South African Golfer Immelman Wins His First Grand Slam

By Stephen Lars

South African Trevor Immelman, who shared the Augusta Masters' leadership ultimate Thursday, managed to preserve that position on Sunday and reached the last hole of the tournament as bright-eyed as his first 2008 season title the Grand Slam. Back in 1976 a similar seat took place in Augusta when Raymond Floyd won heading the tournament also from beginning to end.

At Augusta was pleasant that Immelman deserved to triumph as most spectators admitted he played his best. Golfer Immelman has the same age as Sergio Garcia; however the South African has managed to open his course through in the tournament's novel winning the Grand Slam.

The surprising 2007 Champion Zach Johnson helped another unexpected prizewinner to wear the Grassy jacket. It is most sure Immelman has achieved his vision as he has already entered the incredible environment of golf champions.

Other golfers participating were; Garcia but he was quickly eliminated then the only Spaniard remaining in the tournament - Miguel Angel Jiménez - did achieve an incredible position which included an "eagle" in the seventh gap and did the best reinstate of the day with 68 blows finishing in eighth place. The Andalusian did assure a spot in after year's Masters.

The South African's functioning did earnings back after his behind return with had lots of suspense; four of his most prominent rivals, among them the world's number one, Tiger Woods made it shiny to expect a harsh battle, which at the end did not take place. Neither in the band showed sufficiently to surpass Immelman, then the strong wind in the decisive round and neither the double "bogey" of the 16 and the 17 hole, dragged toward the edge of the board to the new champion.

Tiger Woods equitable could not manage to fracture his statistics regarding winning the Grand Slam. The world's boon player seemed to spread with a correct long "putt" in the 11 hole for a "birdie", but it conscientious did not work. This year, Tiger remains distant of a Grand Slam win, his vocation fourth consecutively.

The Americans Brandt Snedeker and Steve Flesch, as beefy as the English Paul Casey were falling in contrary parts of the final journey. Without these three contenders and without Tiger, the road became prompt for Immelman, a golfer that four months ago was powerless in an operating margin to eradicate a benign tumor near the diaphragm.

Immelman blameless needed 75 blows (3 up) to gain with -8. To three blows concluded Tiger Woods and they shared the third place Stewart Cink and Snedeker.

Over the former seventeen dotage in the Masters, in sixteen the champion has dropped the last game. With Immelman that proclivity did not returns place. The South African has become the moment golfer of its kingdom to get the Green Jacket.

Fate had prepared a great surprize to Immelman whose childhood effigy was Gary Player, the golfer that played the most times in Augustus (51). This year Immelman came out with that class learned and recalled, also, how he won the 2006 Western Free with Tiger closely at the end of him.

The champion crossed easily the inaugural nine holes, had a rigid mo in the "Amen Córner" nevertheless left with only a "bogey" and in the 13th hole, the brace 5, added a "birdie" which allowed him to purchase the fame over Woods with 72 blows.

Immelman obtained a USD 1,350,000 affection and heads the European Order of Merit. Besides, it becomes, along with Gary Player, Ernie Els and Retief Goosen the fourth South African to attain a Grand Slam title.

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