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Spain's Puig Wins Australian PGA for First DP World Tour Title
David Puig posted a bogey-free 66 in the final round to finish 18-under, securing his largest career win by two strokes in the DP World Tour season opener.
- On Sunday, David Puig of Spain won the BMW Australian PGA Championship at Royal Queensland Golf Club in Brisbane, finishing 18-under after a final-round 66 and earning a $425,000 prize.
- Starting the day at 13-under, Puig made three birdies in the first four holes and finished with a five-under 66, powered by steady iron play and nerveless putting.
- Chasers including Marc Leishman, Australia, and Nick Voke, New Zealand, tied third at 15-under while Wenyi Ding, China, finished second at 16-under after a final-round 66 and late birdies.
- Becoming only the second Spaniard to win the event, Puig joined Seve Ballesteros as the only other Spanish champion and claimed his first DP World Tour victory.
- As the DP World Tour season opener co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour of Australia and the European tour, the event leads into next week's Australian Open, where Rory McIlroy will headline.
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Bernd Wiesberger finished the Australian PGA Championship in Brisbane in the divided tenth place. The Burgenländer finished a 70s round on Sunday and thus held his position from the previous day. In the end Wiesberger was eleven under Par in the Royal Queensland. The Spaniard David Puig won the victory after a 66 at a total of 18 under Par. It is the first of the 23-year-old on the World Tour.
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