74 za senzacijo!

Golfist iz Severne Irske je vodil po dveh dneh in tudi tretji dan obdržal priključek z najboljšimi. Američan Dustin Johnson, ki je bil pred finalom v najboljšem položaju enostavno ni bil kos velikemu pritisku, saj je zadnji dan povsem popustil in igrišče zapustil z 82-imi udarci oziroma kar šestnajstimi udarci več kot dan pred tem.

Graeme McDowell, na drugi strani je dokazal, da ima naravnost jeklene živce. V izjemno težkih pogojih je namreč igral taktično zrelo in si zmago priboril s 74 udarci, tremi nad parom! Številke, ki zgovorno pričajo kako zahtevne so bile razmere na enem izmed najlepših igrišč na svetu.

McDowell je z zmago na prestižnem turnirju (zadnji dan je dosegel samo enega brdija) postal prvi predstavnik Evrope po Tonyju Jacklinu, ki mu je uspel ta podvig. Obe zmagi loči kar 40 let! Obenem pa je Graeme tudi golfist, ki je po Andyju Northu na Odprtem prvenstvu zmagal z najvišjim seštevkom - izenačenim parom igrišča.

Sicer pa je, ko je govora o domačih predstavnikih, zanimiv tudi nadaljni razplet. "Gostje" so namreč osvojili tudi stopničke. Drugi je bil z udarcem zaostanka Francoz  Gregory Havret, tretji pa Južnoafričan Ernie Els.

Čast organizatorjev sta nato s četrtim mestom rešila Phil Mickelson in Tiger Woods.

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Gregory Havret, $810,000 73-71-69-72-285 +1
Ernie Els, $480,687 73-68-72-73-286 +2
Phil Mickelson, $303,119 75-66-73-73-287 +3
Tiger Woods, $303,119 74-72-66-75-287 +3
Matt Kuchar, $228,255 74-72-74-68-288 +4
Davis Love III, $228,255 75-74-68-71-288 +4
Brandt Snedeker, $177,534 75-74-69-71-289 +5
Martin Kaymer, $177,534 74-71-72-72-289 +5
Alex Cejka, $177,534 70-72-74-73-289 +5
Dustin Johnson, $177,534 71-70-66-82-289 +5
Sean O'Hair, $143,714 76-71-70-73-290 +6
Tim Clark, $143,714 72-72-72-74-290 +6
Ben Curtis, $127,779 78-70-75-68-291 +7
Justin Leonard, $127,779 72-73-73-73-291 +7
Peter Hanson, $108,458 73-76-74-69-292 +8
a-Scott Langley, $0 75-69-77-71-292 +8
Lee Westwood, $108,458 74-71-76-71-292 +8
Jim Furyk, $108,458 72-75-74-71-292 +8
Charl Schwartzel, $108,458 74-71-74-73-292 +8
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Angel Cabrera, $83,634 75-72-74-72-293 +9
Padraig Harrington, $83,634 73-73-74-73-293 +9
John Mallinger, $83,634 77-72-70-74-293 +9
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Robert Karlsson, $67,195 75-72-74-73-294 +10
Stuart Appleby, $54,871 73-76-76-70-295 +11
Henrik Stenson, $54,871 77-70-74-74-295 +11
Robert Allenby, $54,871 74-74-73-74-295 +11
Tom Watson, $54,871 78-71-70-76-295 +11
Jason Dufner, $44,472 72-73-79-72-296 +12
Ryan Moore, $44,472 75-73-75-73-296 +12
David Toms, $44,472 71-75-76-74-296 +12
Kenny Perry, $44,472 72-77-73-74-296 +12
Brendon de Jonge, $44,472 69-73-77-77-296 +12
Soren Kjeldsen, $44,472 72-71-75-78-296 +12
Ryo Ishikawa, $44,472 70-71-75-80-296 +12
Bo Van Pelt, $34,722 72-75-82-68-297 +13
Ross McGowan, $34,722 72-73-78-74-297 +13
S.Y. Noh, $34,722 74-72-76-75-297 +13
Vijay Singh, $34,722 74-72-75-76-297 +13
Stewart Cink, $34,722 76-73-71-77-297 +13
Bobby Gates, $34,722 75-74-71-77-297 +13
Paul Casey, $34,722 69-73-77-78-297 +13
Jim Herman, $23,385 76-73-81-68-298 +14
Rafael Cabrera-Bello, $23,385 70-75-81-72-298 +14
Chris Stroud, $23,385 77-72-76-73-298 +14
Thongchai Jaidee, $23,385 74-75-74-75-298 +14
Jason Gore, $23,385 76-73-74-75-298 +14
Jason Allred, $23,385 72-73-76-77-298 +14
Scott Verplank, $23,385 72-74-75-77-298 +14
K. J. Choi, $23,385 70-73-77-78-298 +14
Ian Poulter, $23,385 70-73-77-78-298 +14
Luke Donald, $23,385 71-75-74-78-298 +14
Edoardo Molinari, $23,385 75-72-72-79-298 +14
Steve Stricker, $18,368 75-74-77-73-299 +15
Retief Goosen, $18,368 75-74-76-74-299 +15
Lucas Glover, $18,368 73-73-77-76-299 +15
Hiroyuki Fujita, $18,368 72-77-74-76-299 +15
Yuta Ikeda, $18,368 77-72-73-77-299 +15
Gareth Maybin, $16,672 74-75-76-75-300 +16
Toru Taniguchi, $16,672 73-76-76-75-300 +16
Steve Wheatcroft, $16,672 74-73-77-76-300 +16
Jerry Kelly, $16,672 72-70-81-77-300 +16
Eric Axley, $16,672 75-73-75-77-300 +16
Steve Marino, $16,672 73-75-73-79-300 +16
Erick Justesen, $15,651 74-74-80-73-301 +17
Camilo Villegas, $14,921 78-69-79-76-302 +18
Fred Funk, $14,921 74-72-77-79-302 +18
Matt Bettencourt, $14,921 72-74-77-79-302 +18
David Duval, $14,921 75-73-74-80-302 +18
Rhys Davies, $14,045 78-70-79-76-303 +19
Kent Jones, $14,045 73-76-78-76-303 +19
Nick Watney, $13,608 76-71-77-81-305 +21
Matthew Richardson, $13,023 73-75-80-78-306 +22
Zach Johnson, $13,023 72-77-78-79-306 +22
Craig Barlow, $13,023 73-75-77-81-306 +22
Mike Weir, $12,293 70-79-83-75-307 +23
Ty Tryon, $12,293 75-74-78-80-307 +23
Pablo Martin, $11,707 73-76-83-79-311 +27
Jason Preeo, $11,707 75-70-82-84-311 +27