Storm blows chance with last-nine blip

GRAEME STORM was frustrated with his efforts on the last day of the CA World Championship golf tournament yesterday after he failed to launch a credible push for the title in Miami.

Storm still finished top European, tied for sixth behind winner Australian Geoff Ogilvy, but the Englishman was hoping for even better.

"I was disappointed with the way I played the back nine," said the 30-year-old from Hartlepool, who had to complete the final nine holes at Doral's Blue Monster yesterday following Sunday's weather delay.

"I was just so nervous and jumpy. I was fine during the night, but when I got back out there, I don't know what happened."

Storm, playing in the final group with Ogilvy and runner-up Vijay Singh, was in a position he had not previously experienced at this level.

He hit a couple of bad shots and made a bogey, before battling on when he could easily have fallen farther in the wrong direction, finishing four shots behind Ogilvy.

"I managed to get it around in one over (on the back nine)," he said. "It's a slight disappointment but a great week and I enjoyed the experience."

Storm will play only one more tournament before his first child is born in about a month's time.