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As the PGA Tour continued its Florida swing, third round leader Justin Rose endured a nightmare final round, leaving Gary Woodland the chance to win his first US PGA title on Sunday at the Transitions Championship.
Rose, who led by a stroke going into the last day, shot a 74, including four bogeys in a row from the seventh, saw his victory chances disappear.
Woodland sank a 16-foot birdie putt at the par-3 17th, only the second of the day at the penultimate hole, to match fellow American Webb Simpson for the lead and dropped a 10-footer for par at 18 for a four-under par 67.
Moments later, Simpson missed a 20-foot par putt at the 18th and Woodland collected the $990,000 (BD373,000) top prize by finishing 72 holes on 15-under par 269, one stroke ahead of Simpson.
For Woodland victory signaled the end to a long struggle with injury as he missed most of the 2010 campaign after suffering a shoulder injury in late 2009; he nearly completed his rehabilitation a few weeks ago but faltered in a play-off at the Bob Hope Classic earlier this season.
Last week saw a first of its kind amongst Professional Golf Tournaments.
A full field of touring professionals, but no prize money as such to the winners; the fantastically named Wildfire Golf Club, in Arizona was the venue for the first RR Donnelley LPGA Founders Cup, an event staged to honour the 13 founder members of the LPGA Tour.
A great premise indeed to honour some of the greats of the women's game, but not only that, the $1 million purse was to be split among charities, half going to LPGA youth programmes and the rest being divided among groups determined by the top ten finishers, the winner making a $200,000 (BD75,000) contribution to her favourite charity.
The tournament also staged a special donation to the Japanese disaster relief effort with money going for every birdie and eagle over the closing three holes.
The business end of the event on Sunday essentially came down to a chip-and-putt contest between Karrie Webb and Brittany Lincicome.
It was the veteran Webb who continued her hot start to 2011, completing her second consecutive LPGA victory, following up her recent success at the HSBC Champions in Singapore.
But Webb was not the only victor in Phoenix; her $200,000 share of the $1 million charity purse, was to be split between the Christopher Reeve Spinal Cord Injury and Paralysis Foundation and the Japan relief effort. In fact, over half of the players in the top 10 are to donate their cut to the Japan relief effort, an amount of around $200,000.
The game of golf has raised millions of dollars over the years for charities and foundations, maybe more than any other sport; whether it is the professional game or through tournaments or initiatives at clubs across the world, the sport has been the vehicle to raise much needed funds for many less fortunate and it will continue to do so.
The Founders Cup was a first on tour, but I'm sure it will be the first of many.
