Date: July 28, 2008
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Gardiner sixth on Nationwide Tour

American Bill Lunde has completed a wire-to-wire victory at the Nationwide Children&aposs Hospital Invitational in Ohio. Lunde stumbled in the final round with a less than impressive 73 to close, but it was enough to hold on by one stroke from compatriot Dustin Bray. He was two-over-par for the day and finished the event five-under. Australian Scott Gardiner was the pick of his countrymen, finishing in a tie for sixth after a poor final round. He closed with a 75 after starting tied for second and was one of a host of players to end at two-under-par. Compatriot Marc Leishman was one stroke further back courtesy of his 71 on Sunday. Nationwide Tour money leader Jarrod Lyle was 11 shots off the pace. b>Final Round National Children s Hospital Invitational, Columbus -5: Bill Lunde 67 72 67 73 -4: Dustin Bray 69 70 72 69 -3: Brendon De Jonge 70 69 69 73, Skip Kendall 72 72 66 71, Tommy Tolles 69 70 73 69 -2: Josh Broadway 74 66 67 75, Scott Gardiner (Australia) 68 71 68 75, Sihwan Kim 72 71 70 69, Michael Putnam 69 72 71 70, Alex Prugh 72 72 68 70, Garth Mulroy 71 73 67 71, Peter Tomasulo 70 67 72 73 -1: Oskar Bergman 70 72 70 71, Keith Nolan 71 71 72 69, Darron Stiles 69 72 69 73, Steve Wheatcroft 73 70 69 71 Also: +1: Mark Leishman (Australia) 68 74 72 71, David McKenzie (Australia) 71 73 69 72 +3: Greg Chalmers (Australia) 70 73 70 74 +4: Paul Gow (Australia) 71 74 72 71 +6: Jarrod Lyle (Australia) 74 71 69 76 +9: Won Joon Lee (Australia) 68 72 78 75