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2008 OPEN QUALIFIER
MCCUSKER (68), MOLINELLI (71) SECURE SPOTS AT HARDING PARK results>
2007 FINAL RESULTS:
CANADIAN DOELL RECORDS HIS SECOND STOCKER CUP VICTORY
CARMEL, Calif. (Oct. 14, 2007) — This year’s Stocker Cup morphed into a two-man race after the third round of play, and featured Canadian Craig Doell and Virginian Pat Tallent competing neck-and-neck through 72 holes, each finishing at 1-over 289, only to have the contest decided on a one-hole playoff.
Doell seemed sunk late in the tourney, trailing Tallent by two strokes with three holes to play. But the Victoria, B.C. resident took advantage of back-to-back Tallent bogeys to force the playoff, which he then won with a par when Tallent drove into a difficult bunker lie on 18 to start the sudden-death match.
“Neither Pat nor I played our best out there, but we certainly tried hard,” said Doell. “It was a bit of a pillow fight out there, we didn’t tie any holes until the 18th with pars, so it was an exciting day.”
The victory gave Doell his second Stocker Cup, the first coming in 2004, making him the second golfer to repeat as champ following Randy Haag, who won the title in both 1992 and 1997. (click here to view complete story)
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