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Baddeley best of Aussies in Phoenix


Former winner Aaron Baddeley saved his best till last at the Phoenix Open, moving into the top-20 with a superb 5-under-par 66 on Sunday.

Former winner Aaron Baddeley saved his best till last at the Phoenix Open, moving into the top-20 with a superb 5-under-par 66 on Sunday.

"AaronThe Victorian, who won this
title in 2007, finished top Australian in the field after Geoff Ogilvy
struggled to a final round 74 to fall well down the leader board.

Matt Jones was the only other
Australian to make the cut but finished near the tail of the field at
1-under-par for the week.

Baddeley’s T17 finish could
have been even better but he drove into the water at the short par-4 17th
to post his only bogey of the day.

Ogilvy endured an awful final
round with the putter which began with a double bogey six at the second hole
where he three putted from 16 feet.

He salvaged two birdies to
make the turn at even par but the flat stick again deserted him on the back
nine with three putt bogies at the twelfth, fifteenth and sixteenth.

He dropped from a share of 20th
to a share of 46th in the final round.

Robert Allenby missed the cut
by a shot in his return to the game after the incident in Hawaii two weeks ago
while Steven Bowditch never got going and missed by three.


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