OK, it wasn’t quite ‘The Thrilla In Manila’, however Australia’s top amateurs caused a boilover when they carried off the Eisenhower Trophy for the third time in 1996.
Rod Pampling put on a spectacular display of putting in the final round at the Shriners, posting a 2.968 strokes gained/putting for the round including six putts made outside 10 feet.
ROD Pampling probably thought victory would have been a little easier after nearly opening with a 59, but the veteran has earned his third US PGA Tour title by one shot at the tender age of 47.
FOUR Australians will go all in during the final round of the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open with Rod Pampling, Geoff Ogilvy, Matt Jones and Cameron Smith all within four shots of the lead in Las Vegas.
ROD Pampling’s second round at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open had Las Vegas written all of it – on top of the world one day, dropping two shots in his first five holes the next.
THE putt slid agonisingly just past the hole. That elusive 59 narrowly escaped Rod Pampling at the first round of the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open.
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