JON CURRAN WINS WEB.COM TOUR
BRAZIL EVENT BY FOUR SHOTS
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SAO PAULO, Brazil – Jon Curran needed only a 2-under-par 69 on the final day to cap off a record week with a four-stroke win at the Brasil Champions presented by HSBC.
Curran jumped out in front with a 10-under 61 in the first round at the Sao Paulo Golf Club and never looked back in a wire-to-wire win, only the second on Tour in the past six-plus years.
The 27-year-old Vanderbilt grad slammed the door with a birdie on the final hole for a 25-under 259 total to collect his first career win and a first-place check worth $144,000.
“I kept thinking to myself all day that I wasn’t nervous, I was just anxious,” said Curran, who led by four at the start of the day. “I said to myself that it was going to be okay if I wasn’t in the lead at some point, I just wanted to have a chance on the back nine.”
Germany's Alex Cejka, winner of the Pacific Rubiales Colombia Championship, finished second at 21-under. Australia’s Ash Hall solo third, five back while Manuel Villegas was fourth, seven off the pace.
Curran never lost the lead on Sunday and very few even had a chance as the Massachusetts native etched his name in the Tour record-book with highlights every day.
He made eight consecutive birdies in the first round, had the second-lowest 36-hole score (125) in Tour history, matched the lowest 54-hole score ever (190) and his 259 total equaled the fifth-best since the Tour’s inception in 1990.
“Somebody once said that you’re going to face something in the final round that you haven’t faced all week,” he said. “The guys who win deal with it and the guys that don’t, don’t win.”
Curran didn’t have to deal with too much on Sunday as he plugged along with a conservative attack that had him firing into the middle of greens and away from any dangerous pin locations.
“Maybe it wasn’t as aggressive as I had been the first three days,” he admitted. “As a result I had some good looks at birdie but they were more in the 20-foot range.”
He didn’t make many but then, he didn’t need many.
His closest challengers Cejka (69) and Hall (70) didn’t put any pressure on the leader.
• Sunday weather: Sunny before noon then partly cloudy. Wind NNW 8-15 mph. High of 90. Thunderstorms at 4pm, minutes after the final putt dropped.BRAZIL EVENT BY FOUR SHOTS
FROM THE US PGA TOUR WEBSITE
SAO PAULO, Brazil – Jon Curran needed only a 2-under-par 69 on the final day to cap off a record week with a four-stroke win at the Brasil Champions presented by HSBC.
Curran jumped out in front with a 10-under 61 in the first round at the Sao Paulo Golf Club and never looked back in a wire-to-wire win, only the second on Tour in the past six-plus years.
The 27-year-old Vanderbilt grad slammed the door with a birdie on the final hole for a 25-under 259 total to collect his first career win and a first-place check worth $144,000.
“I kept thinking to myself all day that I wasn’t nervous, I was just anxious,” said Curran, who led by four at the start of the day. “I said to myself that it was going to be okay if I wasn’t in the lead at some point, I just wanted to have a chance on the back nine.”
Germany's Alex Cejka, winner of the Pacific Rubiales Colombia Championship, finished second at 21-under. Australia’s Ash Hall solo third, five back while Manuel Villegas was fourth, seven off the pace.
Curran never lost the lead on Sunday and very few even had a chance as the Massachusetts native etched his name in the Tour record-book with highlights every day.
He made eight consecutive birdies in the first round, had the second-lowest 36-hole score (125) in Tour history, matched the lowest 54-hole score ever (190) and his 259 total equaled the fifth-best since the Tour’s inception in 1990.
“Somebody once said that you’re going to face something in the final round that you haven’t faced all week,” he said. “The guys who win deal with it and the guys that don’t, don’t win.”
Curran didn’t have to deal with too much on Sunday as he plugged along with a conservative attack that had him firing into the middle of greens and away from any dangerous pin locations.
“Maybe it wasn’t as aggressive as I had been the first three days,” he admitted. “As a result I had some good looks at birdie but they were more in the 20-foot range.”
He didn’t make many but then, he didn’t need many.
His closest challengers Cejka (69) and Hall (70) didn’t put any pressure on the leader.
• Curran picked up a check for $144,000 and moved from No. 44 to No. 2 on the money list.
• Curran wins at the age of 27 years and 30 days.
• Curran is the third consecutive first-time winner on Tour this year. He joins Alex Cejka (Pacific Rubiales Colombia Championship) and Adam Hadwin (Chile Classic) on that list.
• Curran is the first rookie winner on Tour this year.
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