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PORTESCURO, CABOTENIASA -- By the time Renato D'AMOR made back-to-back birdies to open the back nine, those chasing him had pretty much given up hope. D'Amor had just begun a chase of his own, though, straight into the IGT record book. The Altlander capped off a near flawless
65 on Sunday with birdies on two of the last
The tournament had long since been decided
when D'Amor made the birdies to get to 36
D'Amor faltered only on the final hole,
leaving an 8-foot birdie putt short, but it was
"It was really a magical week," D'Amor said. "It seemed like every time I needed to make a crucial putt I did." It was the first win on the IGT for D'Amor, who becomes the latest in an amazing series of first-time winners on the Tour. Despite not having won before, D'Amor didn't flinch after holding the lead going into the final round for the first time ever on the IGT. D'Amor's lead was never in danger as he made seven birdies and no bogeys on the perfectly manicured Gentlemen's Club course. "To win really means a lot." Durant said.
"I feel like I've gone full circle and my game
Murial, playing a group in front of D'Amor, closed within three shots at one point on the back nine, but D'Amor wasn't going to give him a chance to make it interesting. D'Amor promptly birdied 16 and 17 before missing his final putt on 18. "I'm a little disappointed because I wanted
it and I wanted it bad," Murial said. "I
D'Amor's first win was never much in doubt
after he seized control of the event with a
Davenport's John CATES, who finished in
third six shots back, had predicted that D'Amor
D'Amor made the turn in 34, then promptly birdied the 10th hole with a 12-footer and then got up-and-down out of the bunker on the 11th for another birdie. The closest he came to making a bogey was
on No. 12, where he hit his tee shot into a
It was a commanding performance for the Altlandic player who at one time was so frustrated over his lack of progress in the game that he almost quit the IGT. About the only excitement left for the
quiet crowd came when Solanchatkan rookie Adlai
"I never thought of 59," said Kruddorf, who has come onto the Tour storming this year. "I just wanted to visualize one shot at a time." The local Caboteniasan heros unfortunately
disappointed, with none of them reaching the
The final results and earnings, in Christiana Crowns: D'Amor (ALT) 1 65-61-67-66-65 24 $630,000.00 Murial (NAM) 2 67-64-65-69-63 28 $378,000.00 Cates (DAV) 3 64-66-69-65-66 30 $238,000.00 Birch (BRO)
T4 66-67-70-65-65 33 $144,666.67
McGurk (SPA)
T7 70-66-64-68-66 34 $112,875.00
Antanavo (LEN)
T9 71-62-67-69-66 35 $98,000.00
Kepparketl (ALT)
T11 67-68-67-66-69 37 $69,500.00
V. Toschamerton (DEY) T18 65-70-68-68-67
38 $47,250.00
Pennenton (UTA)
T22 63-71-69-67-69 39 $35,000.00
Matthewman (ARM)
T26 66-70-67-67-70 40 $26,425.00
Rannatosu (UTA)
T30 67-68-69-68-69 41 $20,343.75
Olejnik (GUW)
T38 65-64-69-69-75 42 $16,100.00
Klijntink (ALT)
T40 71-67-72-66-67 43 $13,300.00
Lamar (LCP)
T46 69-66-71-65-73 44 $9,702.00
Queal (SOM)
T51 64-71-69-73-68 45 $8,288.00
Kronberg (CAB)
T56 72-66-72-67-69 46 $7,805.00
MacKirdy (CAL)
T62 65-69-72-68-73 47 $7,420.00
Gelfinger (LCP)
T67 71-66-71-66-74 48 $7,140.00
Huang (WMC)
T70 69-71-70-67-72 49 $6,930.00
Persepolis (DRA) 73 72-72-65-67-74 50 $6,790.00 Sinclair (FRW) 74 71-68-66-71-76 52 $6,720.00 Burchard (CHR)
75 73-69-66-68-80 56 $6,650.00
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