British Open champion Stewart Cink admits the "wheels came off" in his pursuit of Grand Slam of Golf champion Lee Glover during the final round at Port Royal Golf Course.

Cink and Glover were tied when they reached the turn yesterday but whereas the US Open champion birdied the 10th and 11th, Cink fell back with bogeys on the next two holes.

He continued to drop shots along his disappointing back nine and bogeyed the 18th hole for a 70 to finish with a five-under par 137.

"I had it going really well, and then I just, I don't know, the wheels kind of fell off out there," he said. "I missed a birdie putt on 10 that I really thought I needed to make.

"And then the bogey I made on 12 really . . . I just felt like the momentum just sort of dissipated completely. Then I bogeyed the next hole, and then I had a lost ball, so it all went south quickly there on the back nine."

Cink had no qualms about with his third-place finish and was full of praise for Glover who he had planned to push all the way in the hope of forcing a third successive Grand Slam play-off.

"I told Lucas when we made the turn, we both ought to shoot 28 on the back nine and make this thing pretty fun," he said. "He came close to that, but I didn't. I shot closer to 48 than 28.

"I think he beat me by a stroke starting on nine for seven straight holes, at least one, and then including the three strokes on 15. He played well and deserves to win and I didn't play that well on the back nine, but I still had a great experience."

Cink was chased down the back nine by former Grand Slam winner Angel Cabrera who finished a shot ahead at six-under 136. Cabrera said he was far happier with his second round after suffering an indifferent day's golf on Tuesday, but saw his chances of closing in on Glover go up in smoke at the 12th hole.

"It was a great round for me today. But I went on to lose it on the 12th hole when Lucas had made a very important long putt for par, and I missed a short one for birdie there.

"But nevertheless, I hit very good shots and I believe I had a very good round," Cabrera said.

"Certainly he (Glover) played very well, but I think that the 12th hole was a key there because he was four shots ahead with five to play. He was playing very comfortable out there, so that made it easy for him I guess."

By the end of yesterday's final round, Y.E. Yang cut a forlorn figure. Not that the bleary-eyed South Korean was overly disappointed with finishing last. His resigned look was more to do fatigue and the prospect of a gruelling schedule of media and sponsor obligations he faces when he returns to his homeland.

"Yeah, it's a bit tiresome. Right now I'm really sleepy but, yeah, I'm going to go back to Korea tomorrow, and I've got a full ten days' worth of media obligations and sponsor obligations, and then I have to go back to my hometown.

"They are probably going to prepare a parade over there, as well," said Yang, who shot a one-under par 141.

"So it's a full no day off, ten days, probably just sleep and then go onto the next schedule. And then I go to Shanghai for HSBC Champions, and then to the UBS Hong Kong Open the next week and then a week off.

"But I still need to do some appearances in Korea again, so probably about four days off and then I go back to the World Cup, and then I play at the Chevron Challenge and then I finally get some downtime for about three weeks."