300 AeroWEST WESTRIAN OPEN
Westvaalische Golf &
Country Club, South Antritz, Westria
SOUTH ANTRITZ, WESTRIA --
Valdemar Oostingverde, four shots behind when the round
began, shot a 6-under 65 on Sunday to
win the Westrian Open as Matthias Rothies
Jr. and Pancho McFeeley faltered.
Oostingverde was still down four shots
after Rothies' tap-in birdie on the sixth
hole, but Matthias had five bogeys the
rest of the way to scuttle a tournament he
appeared to have wrapped up.
"Yeah, I played terrible," said Rothies,
who closed with a 74 to finish five shots
behind Oostingverde. "I don't know what
to say."
Oostingverde had birdies on three of the
final four holes to overtake Aros Shaul
Disbach, who also shot a 65 to jump from
12th to second.
Oostingverde earned $540,000 for the victory.
Masters "loser" Pietrich Kluffen shot a
64 to tie for third with Rothies,
McFeeley, Kalesthesian Vinitor Kalviack,
Lelane Kirinas Bedinsson and first-round
leader Pit Norling of Altland.
"I wish I had played like this from the
beginning," said Oostingverde, who
celebrates his second IGT Victory. "This
sure is a week to remember."
Or one to forget, if you're Rothies and
McFeeley.
The two who also came up short at last
week's Masters, were ahead of the field and
seemingly in command after Saturday's
round. Rothies was at 12 under and cruising
with a remarkable save -- he parred the
fifth hole after hitting three bunkers --
and a 1-foot birdie putt on the sixth.
But Rothies' game came apart after he stubbed
a chip on the eighth hole that led
to a bogey. He mishit a flop shot three
holes later for another bogey, his third
in five holes. Rothies pushed a 6-foot
par putt wide on the par-3 14th and was
never in it again.
"I think the bogey on No. 8 kind of got
to me a little bit," he said. "I started
looking at the scoreboards."
What he saw was Oostingverde and Disbach
moving up.
Oostingverde had birdies on the sixth,
eighth and ninth holes and turned just a
shot behind Rothies.
"I knew after the front nine, I could have
a shot at making a charge,"
Oostingverde said. "But I wanted to make
sure I was pushing forward."
He did that when it counted. Oostingverde
slipped in an 8-foot putt for birdie on
the 15th and a 6-footer for birdie to
take the lead on the 16th. On the 18th,
needing a par to win -- with Disbach practicing
putts in hopes of a playoff --
Oostingverde hit his approach shot 20
feet from the flag and rolled that in for
his victory.
Disbach was surprised he had a shot at
the championship. His front-nine 31 left
him two behind Rothies and a birdie on
the 17th gave him a one-stroke lead. But he
barely missed a 17-foot putt on the final
hole and headed to the practice range to
loosen up.
Early on, McFeeley looked like he would
have a chance at his third IGT title, as
he got within two of Rothies, his playing
partner the previous three days. But
bogeys on the sixth and seventh holes
took him out of the running.
"I started good, then I played bad all
the way to 18," McFeeley said, "another
close one, but no cigar!" - the San Patrician
star has now finished in the
top-three of each tournament this year!
Kluffen's play finally had him looking
like he should have been the latest golfer
with a teal jacket in his closet. The
man who blew the Masters last week had five
birdies on the front nine to nose his
way on the leaderboard. He came up short
again, however.
"Today, it was fun," Kluffen said. "Too
bad I ran out of holes."
The final results and earnings in Christianan
Crowns:
Oostingverde (WES), $540,000
71-68-66-65-270 14 under
Disbach (ARO), $324,000
70-70-67-65-272 12 under
Kluffen (WES), $128,250
70-70-71-64-275 9 under
Bedinsson (NEO), $128,250
67-74-65-69-275
Norling (ALT), $128,250
66-71-68-70-275
Kalviack (KAL), $128,250
73-67-65-70-275
McFeeley (SPA), $128,250
68-66-70-71-275
M. Rothies, Jr (WES), $128,250 68-67-66-74-275
Indurain (DEU), $84,000
71-68-69-68-276 8 under
Lumle (LEX), $84,000
70-69-67-70-276
Tay (WMC), $66,000
73-67-71-66-277 7 under
Giselund (LOM), $66,000
70-71-69-67-277
DuBraal (KTZ), $66,000
70-71-68-68-277
Burchard (CHR), $66,000
73-64-66-74-277
Kossuth (SPA), $40,860
74-70-68-66-278 6 under
Zoëk (WES), $40,860
73-70-68-67-278
Senaduro (CAB), $40,860
76-65-69-68-278
McDonough (SPA), $40,860
72-70-68-68-278
Oberth (WES), $40,860
71-70-68-69-278
Huyfrino (BRO), $40,860
73-71-65-69-278
Peacock (UNT), $40,860
70-71-66-71-278
Koblenthz (IWK), $40,860
73-69-65-71-278
Tahoma (CHR), $40,860
71-66-68-73-278
Holland (CHR), $40,860
73-68-64-73-278
Bieri (WES), $21,467
72-72-70-65-279 5 under
Shearer (UNT), $21,467
72-71-70-66-279
Joyce (SPA), $21,467
73-71-68-67-279
Orford (FRW), $21,467
70-70-70-69-279
Brennessel (WES), $21,467
74-67-69-69-279
Sinclair (FRW), $21,467
72-70-68-69-279
Gelfinger (LCP), $21,467
73-68-68-70-279
Sunilam (WMC), $21,467
71-69-68-71-279
Shumaker (NEO), $21,467
74-67-67-71-279
Vandenbrigg (WES), $15,480
71-72-72-65-280 4 under
Dascunyan (LOM), $15,480
71-71-71-67-280
Gutierrez (SPA), $15,480
79-65-67-69-280
Grünwiesen (WES), $15,480
71-69-69-71-280
Protheroe (FRW), $15,480
72-71-66-71-280
Gnorelia (CAB), $11,400
73-67-73-68-281 3 under
Von Chicken (WES), $11,400
75-67-69-70-281
Van der Treff (WES), $11,400
72-71-67-71-281
DeDronk (WES), $11,400
71-73-66-71-281
Predicor (ALB), $11,400
72-69-68-72-281
T. Rothies (WES), $11,400
72-68-68-73-281
Kirch (DEU), $11,400
71-67-69-74-281
Klagstein (WES), $11,400
68-71-67-75-281
Fincham (MER), $8,240
67-73-74-68-282 2 under
Ipsi (KTZ), $8,240
73-71-66-72-282
Seruca (KAL), $8,240
69-69-71-73-282
Clarkeston (FRW), $7,180
71-72-73-67-283 1 under
Firlefanthz (WES), $7,180
71-72-71-69-283
Von Trasnau (ALB), $7,180
76-67-70-70-283
Malatest (ALT), $7,180
72-69-71-71-283
Silberthaler (WES), $7,180
72-72-67-72-283
Straswell (WES), $7,180
72-69-69-73-283
Dormer (MER), $6,840
73-71-65-75-284 Even
Salvatori (FRW), $6,690
74-69-72-70-285 1 over
Distelbluth (WES), $6,690
75-69-71-70-285
Nithz (OOO), $6,690
74-69-71-71-285
Wan Hujan (LEX), $6,690
71-71-70-73-285
G'Ratangg (KON), $6,420
74-67-74-71-286 2 over
Birch (BRO), $6,420
74-69-72-71-286
Kessel (KTZ), $6,420
71-72-71-72-286
Dews (RAS), $6,420
72-72-70-72-286
Novello (ALT), $6,420
71-69-72-74-286
Magermilch (SCK), $6,180
71-73-71-72-287 3 over
Camarones (DEU), $6,180
74-68-72-73-287
Leuwenzaan (LOM), $6,180
71-71-70-75-287
Johannessen (WES), $6,060
71-72-71-74-288 4 over
Imvaldt (WES), $6,000
72-71-73-73-289 5 over
Tailor, III. (WES), $5,940
73-71-72-74-290 6 over
Lariman (REZ), $5,880
72-72-75-72-291 7 over
Weslow (IWK), $5,820
76-68-73-75-292 8 over
Bombatz (ALT)
69-75-74-WD
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