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European Tour Article
As the World Golf
Championship (WGC) Accenture Match Play was the official scheduled European Tour event
last week, (that story can be found on the "PGA Tour Article" page), we are
doing a brief write-up on the other PGA Tour event held last week.
Chrysler Classic of Tucson
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| Thirty year old, Heath Slocum, in his third
year on the PGA Tour, notched up his first Tour win in Tucson, Arizona this weekend at the
Chrysler Classic with a 22 under par total of 266. Slocum started the final round sharing
the lead with Aaron Baddeley who came in one shot behind with a last round score of 66. Heath
Slocum qualified for the PGA Tour by winning three tournaments on the Nationwide Tour in
2001 and during his first two years in the upper ranks has had four top-10s, including two
second places.
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Conquistador, Heath Slocum.
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Aaron Baddeley.
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Neither Slocum nor Baddeley had previously
won a PGA event and they were never further than one shot apart during the last 18 holes.
With the lead being held by each of them at different times, the last round became more
like matchplay and they came to the 18th all square. Slocum brought to bear the experience
gained from being runner-up on two occasions when he had every chance to win and this time
he held it together, putting his 15-foot birdie chance to within inches. Baddeley missed a
5-footer which would have forced a play-off and Slocum hugged his caddy in delight. Rory
Sabbatini put in the best score of the day, a 64, to finish with a share of third place,
while defending champion, Frank Lickliter II's first round 63 remained the best round of
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the final results scoreboard for the Chrysler Classic of Tucson can be found by selecting
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