Monday November 5, 2007 | 09:38:34 703 words, 2962 views
Stephen Ames is not the world’s greatest scrambler. Until the weekend he was 123rd in the PGA Tour scrambling table. Sunday he vaulted 37 places, an achievement sealed by that match-winning effort of the last hole. You can imagine a little tightening of the muscles as he contemplated the difficult third shot out of the bunker, knowing he needed par to avoid a playoff with Tim Clark. The execution was class, the outcome fully deserved.
So the season’s roll of honour ends with two Canadians, two Swedes, two Australians (they’ll call it Finchem’s ark if we’re not careful!), an Irishman, a ...