David Toms beat Chris DiMarco in the 36 hole final to win the WGC Accenture Match Play at La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad California. Toms climbs 7 places to World Number 9 whilst DiMarco is now World Number 14 a jump of 4 positions. Third placed Retief Goosen retains his number 5 spot and 4th placed Ian Poulter climbs 9 places to a career high of 32nd in the Official World Golf Ranking.
Australian Geoff Ogilvy birdied the second playoff hole to earn his first PGA TOUR victory at the Chrysler Classic of Tucson, defeating Mark Calcavecchia and Kevin Na. Ogilvy improves his position in the Official World Golf Ranking by 23 places and is now 60th
This week’’s other winners were Peter O’’Malley at the New Zealand PGA Championship, co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour of Australasia and the Nationwide Tour, Marc Cayeux at the Vodacom Tour Championship on the Sunshine Tour, Scott Strange at the Myanmar Open on the Asian Tour and Cesar Monasterio at the Abierto Telefonica Moviles de Guatemala, co-sanctioned by the European Challenge Tour and the Tour de las Americas.
