Scott ends barren run by solving putting crisis
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Your support makes all the difference.Adam Scott claimed his fourth European Tour title in the Scandinavian Masters here yesterday. The Australian hit a final-round 69 for an 11-under-par 277, two shots clear of Nick Dougherty. The Englishman birdied the last to avoid a four-way tie for second. His Walker Cup team-mate Luke Donald, Scotland's Andrew Coltart and Robert Karlsson, of Sweden, shared third on eight under.
Scott collected the first prize of £225,000 to move a step closer to confirming his place in the Presidents' Cup team - the Ryder Cup-style contest between America and the Rest of the World - minus Europe - which takes place in South Africa in November.
Scott had missed the cut in his previous three events since finishing eighth in the defence of his Scottish PGA Championship, but finally found a solution to the putting problems which had dogged him for two months.
The 23-year-old began the day tied with Maarten Lafeber on eight under, but the pair had already been caught by the earlier starters by the time they teed off. Scott went back in front with a birdie on the second, but the first of several pulled shots on the fourth cost him a bogey four. Dougherty then took over the lead with his third birdie of the day on the sixth, before Scott got back on level terms by two-putting the par-five fifth to get back to nine under.
From then on the Australian remained in front, making important birdies on the 11th and 12th to stretch his lead to three for the first time. Scott failed to make the most of a stroke of good luck on the 14th after his drive bounced off a tree and back into the fairway, hitting his second shot left as well, and failing to get up and down.
But he responded with a superb tee shot to five feet on the 15th for another birdie and effectively sealed victory with another on the next.
SCANDINAVIAN MASTERS (Malmo) Leading final scores (GB and Irl unless stated): 277 A Scott (Aus) 70 71 67 69. 289 N Dougherty 67 69 74 69. 280 A Coltart 67 76 69 68; L Donald 71 68 71 70; R Karlsson (Swe) 71 69 71 69. 281 M A Jimenez (Sp) 73 70 71 67; C Pettersson (Swe) 69 75 66 71. 282 P Hedblom (Swe) 70 70 71 71; F Jacobson (Swe) 71 70 72 69; J Spence 74 70 69 69. 283 M Lafeber (Neth) 68 71 69 75. 284 A Mednick (Swe) 73 69 71 71; M Campbell (NZ) 70 72 71 71; P Archer 71 70 71 72; Richard S Johnson (Swe) 71 71 69 73. 285 J Donaldson 76 69 70 70; M Foster 74 67 73 71, C Rodiles (Sp) 69 72 73 71; S Struver (Ger) 72 71 70 72; C Schwartzel (SA) 72 72 69 72; M Roe 71 70 71 73; S Kjeldsen (Den) 71 70 70 74; R-J Derksen (Neth) 73 71 67 74.
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