Final update: 5-5 and +0.90 units for the day; 19-12-1 and +5.58 units for the week
What a finish! Westwood in the water at the 17th, Price in the water twice - was glad to break even on the day after such disasters, particularly after they were outright plays as well
Price's finish of triple-bogey - single-bogey meant winning positions against Waldorf & Weir evaporated to three-shot losses to both, while Colin Montgomerie was the only other pick to lose. Expected playing for pride to return a round like Garcia's 64 today, but not to be.
The remaining results: Flesch/Henning 4 up; Monty/Flesch 6 down; Monty/Perry 3 down; Monty/Coceres 4 down; Jimenez/Franco 6up; Jimenez/Olazabal 1 up; Westwood/May 5 up; Westwood/Singh 1 up. Meant the opening day 3-unit losses on Woods & Westwood were cancelled out by wins on the next three rounds for finish this week's 18-hole plays in the black.
The 72-hole plays finished 4-0-1: Campbell/Bjorn 11 up; Price/Bjorn 12 up; Westwood/Clarke 9 up; Monty/Leonard all square and the Singh's victory Els secured on the first day. Good way to close the PGA & WGC season.
Update on outright plays: 2-1 and +2.00 units
Westwood finished 2nd despite going in the water on the 17th, but Weir probably had too much control to let his lead slip anyway so just a place finish for him. Price was just one shot behind Weir after 16 holes and was his most serious challenger, but to drop four shots in the last two holes and finish in a tie for 5th place with three other players meant just a small reward for a place finish when he deserved much more
Monty disappointed and finished in 25th position.
Back next week with the Johnnie Walker Classic - the 1st event of the 2001 European Tour season
Need to reach that 200-unit mark for the year
PGA/WGC ytd:
Matchups/props: 502-415; +82.18 units
Outright plays: 11-58; -12.39 units
[European Tour ytd: +119.58 units]
