PGA Results: 2011 CIMB Asia Pacific Classic

With all of the tournaments we previewed last week I feel like this is a golf rendition of ESPN's Chris Berman and his fastest three minutes in football. 3... 2... 1... GO PGA Tour Bo Van Pelt scored a nice silly season check by winning the CIMB Asia Pacific Classic by a whopping six shots.  A sizzling final round 64 (-7) highlighted four great rounds. Nationwide Tour Championship Ken Duke became the 2nd oldest winner (43) of the Nationwide Tour Championship at Daniel Island Club, Charleston S.C.  More important that the win itself, is the fact that Duke's final standing for the year on the Nationwide Tour money list jumped from 36th to 7th.  The win put him inside of "The 25," the group of 25 players who will graduate to the PGA Tour for 2012.  Clutch. Shanghai Masters Two big names squared off in a playoff at the Shanghai Masters in China.  Anthony Kim and U.S. Open champion Rory McIlroy finished tied for 1st in regulation and went head to head for the largest money prize in any single golf tournament, $2 million. A two foot make on the first playoff hole for McIlroy was enough as Kim missed from three feet.  McIlroy collects the $2 million while Kim walks with a paltry $750,000.

"It's something that I feel like I can still get better at is winning and putting yourself in the position to win when you're not playing your best." ~Rory McIlroy

Andalucia Masters Sergio Garcia seems to have returned to form as he carded his 2nd European Tour victory in as many weeks at the Andalucia Masters in Sotogrande, Spain.  Garcia held off fellow Spaniard Miguel Angel Jimenez, who held the lead during the final round but gave up a couple of strokes.