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Kim reaches World Match Play semifinals
CASARES, Spain (AP)—Anthony Kim advanced to the semifinals of the World MatchPlay Championship to play Robert Allenby, despite losing to Scott Strange bythree holes on Friday.
Strange needed to beat Kim by at least four holes to advance and was 4 upgoing into the 568-yard par-5 18th, where the American player responded byhitting his second shot to within 4 feet. Strange, who had laid up, put hisapproach into the bunker before conceding the hole.
Kim finished with an aggregate of plus-4 holes to Strange’s plus-3 afterthree Group A matches.
“I’m glad that this point system was set up, today,” said Kim, who struckhis 3-wood 274 yards at the last. “When Scott laid up, I knew that I had tostep up and go for it and it was the perfect number. I hit it hard as I couldand it was (within) 4 feet.”
Colombia's Camilo Villegas… AP – Oct 30, 10:08 am EDT ![]()
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Jeev Milkha Singh of India put… AP – Oct 30, 9:47 am EDT ![]()
Ross Fisher of England marks h… AP – Oct 30, 9:46 am EDT ![]()
Angel Cabrera of Argentina fol… AP – Oct 30, 9:10 am EDT ![]()
Colombian Camilo Villegas is s… AP – Oct 30, 9:06 am EDT ![]()
Colombia's Camilo Villegas… AP – Oct 30, 9:01 am EDT ![]()
England's Simon Dyson wave… AP – Oct 29, 1:27 pm EDT ![]()
Colombian Camilo Villegas play… AP – Oct 29, 1:27 pm EDT ![]()
Anges Cabrera, from Argentina,… AP – Oct 29, 1:25 pm EDT ![]()
Jeev Milkha Singh plays agains… AP – Oct 29, 1:25 pm EDT ![]()
Colombian Camilo Villegas, lef… AP – Oct 29, 1:24 pm EDT ![]()
Colombian Camilo Villegas look… AP – Oct 29, 1:22 pm EDT ![]()
Swedish Henrik Stenson plays f… AP – Oct 29, 1:09 pm EDT ![]()
Swedish Henrik Stenson plays f… AP – Oct 29, 1:00 pm EDT ![]()
Robert Allenby of Australia pl… AP – Oct 29, 10:56 am EDT ![]()
Sergio Garcia of Spain follows… AP – Oct 29, 10:49 am EDT ![]()
Oliver Wilson of England follo… AP – Oct 29, 10:48 am EDT ![]()
Martin Kaymer of Germany plays… AP – Oct 29, 10:41 am EDT ![]()
Anthony Kim of USA plays again… AP – Oct 29, 10:39 am EDT ![]()
Autralia's Scott Strange d… AP – Oct 29, 10:37 am EDT ![]()
Paul Casey of England plays ag… AP – Oct 29, 10:36 am EDT ![]()
Scott Strange of Australia wat… AP – Oct 29, 10:36 am EDT ![]()
Retief Goosen of South Africa … AP – Oct 29, 10:34 am EDT ![]()
Anthony Kim of USA watches his… AP – Oct 29, 10:34 am EDT ![]()
Sergio Garcia of Spain watches… AP – Oct 29, 10:33 am EDT ![]()
Sergio Garcia of Spain reacts … AP – Oct 29, 10:33 am EDT ![]()
Paul Casey of England plays ag… AP – Oct 29, 10:32 am EDT ![]()
Scott Strange of Australia, se… AP – Oct 29, 9:39 am EDT ![]()
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Allenby beat Oliver Wilson of England by three holes to set up a PresidentsCup rematch, where Kim won easily. Kim made bigger headlines then after beingcalled a loose cannon by Allenby for reportedly being spotted drunk only hoursbefore teeing off.
“I’m going to be in bed by 9:30,” Kim said Friday.
Former Masters champion Angel Cabrera also reached the semifinals afterbeating Simon Dyson of England by seven holes.
Kim, who won both of his matches Friday, quickly found himself in a toughposition against his Australian opponent.
“It was pretty tough to hang in there because I was 3 under after eight butthree down,” Kim said. “I knew I just had to hang in there.”
Struggling on the greens, Kim eventually cut the deficit to two holes by No.12, after Strange three-putted from the fringe. He then lost three of the nextfive holes before hitting that clutch shot.
“Being aggressive suits (my style), but sometimes it can be your Achilles’heel,” Kim said. “Every once in a while I get that itch and I go for it.”
Allenby, who was the only unbeaten player to advance, didn’t want to talkabout what happened with Kim at the Presidents Cup.
“It’s all said and done,” Allenby said.
Cabrera was delighted after rebounding from a morning defeat to HenrikStenson in Group C. Cabrera was already 5 up by the eighth of the 18-holematchup against Dyson.
“The truth was that the turnaround in the afternoon was spectacular,” the2007 U.S. Open champion said. “I hit a lot better in the afternoon. In themorning I couldn’t do anything right.”
The Argentine, who lost to Ernie Els in last year’s final, will play RossFisher in Saturday’s other 36-hole matchup after the Englishman beat Jeev MilkhaSingh by one hole.
Fisher advanced in part thanks to Lee Westwood, who rallied to halve hismatch with Camilo Villegas.
Villegas was 5 under through the first eight holes to go 4-up on theEuropean Tour money leader, who went on to take the next three holes. Villegaswould have clinched a place in the last four with a one-hole victory.
Rory McIlroy beat Stenson by four holes in the other Group C match.
Two-time U.S. Open champion Retief Goosen beat Paul Casey by a hole andSergio Garcia was a five-hole winner over Martin Kaymer in other matches.
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