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MELBOURNE, Australia – Rod Pampling won the Australian Masters Sunday, beating Australian countryman Marcus Fraser with a par on the third playoff hole.

Both players parred the first two playoff holes, with Pampling holing a testy 5-footer on the first extra hole. On the second, Fraser made a 20-footer for par after hitting his approach into a bunker.

Pampling closed with a 5-under 67 to match Fraser (65) at 12-under 276 at Huntingdale Golf Club. Australia’s Robert Allenby shot a 73 to finish third, three strokes back in the event sanctioned by the Australasian and European tours.

On the third playoff hole, Fraser’s putt from off the green nearly went in. He missed the return putt of about 7 feet for par, while Pampling made a 3-footer to win the 30th anniversary Masters.

“They’re never fun to be in. You work so hard for 72 holes then you still have to go again,” Pampling said. “That was a great battle. I hit a lot of quality shots and that’s all I kept telling myself every time we got back to the 18th tee was, ‘Hit a shot. Hit a shot.’ There was no stress at any stage.”

A regular on the European Tour, Fraser had about a 45-minute wait in the clubhouse after finishing his round. Pampling had a chance to win it outright on 18, but his 25-foot putt for birdie ended up inches short.

Fraser had some anxious moments before the playoff started. His wife, Carlie, who is eight months pregnant, had to be taken to hospital for observation for the second time Sunday when she fell ill late in his round.

Fraser said his wife had been to hospital earlier in the day as a precaution and returned after play finished when she again showed signs of early labor.

“I just hope that she’s all right and the baby’s OK, that’s the priority,” Fraser said. “Golf’s not even in the picture.”

Last year, Australia’s Aaron Baddeley beat Sweden’s Daniel Chopra with a par save on the fourth hole of a playoff at Huntingdale.

“I got myself in position to score well on nearly every hole,” Fraser said. “It’s the best I’ve played in a while.”

Allenby shared the third-round lead with fellow Australian Michael Sim, who shot a 77 to finish seven strokes.

U.S. Amateur champion Danny Lee finished T-11 at 5 under par.

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Final scores with earnings and relation to par from the Australian Masters, played Nov. 27-30 at the par-72 Huntingdale Golf Club in Melbourne, Australia (Note: a-amateur; earnings in euros):

1. Rod Pampling	E140,193	71-68-70-67--276		-12
2. Marcus Fraser	79,443	73-67-71-65--276		-12
3. Robert Allenby	52,573	73-66-67-73--279		-9
4. Tim Clark	32,193	67-70-76-67--280		-8
4. Nathan Green	32,193	72-68-70-70--280		-8
4. Alexander Noren	32,193	73-71-68-68--280		-8
7. David Mckenzie	24,923	72-70-71-68--281		-7
8. Martin Erlandsson	21,029	74-71-70-67--282		-6
8. Marc Leishman	21,029	71-70-74-67--282		-6
8. Anthony Summers	21,029	70-68-71-73--282		-6
11. Ashley Hall	14,487	73-67-68-75--283		-5
11. a-Danny Lee	0	71-69-71-72--283		-5
11. Peter Senior	14,487	70-72-70-71--283		-5
11. Michael Sim	14,487	72-66-68-77--283		-5
11. Steve Webster	14,487	71-68-70-74--283		-5
11. Tim Wilkinson	14,487	72-72-68-71--283		-5
17. Jamie Donaldson	9,572	72-67-73-72--284		-4
17. David Horsey	9,572	71-68-71-74--284		-4
17. Craig Scott	9,572	72-72-67-73--284		-4
17. Andre Stolz	9,572	73-70-71-70--284		-4
17. Aaron Townsend	9,572	75-64-71-74--284		-4
22. Daniel Chopra	7,789	70-72-72-71--285		-3
22. Rob Harris	7,789	72-72-73-68--285		-3
22. Wade Ormsby	7,789	72-71-73-69--285		-3
25. Scott Hend	6,387	67-73-71-75--286		-2
25. Brad Lamb	6,387	73-72-68-73--286		-2
25. Mahal Pearce	6,387	75-70-74-67--286		-2
25. Andrew Tschudin	6,387	74-70-71-71--286		-2
25. Daniel Wardrop	6,387	69-71-71-75--286		-2
25. Michael Wright	6,387	69-70-72-75--286		-2
31. Phillip Archer	4,615	73-71-70-73--287		-1
31. Tony Carolan	4,615	74-68-74-71--287		-1
31. Simon Griffiths	4,615	70-74-69-74--287		-1
31. Ryan Haller	4,615	76-69-72-70--287		-1
31. Marcus Higley	4,615	72-71-71-73--287		-1
31. Scott Laycock	4,615	73-67-72-75--287		-1
31. Brett Rumford	4,615	71-70-73-73--287		-1
31. Johan Skold	4,615	72-68-73-74--287		-1
39. Steve Alker	3,271	75-68-70-75--288		E
39. Greg Chalmers	3,271	72-70-71-75--288		E
39. Adam Crawford	3,271	71-71-71-75--288		E
39. Michael Curtain	3,271	72-71-71-74--288		E
39. Bradley Hughes	3,271	72-71-74-71--288		E
39. Peter Lonard	3,271	72-71-71-74--288		E
39. Michael Long	3,271	72-71-72-73--288		E
39. Alexandre Rocha	3,271	77-68-70-73--288		E
39. Craig Spence	3,271	72-72-72-72--288		E
48. Antti Ahokas	2,337	74-71-71-73--289	+	1
48. Steven Bowditch	2,337	72-70-73-74--289	+	1
48. Oliver Fisher	2,337	72-73-75-69--289	+	1
51. Matthew Griffin	1,713	74-71-73-72--290	+	2
51. James Mclean	1,713	75-69-72-74--290	+	2
51. Cameron Percy	1,713	74-71-72-73--290	+	2
51. Ewan Porter	1,713	70-71-77-72--290	+	2
51. Lee Slattery	1,713	78-67-72-73--290	+	2
56. Scott Draper	1,324	73-71-73-74--291	+	3
56. Steven Jones	1,324	74-70-75-72--291	+	3
56. Wilhelm Schauman	1,324	76-69-73-73--291	+	3
59. Anthony Brown	1,262	69-76-75-72--292	+	4
59. Martin Rominger	1,262	76-68-72-76--292	+	4
61. Steven Jeppesen	1,223	74-70-71-78--293	+	5
61. Dale Marmion	1,223	76-69-71-77--293	+	5
61. James Morrison	1,223	73-69-74-77--293	+	5
64. Aaron Black	1,184	70-74-73-77--294	+	6
64. Vernon Sexton-Finck	1,184	70-74-74-76--294	+	6
66. Joel Sjoholm	1,145	74-68-77-76--295	+	7
66. Scott Strange	1,145	75-68-78-74--295	+	7
66. Martin Wiegele	1,145	73-71-74-77--295	+	7
69. Daniel Vancsik	1,098	74-70-80-73--297	+	9
70. Tim Wise	1,075	71-73-78-77--299	+	11
• • •
Missed the cut
71. Kurt Barnes		73-73--146	+	2
71. Scott Barr		75-71--146	+	2
71. Adam Blyth		75-71--146	+	2
71. Steve Collins		78-68--146	+	2
71. Carlos Del Moral		76-70--146	+	2
71. Chris Downes		68-78--146	+	2
71. Adam Groom		73-73--146	+	2
71. Ryan Howison		72-74--146	+	2
71. a-Jin Jeong		75-71--146	+	2
71. Brad Kennedy		72-74--146	+	2
71. Jochen Lupprian		76-70--146	+	2
71. Aron Price		75-71--146	+	2
71. Heath Reed		74-72--146	+	2
71. Jarmo Sandelin		73-73--146	+	2
71. Paul Sheehan		70-76--146	+	2
71. Nigel Stivala		71-75--146	+	2
71. Sam Walker		77-69--146	+	2
88. Shane Baxter		74-73--147	+	3
88. Stuart Davis		76-71--147	+	3
88. Andrew Dodt		71-76--147	+	3
88. Martin Doyle		71-76--147	+	3
88. Kim Felton		77-70--147	+	3
88. Chris Gaunt		80-67--147	+	3
88. Mark Laskey		75-72--147	+	3
88. Jarrod Moseley		72-75--147	+	3
88. Paul Nilbrink		73-74--147	+	3
88. Peter O’Malley		77-70--147	+	3
88. Craig Parry		76-71--147	+	3
88. John Senden		75-72--147	+	3
100. Stuart Appleby		74-74--148	+	4
100. Birgir Hafthorsson		75-73--148	+	4
100. Lasse Jensen		75-73--148	+	4
100. Jarrod Lyle		76-72--148	+	4
100. Matthew Mills		75-73--148	+	4
105. John Daly		76-73--149	+	5
105. Gary Emerson		73-76--149	+	5
105. Rory Hie		76-73--149	+	5
105. Mikko Ilonen		75-74--149	+	5
105. Ross B Jones		75-74--149	+	5
105. Bronson La'Cassie		77-72--149	+	5
105. Gareth Paddison		75-74--149	+	5
105. Alistair Presnell		75-74--149	+	5
105. Nathan Smith		75-74--149	+	5
105. Peter Wilson		78-71--149	+	5
115. Mitchell Brown		77-73--150	+	6
115. Ryan C Carter		77-73--150	+	6
115. Sebastian Gracia-Grout		79-71--150	+	6
115. Ryan Haywood		77-73--150	+	6
115. Gareth Maybin		77-73--150	+	6
115. Andrew Tampion		78-72--150	+	6
115. Manny Villegas		75-75--150	+	6
115. Euan Walters		78-72--150	+	6
123. Matthew Ballard		78-73--151	+	7
123. Steven Jeffress		77-74--151	+	7
123. Soren Juul		80-71--151	+	7
123. Simon Khan		75-76--151	+	7
123. Jason Norris		82-69--151	+	7
123. Terry Pilkadaris		78-73--151	+	7
123. Mark Purser		78-73--151	+	7
123. Richie Ramsay		82-69--151	+	7
123. Gary Simpson		76-75--151	+	7
132. Michael Brennan		75-77--152	+	8
132. Peter Fowler		81-71--152	+	8
132. Doug Holloway		83-69--152	+	8
132. Lee James		78-74--152	+	8
132. Josh Lane		75-77--152	+	8
132. Andrew Martin		77-75--152	+	8
138. Lee Corfield		79-74--153	+	9
138. Henrik Engvall		76-77--153	+	9
138. Rick Kulacz		79-74--153	+	9
141. David Diaz		78-76--154	+	10
141. Nicky Harris		79-75--154	+	10
141. Matthew Millar		78-76--154	+	10
144. Darren Beck		75-80--155	+	11
144. Marcus Cain		79-76--155	+	11
144. Michael Harwood		77-78--155	+	11
144. Shiv Kapur		78-77--155	+	11
144. Richard Lee		76-79--155	+	11
149. Mathew Holten		74-82--156	+	12
149. Brett A Taylor		79-77--156	+	12
151. Josh Geary		81-77--158	+	14
152. Paul Donahoo		78-81--159	+	15
152. Terry Price		80-79--159	+	15
154. David Lutterus		80-80--160	+	16
155. Charles Kares		89-76--165	+	21

Posted: 11/30/2008

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