-list to 65th and in with a chance of playing next month's lucrative Dubai World Championship.
“I was so proud of myself holing that putt on the last,” he said. “I was determined not to let the win get away from me.
“Life has been desperate at times and I came here looking at playing at the qualifying school.”
It looked as though Jonzon would run away with it going into the back nine after chalking up an eagle and three birdies in six holes to the turn.
Three dropped shots in three holes coming home, though, provided a nervous ending for the Swede.
Jonzon went to the 18th tied with Nilsson, who was already in the clubhouse, and Kaymer, one of his playing partners.
An 18-foot putt, while Kaymer missed from half that length, then earned Jonzon the $495,000 first prize.
Kaymer slumped six strokes behind the Swede after double-bogeying the 13th. But the 24-year-old German, back after a nine-week injury absence, came roaring back.
While he made ground on Race to Dubai money list leader Lee Westwood, joint second place here was not quite enough for Kaymer to regain top spot.
Holder and tournament host Sergio Garcia (69) was the title favorite going into the final round but he was hampered by sickness and needed medical attention on the course. The world No. 10 had to settle for fourth place on 267 after a double-bogey at the 12th ruined his chances.
British rookie Sam Hutsby (71) briefly shared the lead when he holed out with his second shot for an eagle on the first.
The 20-year-old, playing in only his third European Tour event as a professional, finished on 270 to earn a place in next week's Singapore Open.
Matteson takes lead
American Troy Matteson fired his second consecutive nine-under par 61 Saturday, a US PGA record, to seize a three-shot lead after the third round of the $5 million Frys.com Open.
On a stunning day for scoring that saw three aces and an albatross, Matteson fired 10 birdies that included four sets of back-to-back birdies, one after his lone bogey at 13 and two more to open and close the back nine. Matteson's back-to-back 61s beat the prior 36-hole consecutive PGA low of 123 achieved by US veteran Steve Stricker with a 61 and a 62 in the final two rounds of this year's Bob Hope Classic.
Matteson stood on 16-under par 194 with South Africa's Tim Clark and Americans Chris Stroud and Webb Simpson sharing second on 197. Clark and Stroud fired 65s. Simpson had a 64.
Australian Nick O'Hern was in a group on 198 that also includes Americans Bill Lunde, Jamie Lovemark, Ryan Moore and Rickie Fowler with US veteran Justin Leonard and astonishing American Nicholas Thompson on 199.
Thompson fired a 65 that included an ace and an albatross, the first time since statistics started being kept in 1983 that one player fired a hole-in-one and a double-eagle in the same round.
Thompson fired his albatross on the par-5 11th hole, sinking a 3-wood shot from 261 yards for only the fourth double-eagle on the US PGA Tour this year, and then followed on the 199-yard par-3 13th with a 7


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