Japan scored a two-stroke victory over the...

Japan scored a two-stroke victory over the United States in team competition, and Japan’s Tateo Ozaki rallied from three strokes back with a final-round four-under-par 68 to tie Corey Pavin for first place in the individual event of the 15th U.S.-Japan golf tournament at Kawanishi, Japan.

Ozaki caught Pavin with a birdie on the 520-yard, par-5 17th hole. Both parred the par-4 18th hole and each received $47,620 for his 276, 12-under-par total on the 6,822-yard, par-72 Sport Shinko Country Club course near Kobe. Pavin had a final-round 71.

In the team competition, the nine-man U.S. team beat Japan by 10 strokes in the final round, 632-642, but Japan had a four-round total of 2,557 compared with 2,559 for the U.S. team.

The Japanese team’s victory was its seventh against seven losses and one tie in the series.