Tiger Woods wins JBWere Masters

Tiger Woods fired a closing round of 68 to win the JBWere Masters in Melbourne Australia by two shots from home player Greg Chalmers.

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Fergus Bisset
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Tiger Woods fired a closing round of 68 to win the JBWere Masters in Melbourne Australia by two shots from home player Greg Chalmers.

The World Number 1 began the final round tied for the lead with Chalmers and another Australian James Nitties. But, Woods put a disappointing third round of 72 behind him as he cruised round Kingston Heath in a four-under-par 68 to claim his first ever title in Australia.

"I said yesterday I was thankful I was still in the tournament, but I kept myself in it and it allowed me to go out today and go for the chance to win," he said. "It was going to be tough today. I had to make some birdies early and I was able to do that and was able to keep it."

It was Chalmers who pressed Woods closest but the 36-year-old failed to convert great birdie chances at the 14th and 16th and, ultimately, those were the two shots that separated him from Woods.

Nitties played a disappointing closing round of 73. It allowed Francois Delamontagne and Jason Dufner to overtake the Australian for a share of third.

JBWere Masters Kingston Heath GC, Melbourne, Australia Nov 12-15, purse $1,000,000, par 72

1    Tiger Woods (USA)    66    68    72    68    274    €173,118 2    Greg Chalmers (Aus)    68    69    69    70    276    €98,100 T3    Francois Delamontagne (Fra) 71 70 68    69    278    €55,541 T3    Jason Dufner (USA)    70    67    71    70    278    €55,541 5    James Nitties (Aus)    66    71    69    73    279    €38,470 T6    Cameron Percy (Aus)    67    72    69    72    280    €32,699 T6    Adam Scott (Aus)        71    71    69    69    280    €32,699 8    Stuart Appleby (Aus)    69    70    71    71    281    €27,891 T9    Alejandro Canizares (Esp) 73    72    69    68    282    €23,724 T9    Klas Eriksson (Swe)    71    73    66    72    282    €23,724 T9    Craig Scott (Aus)        71    72    70    69    282    €23,724

Note: Player scores in bold signifies Titleist ball usage only

Fergus Bisset
Fergus Bisset
Contributing Editor

Fergus is Golf Monthly's resident expert on the history of the game and has written extensively on that subject. He has also worked with Golf Monthly to produce a podcast series. Called 18 Majors: The Golf History Show it offers new and in-depth perspectives on some of the most important moments in golf's long history. You can find all the details about it here.

He is a golf obsessive and 1-handicapper. Growing up in the North East of Scotland, golf runs through his veins and his passion for the sport was bolstered during his time at St Andrews university studying history. He went on to earn a post graduate diploma from the London School of Journalism. Fergus has worked for Golf Monthly since 2004 and has written two books on the game; "Great Golf Debates" together with Jezz Ellwood of Golf Monthly and the history section of "The Ultimate Golf Book" together with Neil Tappin , also of Golf Monthly.

Fergus once shanked a ball from just over Granny Clark's Wynd on the 18th of the Old Course that struck the St Andrews Golf Club and rebounded into the Valley of Sin, from where he saved par. Who says there's no golfing god?

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