Ginn sur Mer Classic at Tesoro: Final-round notes  The fourth round resumed at 8 a.m. Monday with six players needing to complete play. The threesome of Shigeki Maruyama, Fredrik Jacobson and Sean O'Hair needed to play Nos. 17 and 18. The threesome of Daniel Chopra, Briny Baird and Bob Estes needed to play Nos. 16, 17 and 18. Lift, clean and place rules were in effect for all four rounds. This is only the second tournament on the 2007 PGA TOUR schedule to have such rules in place (AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am). Fourth-round play was suspended due to darkness at 6:49 p.m Sunday with six players left to complete the final round. Players were "in position" at 8:00 a.m. Monday to complete the final round. When fourth-round play was called the leaderboard looked like this: T1. Daniel Chopra -18 through 15 holes When the tournament ended, the leaderboard looked like this: 1. Daniel Chopra -19 Monday's finish is the fourth such finish on TOUR this year. The Honda Classic and the Verizon Heritage both needed an extra day to finish. The Deutsche Bank Championship finished up on a Monday, but the tournament was scheduled to run from Friday to Monday, ending on Labor Day (Sept. 3). Daniel Chopra becomes the fifth player from Sweden to win on the PGA TOUR. He joins Gabriel Hjertstedt (2 wins), Jesper Parnevik (5 wins), Carl Pettersson (2 wins) and Henrik Stenson (1 win). Chopra becomes the 12th first-time winner on the PGA TOUR this year. The win for Chopra was worth $810,000 and moved him from No. 104 to No. 46 on the season money list. Chopra's season total increased to $1,744,438, topping his previous best from last year when he finished No. 54 on the money list. Chopra has now improved his money list standings in each of his four years on TOUR. He finished No. 108, No. 90 and No. 54 in his previous three years. Chopra becomes the 15th (of 44) third-round leaders to go on to victory this year. Shigeki Maruyama capped off a late-season push to get into the top-125 and secure his TOUR card for 2008. The last time he was in this area, he missed the cut at The Honda Classic and was No. 208 on the money list. Maruyama tied for second this week and earned $396,000. Maruyama found himself No. 160 on the money list as late as the Reno-Tahoe Open in August. The three-time tournament winner entered the week No. 137 on the money list. His runner-up showing this week moved him to No. 103 on the money list and secured his playing privileges for the 2008 season. Daniel Chopra was making his 19th PGA TOUR start in the state of Florida and seeking his first win in the state. He has made the cut in five events with two top-10 finishes. His career-best finish in the Sunshine State prior to this week was a T8 at the 2007 Honda Classic. Dicky Pride (No. 194 on the money list) had missed the cut in his last seven TOUR starts but is in position for his best finish in some time. Pride birdied the final four holes Sunday for a 9-under 64 and is currently alone in fourth place at 16-under par. His last top-10 was a T9 at the U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee. This week has the potential to be Pride's best showing since a T5 at the 2004 Michelin Championship in Las Vegas. Here is a list of Pride's career-best efforts in relation to par:
Dicky Pride's 9-under par 64 Sunday is a career-best round (in relation to par) on the PGA TOUR. Pride is making his 335th start this week and now has 927 total rounds under his belt. His previous best rounds:
Pride had 23 birdies this week, which is tied for his third-best single week in his career. He had 24 in the 1994 Federal Express St. Jude Classic and the 2004 Michelin Championship at Las Vegas. He also has 23 at the 1995 Deposit Guaranty Golf Classic. Pride finished alone in fourth place and got the biggest paycheck of his career. Solo fourth is worth $216,000. Pride, in fact, has previously cashed only three checks that were in six figures. He won $225,000 in the 1994 Federal Express St. Jude Classic, $152,000 after a T5 finish at the Michelin Championship at Las Vegas and $100,000 after a fifth-place finish in the 1999 Motorola Western Open Low rounds of the week: |
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