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GOLF ROUNDUP
Ogden follows Wie defeat with Publinx title
ASSOCIATED PRESS
July 17, 2005
Clay Ogden, who beat Michelle Wie in the quarterfinals of the U.S. men's Public Links Championship, won the title with a 1-up victory over Martin Ureta in Lebanon, Ohio.
Ogden, a junior at Brigham Young, earned the invitation to next April's Masters. Ogden and Ureta, a junior at North Carolina, both earned exemptions into this year's U.S. Amateur.
Ogden, who lost in a quarterfinal to eventual champion Ryan Moore in last year's Public Links, trailed for most of the 36-hole final at Shaker Run Golf Club. The 20-year-old did not take the lead until the 34th hole – the 441-yard 16th – when he hit a pitching wedge to 2 feet from 118 yards and made birdie.
Ureta couldn't catch up.
On the last hole, the 420-yard 18th, both players hit their approach shots long.
Ureta's chip from 20 feet came to rest a foot from the hole, and he was conceded his par by Ogden. Ogden, 18 feet away, chipped to 2 feet and made the putt to halve the hole and clinch the championship.
Jones leads by one
Australian rookie Brendan Jones shot a 6-under 66 to take a one-shot lead after the third round of the B.C. Open in Endicott, N.Y.
Jones, whose best PGA Tour finish this year was a tie for 14th at the Zurich Classic, is at 19-under 197, one shot off the tournament record for 54 holes set in 1982 by Calvin Peete and matched two years ago by Steve Lowery.
One shot back were Ryan Palmer (67), Jason Bohn (66) and India's Arjun Atwal (65), who had a chance to tie Jones but missed a 4-foot birdie putt at 18.
John Rollins, Canadian David Hearn, and J.P. Hayes each carded 64s to total17-under 199. They were even with second-round leader David Edwards (70) and Matt Hendrix (69), who each rallied on the back side after faltering early.
Moodie keeps lead
Janice Moodie topped the Canadian Women's Open field for the third straight round, shooting an even-par 72 for a one-stroke lead over Angela Stanford in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Moodie had a 9-under 207 total. Stanford birdied the final hole for a 70, and Dorothy Delasin shot a 69 – matching the best round of the day – to join South Korea's Il Mi Chung (72) at 7-under.
Defending champion Meg Mallon was 2-under after a 72 that included a triple-bogey 7 on No. 16.
Lee wins playoff
Eun Jun Lee, 17, of South Korea rallied from five holes down and defeated Tiffany Chudy with a par putt on the 37th hole in the first-ever playoff at the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links championship in Kansas City, Mo.
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