Birdie bursts
help Crane
top Simpson
;; Ben Crane put
together two bursts
of four consecutive
birdies to come
roaring from, at
one point, six shots
behind, forcing
Webb Simpson into
extra holes in the
McGladrey Classic at Sea Island’s
Seaside course on
St. Simons Island.
It was very nearly
a three-way playo;
at 15-under 265,
but rookie Michael
Thompson, after
leading all day, hit
his drive on the 18th
hole into the hazard
on the right to drop
a shot. Crane won
on the second extra
hole when Simpson,
the tour’s leading
money winner who
struggled mightily
on the greens, three-
putted.
EUROPEAN TOUR
Lewis takes
fast track to
first victory
;; As an amateur,
20-year-old Tom
Lewis turned heads
when he tied for the
British Open lead after one round in July.
Now a professional,
he turned even more
when he won the
Portugal Masters in
just his third start
among the play-for-pay ranks.
Lewis shot a
final-round 65 to
finish at 21-under
267 and beat Rafael
Bello-Cabrera by
two strokes at Oce-
anico Victoria GC in
Vilamoura, Portu-
gal. Lewis birdied
five of his last seven
holes in the come-
back victory, moving
to 53rd on the tour
money list—the top
60 qualify for the
season-ending Race
to Dubai in Decem-
ber—and earning a
two-year exemption.
TOP TOP
PLAYER AVG 10 50
TOP TOP
PLAYER AVG 10 50
1. Luke Donald
10.489 59 372
2. Lee Westwood
7.633 85 216
3. Rory McIlroy
7.422
39 152
4. Steve Stricker
6.350 126 242
5. Dustin Johnson
6.328
11 87
6. Martin Kaymer
6.087 62 196
7. Jason Day
5.798
18 62
8. Adam Scott
5.548
7 81
9. Matt Kuchar
5.485
8 90
10. Phil Mickelson
5.374 935
11. Nick Watney
5.319 81
12. Webb Simpson
5.305 9
13. Charl Schwartzel
4.761 92
14. K.J. Choi
4.557 103
15. Graeme McDowell
4.545 73
16. Bubba Watson
4.239 62
17. Justin Rose
4.186 70
18. Hunter Mahan
4.089 131
19. David Toms
4.066 23
20. Bill Haas
3.799 39
21. Kyung-Tae Kim
3.747 53
22. Paul Casey
3.715 176
23. Rickie Fowler
3.596 14
24. Ian Poulter
3.581 261
25. Robert Karlsson 3.568 184
26. Keegan Bradley
3.421 10
27. Thomas Björn
3.417 7
28. Brandt Snedeker
3.412 26
29. Jim Furyk
3.384 768
30. Simon Dyson
3.337 6
31. Anders Hansen
3.291 32
32. Francesco Molinari
3.238 81
33. Darren Clarke
3.229 14
34. Jason Dufner
3.206 10
35. Sang-moon Bae
3.162 1
36. Martin Laird
3.136 51
37. Geoff Ogilvy
3.106 7
38. Y.E. Yang
3.102 114
39. Bo Van Pelt
3.095 22
40. Zach Johnson
3.086 235
41. Alvaro Quiros
3.048 47
42. Gary Woodland
3.031 20
43. Retief Goosen
3.000 625
44. Matteo Manassero
2.999 27
45. Ernie Els
2.965 942
46. Louis Oosthuizen
2.944 3
47. Ryo Ishikawa
2.918 13
48. Miguel A. Jiménez
2.900 89
49. Sergio Garcia
2.834 10
50. Ben Crane 2.815 1
5.319 81
3.581 261
3.136 51
2.834 10
TOP 10: Number of consecutive weeks a player has been in the top 10. TOP 50: Number of consecutive weeks a player has been in the top 50.
Ben Crane
(McGladrey Classic)
Moved from
77th to 50th
Tom Lewis
(Portugal Masters)
Moved from 621st
to 166th
1. Yani Tseng 17.68
2. Suzann Pettersen 11. 33
3. Cristie Kerr 10.94
4. Na Yeon Choi 10. 47
5. Sun Ju Ahn 8.77
6. Jiyai Shin 8.60
7. Ai Miyazato 7. 52
8. Brittany Lincicome 7. 28
9. Paula Creamer 7. 26
10. Stacy Lewis 7. 19
11. I.K. Kim 6.97
12. Morgan Pressel 5.72
13. Karrie Webb 5.72
14. Michelle Wie 5.71
15. Angela Stanford 5.70
16. Inbee Park 5.56
17. Chie Arimura 5. 48
18. Amy Yang 5. 44
19. Sakura Yokomine 5. 11
20. Maria Hjorth 5.01
21. Shanshan Feng 4.89
22. Song-Hee Kim 4.87
23. Ji-Hee Lee 4.86
24. Yuri Fudoh 4.73
25. Mika Miyazato 4.72
Rolex Rankings
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