Amazing
Grace gets
third win
❯❯ Branden Grace
became the first
player on a major
men’s tour to win
three times in 2012,
with his three-stroke
victory over Nicolas
Colsaerts in the
Volvo China Open.
Grace shot 21-under
267 at Binhai Lake
GC in Tianjin, China.
A 23-year-old
South African, Grace
also won the Joburg
Open and the Volvo
Golf Champions
earlier this year. “It
shows you the stan-
dard of golf that I am
playing right now,”
Grace said. “To have
three wins on the Eu-
ropean Tour at this
stage of my career is
awesome.”
Grace was exempt
in 2009 but failed
to keep his card,
finishing in the top
20 three times in 26
starts. He attributed
that performance to
immaturity, telling
LPGA
Putting helps
Miyazato nab
Lotte title
❯❯ It’s hard to believe
that someone who
was tied for the tour
lead in putts per GIR
would need help with
her stroke. But that
was the case with Ai
Miyazato, and after
tips from her father,
who doubles as a
coach, the Japanese
star won for the first
time in 2012.
Miyazato made
three birdies on her
final six holes to beat
Meena Lee and Aza-
hara Munoz by four
shots in the LPGA
Lotte Championship
at Ko Olina GC in
Kapolei, Hawaii.
TOP TOP
PLAYER AVG 10 50
TOP TOP
PLAYER AVG 10 50
1. Rory McIlroy 9.463 66 179
2. Luke Donald 9.314 86 399
3. Lee Westwood 8.399 112 243
4. Bubba Watson 6.397 3 89
5. Hunter Mahan 5.763 4 159
6. Martin Kaymer 5.464 89 223
7. Steve Stricker 5.435 153 269
8. Tiger Woods 5.418 5 21
9. Phil Mickelson 5.248 3 962
10. Justin Rose 5.134 7 97
11. Louis Oosthuizen 5.057 30
12. Adam Scott 5.039 108
13. Charl Schwartzel 5.033 119
14. Webb Simpson 4.882 36
15. Matt Kuchar 4.818 117
16. Jason Day 4.810 89
17. Dustin Johnson 4.746 114
18. Graeme McDowell 4.696 100
19. Bill Haas 4.414 66
20. Keegan Bradley 4.250 37
21. Sergio Garcia 4.183 37
22. Nick Watney 4.028 108
23. Brandt Snedeker 4.024 53
24. Peter Hanson 3.962 21
25. Ian Poulter 3.754 288
26. K.J. Choi 3.672 130
27. Bo Van Pelt 3.368 49
28. Zach Johnson 3.348 263
29. Mark Wilson 3.346 14
30. Jason Dufner 3.241 36
31. John Senden 3.172 24
32. Sang-moon Bae 3.161 28
33. Thomas Björn 3.127 36
34. Carl Pettersson 3.032 2
35. David Toms 3.019 50
36. Simon Dyson 2.980 33
37. Martin Laird 2.965 78
38. Alvaro Quiros 2.960 74
39. Anders Hansen 2.926 69
40. Robert Karlsson 2.925 211
41. Jim Furyk 2.908 5
42. Aaron Baddeley 2.904 12
43. Paul Lawrie 2.891 12
44. Francesco Molinari 2.873 108
45. Paul Casey 2.827 203
46. Fredrik Jacobson 2.815 25
47. Rickie Fowler 2.813 41
48. K. T. Kim 2.733 80
49. Ben Crane 2.725 12
50. Geoff Ogilvy 2.724 36
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 Curtis
(Valero Texas Open)
Moved from
280th to 156th
Lee Westwood
(Indonesian Masters)
Remained third
Branden
Grace
(Volvo China Open)
Moved from
89th to 66th
1. Yani Tseng 17.80
2. Na Yeon Choi 8.63
3. Suzann Pettersen 7.73
4. Cristie Kerr 7.52
5. Ai Miyazato 7. 43
6. Jiyai Shin 6.51
7. I.K. Kim 6. 48
8. Sun Ju Ahn 6. 37
9. Stacy Lewis 6. 11
10. Paula Creamer 5.97
11. Shanshan Feng 5.56
12. Brittany Lincicome 5.54
13. Amy Yang 5. 43
14. Angela Stanford 5. 33
15. Sun Young Yoo 5. 25
16. Ji-Hee Lee 4.91
17. Chie Arimura 4.57
18. So Yeon Ryu 4. 33
19. Catriona Matthew 4. 28
20. Karrie Webb 4. 21
21. Morgan Pressel 4.06
22. Caroline Hedwall 4.05
23. Sakura Yokomine 3.95
24. Michelle Wie 3.68
25. Ha Neul Kim 3.66
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