A final-round 67 was not enough for Jason Day to make it back-to-back victories on the US Nationwide Tour, with the young Australian sensation finishing four shots behind winner Daniel Summerhays at the Nationwide Children&aposs Hospital Invitational. Day, who became the youngest winner on the tour last week, began the last round in 17th place but shot up the leaderboard thanks to three birdies from the first four holes. His four-under 67 helped him end the week in a five-way tie for fifth at two-under, alongside compatriot Steven Bowditch, who posted a final-round five-under 66. Bowditch had six birdies and just one bogey in what was the best final-round score at the Ohio State University Scarlet Course in Columbus. David McKenzie also had a good final round to edge inside the top 10 at minus-one, his round of 69 highlighted by an eagle on the par-five 12th. But no one could catch the 23-year-old Summerhays, who became the first amateur to claim a Nationwide title after a finishing two-shots clear of Chad Collins and Chris Nallen at six-under. Summerhays, a senior at Brigham Young University, was engaged in a tense battle with Collins and Nallen for most of the afternoon and surrendered the lead with consecutive bogeys at the eighth and ninth. But he bounced back with birdies at the 10th and 12th and came home with six straight pars to hold off the chasing pair with a final round two-under 69. Result from Nationwide Children&aposs Hospital Invitational (par 71) -6: Daniel Summerhays 68 69 72 69 -4: Chad Collins 69 72 70 69, Chris Nallen 67 72 70 71 -3: Tjaart van der Walt 72 71 69 69 -2: Patrick Sheehan 73 67 76 66, Steven Bowditch (Australia) 72 73 71 66, Tom Scherrer 72 71 72 67, Brenden Pappas 72 72 71 67, Jason Day (Australia) 74 70 71 67 -1: Jon Mills 72 69 75 67, Michael Sims 74 69 72 68, David McKenzie (Australia) 73 70 71 69, Danny Ellis 75 70 69 69 Other Australasians: +1: Scott Gardiner (Australia) 72 68 73 72 +4: Matthew Jones (Australia) 70 74 71 73, Nick Flanagan (Australia) 74 72 69 73 +7: Tim Wilkinson (New Zealand) 73 71 75 72 +12: Kim Felton (Australia) 71 74 74 77
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