Faldo settles for third place

Golf

Nick Faldo's quest for a seventh American tour victory, and his second this season, came to an end when he bogeyed the last two holes of the Kemper Open in Potomac, Maryland, and had to settle for joint third place, three shots behind the winner, Justin Leonard.

The real story, though, was the collapse of Leonard's fellow American, Mark Wiebe, who missed two short putts on the final two greens to hand the title to his compatriot. He had been four clear after seven, but three- putted four of the last 11 holes. Faldo, who compiled a seven- under-par total of 277, had a hat-trick of birdies from the 13th to be only two behind, but pulled a five-iron into sand at the short 17th and pushed his approach wide of the final green.