Angel Cabrera held off a charging Vijay Singh to win the Barclays Singapore Open on Sunday by a single stroke.
Last-hole drama as Argentine Angel Cabrera holds off a late challenge by Fijian Vijay Singh to win the Singapore Open
SINGAPORE: Angel Cabrera held off a charging Vijay Singh to win the Barclays Singapore Open on Sunday by a single stroke, with defending champion Adam Scott five off the pace in third.
The Argentinian US Open champion holed a birdie on the last for victory with his round of 72 leaving him eight under for the tournament on 276.
Fiji’s Singh fired a 67, the lowest score of the day, to set up an exciting finale while Scott went round in 71.
American Jin Park shot a 74 to finish fourth while England’s Lee Westwood, in a rich vein of form, was fifth on 283. Phil Mickelson, more used to San Diego summers than the sapping heat and humidity of tropical Singapore, wilted for the second day in a row with a 79 to slump to eight over for the tournament.
“It was very tough out there today, very windy but I managed to do what I needed to win,” said Cabrera.
“I knew Vijay was playing well but in the end it is all up to me whether I was going to win or not. I like challenges and I liked this tough course.” Cabrera took a four-stroke lead into the final round but the Fijian soon reeled him in.
Singh, searching for a 54th career victory, stormed through the front nine in four under par and with Cabrera bogeying the 10th the gap was down to just one shot with eight holes to play.
The Fijian, in the group ahead of Cabrera, then birdied the 18th to level the scores but the Argentinian held his nerve with a perfect approach on the last to get the birdie he needed for the $ 634,000 winners’ cheque.
Park was the highest placed Asian Tour regular, with Thailand’s Prom Meesawat finishing sixth.
Shiv Kapur finishes tied 8th
Shiv Kapur seemed destined for a top five finish before a hat-trick of bogeys on a treacherous back stretch dashed his hopes even though his final round of three-over 74 was enough for a creditable tied eighth finish.
The European Tour regular ended with a four-day total of two-over 286 to join Mark Brown and Ken Webber at the eighth place.
Shiv Kapur, who grew better with every round till he hit the course on Sunday, needed one more good show to finish higher the leader-board but instead, he ended up returning his worst card of the week.
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