Crane victorious as G-Mac and Harrington left trailing

Neither Graeme McDowell nor Pádraig Harrington, the two Irish players to survive the cut in the $5.8 million St Jude’s Classic in Memphis, managed to maintain their challenge and were well off the pace as the weather-marred tournament reached its climax last night.

Victory on ten under par went to Ben Crane, who led from the outset and finished a shot in front of fellow American Troy Merritt in spite of not having a single birdie in a final round of 73.

McDowell was reasonably happy after rounds of 68, 69, 70, 70 saw him close on three under par and tied for 24th place.