David Frost froze out all of his foes in the Toshiba Classic, winning by five shots at Newport Beach Country Club.
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David Frost triumphed over Fred Couples by five shots at the Toshiba Classic, equaling the record of 19-under par, set by Jay Haas in 2007. Fred chased the wire to wire winning all the way, but there was really nothing that he could do to prevent the South African picking up the title. He could only stand and watch as things unfolded in front of him, like the 50ft birdie putt David sank on the 17th green.
David said afterwards that he had enjoyed the tussle with Freddie;
” I felt as good as I did the first two days, I really enjoyed the tussle with Freddie Couples out there. ’I've been playing really, really consistently and haven’t had any of those ups and downs. I know they will come, but right now I am playing well. ’Freddie was the one they were rooting for, fortunately, my putter was a little hotter than his was. There was too much work for him. I wasn’t really hitting bad shots.”
Freddie said he became really stiff out on the course;
” I was feeling good, but then I got really, really stiff, I hit a lot of bad wedges. I hit a bad wedge on 6 and 7 and 16. I was kind of flinching at it. They weren’t very good swings, either.”
In real terms -14 under par is a pretty good score, so Freddie cab take good heart by that performance.
Jay Haas and Peter Senior finished tied for third at 11 under par for the tournament. Tom Watson finished fifth another stroke back at -10 under par, and the Champions Tour rookies Rocco Mediate and Esteban Toledo tied for sixth at -9 under par.
