Winners on Tour: Serene Scott doubles up at Doral

WGC-Cadillac Championship – Adam Scott

Not too long ago people were wondering where Scott had disappeared to? Then they doubted how he would cope with the short putter.

Then he was second behind Bubba Watson at Riviera before winning back to back at the Honda and now Doral.

The Aussie trailed by six after a second double bogey of the day at the 5th but he birdied 6 and 8 and added four more within the first five holes of the back nine.

Coming home he had a shank out of the bunker at 16 and somehow avoided the water at the last but a 10-foot par save, for a 69, was enough to pip Watson.

The American looked likely to add a second victory of the year when he rolled in a 60-footer for an eagle at the 8th and a birdie at 17 posed the question. A par to win for Scott at one of the game’s toughest holes.

Danny Willett, playing with Watson, tied for third with Rory McIlroy with Phil Mickelson in fifth. Overnight leader McIlroy, three clear at the start of the day, had a steady start but was soon caught around the turn when he bogeyed 7 and 9 while his par at the 8th included a visit to the water. Thankfully it wasn’t the putter that was to blame, he was unable to locate enough fairways and he had to wait until the drivable 16th for his first birdie of the day.

McIlroy’s playing partner Dustin Johnson ran up four double bogeys in a horrific 79.
What Scott said: “I thought it was really solid stuff last week. Today was a little bit different. There were some ugly shots and some ugly results.

That’s winner’s luck (at 18), really. Those things even out over a long period of time where at some point, I would have hit that shot and it’s bounced back in and you don’t win, and other times it stays up and you do. To take advantage of it feels really good.”

LPGA Tour: HSBC Women’s Champions in Singapore – Ha Na Jang

The 23-year-old from South Korea made it two wins in four starts after making eagle at the 72nd hole for a four-shot win over Thailand’s Pornanong Phatlum.

She shot a 65 and then produced her version of Beyonce’s dance at the Super Bowl. Jang had looked comfortable when she hit a tree attempting to make a recovery at the 11th but a pitch and a putt saved her bogey, her first in 50 holes, and she then rolled in three straight birdies including a 30-footer at 13 and a 50-footer two holes later.

At the par-5 last she led by three and then tugged her 3-wood approach to a front left pin which left a six-foot putt for a three.

Jang has enjoyed an incredible 2016 already, making the first ever albatross at a par 4 when she holed in one in the Bahamas and then, to celebrate her maiden win the following week, performed a Samurai-inspired rendition with her putter on the 18th green.

What Jang said:  “Target in 2016 is two wins, but right now, I’m there, so going to change my target from two more wins, so very comfortable right now. No. 18 on the second shot, I just try right side of bunker my target, was a little bit miss,. I say, don’t hit the tree, don’t hit the tree, just go on the green please and perfect finish, it’s amazing. My mind is like, oh, my God, this is my shot. It’s amazing.”