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05/10 13:13 CDT Yurav Premlall wins by 14 shots on European tour to almost tie
Tiger Woods record
Yurav Premlall wins by 14 shots on European tour to almost tie Tiger Woods
record
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) --- Yurav Premlall, an unheralded South African ranked
No. 598, capped one of the most extraordinary performances in European tour
history Sunday by winning the Catalunya Championship by 14 shots --- one off
the all-time biggest margin of victory set by Tiger Woods at the 2000 U.S. Open.
The 22-year-old Premlall made 10 birdies to shoot a second straight round of
9-under 63 this weekend and finish on 28-under par for the tournament.
Premlall's first win on the tour came in a season when he'd missed the cut in
four of his eight appearances and not had a top-30 finish.
"I can't give myself enough credit today and I'm not really a person to say
that --- it was probably the most complete performance I've ever put through,"
he said.
By tapping in at the par-5 last hole, Premlall added a 33rd birdie over his
four rounds of 70-64-63-63.
Fellow South African Shaun Norris shot 68 and was second on 14 under.
Woods' remarkable U.S. Open win at Pebble Beach in 2000 counts as a record for
both the PGA and European Tours.
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