Unflappable Spaniard David Puig has joined legendary countryman Seve Ballesteros as an Australian PGA Championship winner.<\/p>\n
Puig emerged from a congested field at Royal Queensland Golf Club in Brisbane to claim a two-stroke victory ahead of China’s Ding Wenyi.<\/p>\n
The 23-year-old LIV Golf talent burst three strokes clear after consecutive birdies on the second, third and fourth holes to shoot a 5-under-par 66 on Sunday.<\/p>\n
He finished the tournament at 18-under.<\/p>\n
Puig followed in the footsteps of Ballesteros, who won the Australian PGA Championship by three strokes in 1981.<\/p>\n
Ballesteros had already claimed the Masters and British Open when he triumphed at Royal Melbourne 44 years ago.<\/p>\n
The final round began with 31 players jostling within six shots of the lead.<\/p>\n
But Puig made the first move and then had all the answers to claim the record $450,000 prize.<\/p>\n
Australians Marc Leishman (15-under, tied for third) and Min Woo Lee (14-under, tied for fifth) both got within two shots after the turn in the final round, before shooting 67 and 69 respectively.<\/p>\n
Adam Scott (69) finished seventh at 13-under, left to lament a string of near misses for birdie early in his round that kept him at arm’s length from the leaders.<\/p>\n
New Zealander Nick Voke (66) made a late run to finish in a tie for third with Leishman, while countryman Daniel Hillier (14-under) had four back-nine birdies to share fifth with Lee.<\/p>\n
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