Hoch continues winning year at Western Open

BY Bruce Young | US PGA Tour | 2001 Advil Western Open | Wrap | 09 Jul 2001

He hasn’t always shown an ability to finish off in tournaments but it appears this season that Scott Hoch has developed just that, with this outstanding win over Davis Love, his second in under three months. Not only has he been winning but in his last ten starts, his worst finish is 16th including the two wins and six top tens.

It was one of the great final round duels in recent times with Love, who had led from the start, and Hoch separating themselves from the field early in the last round and drawing clear. Two late bogies by Love at 16 and 18 proved the difference in the end with Hoch, who had only three bogies in the 72 holes, outlasting his younger opponent with a last round of 64. For Hoch it was his tenth career win since joining the tour in 1980 but during that time he has had some 150 top tens.

His $US648,000 for his win takes him to fourth on this season’s money list with $US2500,000 and his career earnings to more than $14,000,000. He is now the fourth highest money winner in the games history. He is one of the straighter drivers on tour and a very good short iron player although funnily enough today it let him down a little, and his putting this year is as good as it has been.

Hoch hasn’t always endeared himself to his peers and tournament administrators and golf fans with rather ‘to the point’ comments at times, but he says it as he sees it and perhaps no one should be denied that right. For Love it was heartening to see him back to nearly full fitness following a tough time of late with a niggling neck injury. This has curtailed his campaign this season somewhat but it has still been an outstanding year with a win, two seconds and eight top tens in thirteen starts.

Of the Australasians, Nobilo was the best in 20th place ($30,000) and Greg Chalmers, the only Australian to make the cut, at 43rd ($12,000). Of the favoured brigade Tiger Woods had his worst finish since this event last year with a twentieth placing, Phil Mickelson was 37th and Vijay Singh yet another top ten in tenth spot.

Top 10
AUS/NZ

Position	Score	Player	R 1	R 2	R 3	R 4	Total
1	-21	Scott Hoch	69	68	66	64	267
2	-20	Davis Love Iii	66	67	69	66	268
T3	-13	Brandel Chamblee	69	67	70	69	275
T3	-13	Mike Weir	71	70	67	67	275
T5	-12	Jerry Kelly	67	73	69	67	276
T5	-12	Rory Sabbatini	71	68	70	67	276
T7	-11	Dudley Hart	70	70	69	68	277
T7	-11	Kevin Sutherland	70	70	69	68	277
T7	-11	Steve Flesch	71	70	67	69	277
T10	-10	Frank Lickliter Ii	70	71	70	67	278
T10	-10	Mark Wiebe	65	74	67	72	278
T10	-10	Matt Gogel	69	74	66	69	278
T10	-10	Steve Stricker	72	70	68	68	278
T10	-10	Vijay Singh	69	70	70	69	278
T15	-9	Billy Mayfair	72	70	67	70	279
T15	-9	Bob Estes	70	68	71	70	279
T15	-9	Carl Paulson	68	71	72	68	279
T15	-9	Scott Verplank	69	69	70	71	279
T19	-8	Bob May	71	70	74	65	280
T19	-8	Bob Tway	68	74	67	71	280
T19	-8	Brad Faxon	68	70	72	70	280
T19	-8	Brian Gay	75	68	67	70	280
T19	-8	Cameron Beckman	71	72	66	71	280
T19	-8	Chris Smith	71	68	71	70	280
T19	-8	David Frost	72	71	70	67	280
T19	-8	Frank Nobilo	68	69	72	71	280
T19	-8	Joe Ogilvie	71	67	73	69	280
T19	-8	Joey Sindelar	70	69	70	71	280
T19	-8	Justin Leonard	69	72	70	69	280
T19	-8	Kenny Perry	68	74	70	68	280
T19	-8	Stephen Ames	72	69	68	71	280
T19	-8	Tiger Woods	73	68	68	71	280
T33	-7	Hal Sutton	70	71	70	70	281
T33	-7	John Cook	69	72	72	68	281
T33	-7	Jonathan Kaye	69	71	75	66	281
T33	-7	Scott Mccarron	69	73	72	67	281
T33	-7	Tom Lehman	74	68	70	69	281
T38	-6	Briny Baird	70	71	70	71	282
T38	-6	Charles Howell Iii	72	69	73	68	282
T38	-6	Joey Gullion	72	69	71	70	282
T38	-6	Robert Damron	70	72	68	72	282
T42	-5	Bob Burns	71	68	72	72	283
T42	-5	Brandt Jobe	70	70	72	71	283
T42	-5	David Toms	67	73	73	70	283
T42	-5	Greg Chalmers	69	74	72	68	283
T42	-5	Ian Leggatt	69	73	70	71	283
T42	-5	Larry Mize	70	73	69	71	283
T42	-5	Phil Mickelson	66	74	67	76	283
T42	-5	Shaun Micheel	70	72	67	74	283
T50	-4	Glen Hnatiuk	71	69	73	71	284
T50	-4	Loren Roberts	72	69	73	70	284
T50	-4	Nick Price	72	71	68	73	284
T53	-3	J.j. Henry	74	69	71	71	285
T53	-3	Mark Wilson	71	67	73	74	285
T53	-3	Skip Kendall	71	72	72	70	285
T53	-3	Tim Herron	70	73	72	70	285
T57	-2	Brent Geiberger	69	73	70	74	286
T57	-2	J.l. Lewis	69	71	74	72	286
T57	-2	Russ Cochran	72	69	73	72	286
T60	-1	K.j. Choi	71	71	76	69	287
T60	-1	Rich Beem	70	73	75	69	287
T60	-1	Robin Freeman	74	69	69	75	287
T63	Ev	Chris Perry	74	68	74	72	288
T63	Ev	Jeff Maggert	70	71	70	77	288
T63	Ev	Jim Carter	71	72	74	71	288
T63	Ev	Kevin Johnson	70	73	76	69	288
67	+1	Ted Tryba	71	72	74	72	289
T68	+2	Craig Kanada	74	69	73	74	290
T68	+2	Gary Nicklaus	71	72	74	73	290
T70	+6	Jean Van De Velde	73	70	76	75	294
T70	+6	Shigeki Maruyama	72	71	76	75	294
Cut -1
CUT	Ev	Carlos Franco	74	70	-	-	144
CUT	Ev	Chip Beck	74	70	-	-	144
CUT	Ev	Craig Barlow	71	73	-	-	144
CUT	Ev	Duffy Waldorf	72	72	-	-	144
CUT	Ev	Geoff Ogilvy	69	75	-	-	144
CUT	Ev	Jay Don Blake	72	72	-	-	144
CUT	Ev	Jeff Brehaut	73	71	-	-	144
CUT	Ev	Marco Dawson	71	73	-	-	144
CUT	Ev	Mark Brooks	71	73	-	-	144
CUT	Ev	Olin Browne	71	73	-	-	144
CUT	Ev	Per Ulrik Johansson	74	70	-	-	144
CUT	Ev	Scott Simpson	74	70	-	-	144
CUT	Ev	Spike Mcroy	74	70	-	-	144
CUT	Ev	Steve Lowery	73	71	-	-	144
CUT	Ev	Tommy Armour Iii	72	72	-	-	144
CUT	Ev	Tommy Tolles	70	74	-	-	144
CUT	+1	Andrew Magee	76	69	-	-	145
CUT	+1	Billy Andrade	73	72	-	-	145
CUT	+1	Cliff Kresge	74	71	-	-	145
CUT	+1	Doug Barron	76	69	-	-	145
CUT	+1	Gabriel Hjertstedt	75	70	-	-	145
CUT	+1	Glen Day	71	74	-	-	145
CUT	+1	Jason Gore	69	76	-	-	145
CUT	+1	Kirk Triplett	73	72	-	-	145
CUT	+1	Mark Mccumber	73	72	-	-	145
CUT	+1	Steve Allan	73	72	-	-	145
CUT	+1	Stuart Appleby	71	74	-	-	145
CUT	+1	Woody Austin	72	73	-	-	145
CUT	+2	Craig Parry	71	75	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Craig Perks	74	72	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Garrett Willis	71	75	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Greg Kraft	71	75	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Hunter Haas	75	71	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Jeff Sluman	75	71	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Jerry Smith	71	75	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Joe Durant	72	74	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Joel Edwards	74	72	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Len Mattiace	74	72	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Mark Hensby	75	71	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Michael Clark Ii	72	74	-	-	146
CUT	+3	Edward Fryatt	70	77	-	-	147
CUT	+3	J.p. Hayes	75	72	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Jeremy Anderson	75	72	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Jimmy Green	71	76	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Mike Sposa	71	76	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Peter Jacobsen	72	75	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Robert Allenby	74	73	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Stan Utley	75	72	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Steve Pate	72	75	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Tom Pernice Jr.	77	70	-	-	147
CUT	+4	Bill Glasson	74	74	-	-	148
CUT	+4	David Morland Iv	74	74	-	-	148
CUT	+4	Lee Janzen	77	71	-	-	148
CUT	+4	Lee Porter	74	74	-	-	148
CUT	+4	Mathew Goggin	72	76	-	-	148
CUT	+4	Michael Muehr	72	76	-	-	148
CUT	+4	Scott Dunlap	74	74	-	-	148
CUT	+4	Tom Byrum	71	77	-	-	148
CUT	+4	Tom Purtzer	73	75	-	-	148
CUT	+5	Brad Elder	74	75	-	-	149
CUT	+5	Brent Schwarzrock	75	74	-	-	149
CUT	+5	D.a. Weibring	73	76	-	-	149
CUT	+5	Grant Waite	76	73	-	-	149
CUT	+5	Neal Lancaster	74	75	-	-	149
CUT	+5	Paul Stankowski	73	76	-	-	149
CUT	+6	Brian Henninger	76	74	-	-	150
CUT	+6	David Peoples	74	76	-	-	150
CUT	+6	Esteban Toledo	71	79	-	-	150
CUT	+6	Franklin Langham	74	76	-	-	150
CUT	+6	Harrison Frazar	73	77	-	-	150
CUT	+7	Mike Small	78	73	-	-	151
CUT	+7	Ben Ferguson	75	76	-	-	151
CUT	+7	Raymond Floyd	75	76	-	-	151
CUT	+8	Bradley Hughes	76	76	-	-	152
CUT	+8	Chris Tidland	74	78	-	-	152
CUT	+8	Kaname Yokoo	73	79	-	-	152
CUT	+8	Michael Kirk	74	78	-	-	152
CUT	+8	Pete Jordan	77	75	-	-	152
CUT	+9

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Hoch continues winning year at Western Open

BY Bruce Young | US PGA Tour | 2001 Advil Western Open | Wrap | 09 Jul 2001