SEOUL, South Korea (AP) a Australia's Brett Rumford eagled the initial gap of a playoff to gain the Ballantine's Championship in South Korea on Sunday. Rumford was leading by two pictures when he double-bogeyed No. 17. A 10-foot par putt was holed by him at the last to complete at 11-under 277 and force a with Marcus Fraser of Australia and Peter Whiteford of Scotland. Rumford then holed a 4-foot eagle to earn the glory. "I struggled today with my driver regularly as I was dripping a couple of drives right, including the whole back eight when I was feeling stuck, so I'd a fast word to Pete (instructor Peter Cowen) and then hit about five or six balls off the first tee, and that did the secret... it's a funny game because it was a complete roller-coaster ride of emotions on the market this afternoon," said Rumford. "Of course, what occurred at 17 made my work a lot harder but I'm really pleased about my result." Rumford is the first Australian to win on the European Tour in 2 yrs and he drew on the inspiration of Adam Scott who turned the first Australian to win the Masters earlier this month. "Scotty's win was a massive inspiration to all of us," he explained. "It is simply great on the European Tour aspect even as we needed to create a shift and get yourself a few runs on the board since the Aussie folks in the U.S. Have already been doing a great job." Rumford started his final round in sizzling method with six birdies in his opening seven holes including four in succession from the sixth hole. Whiteford let slip a maiden European Tour win in his 142nd function when he missed a birdie putt on No. 18. South African Louis Oosthuizen, the highest-ranked player in the field at No. 7, shot a final-round 69 in order to complete three shots behind the leaders in a share of sixth place. But, for an additional day running the former Open champion came unstuck at the par-three No. 13, recording a double bogey and per day after walking off the exact same pit with a double bogey. Thailand's Thongchai Jaidee made the lowest final-round score of 65 to complete among five players attached in sixth at 7 below.
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