Furyk Wins With Birdies
Jim Furyk overcame a six-shot deficit with seven holes to play and took advantage of Franklin Langham’s collapse to win the Doral-Ryder Open Sunday at Miami.
With six birdies for a 30 on the back nine, Furyk closed with a seven-under 65 for a 265, tying the tournament record set by Greg Norman in 1993. Furyk won $540,000 for his fifth career victory.
Langham birdied the first three holes, but he managed only two pars and no birdies over the final six holes and closed with a two-under 70. He had a chance to force a playoff, but hit his 10-foot birdie putt on the 18th well past the hole and settled for par.
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Jose Coceres of Argentina won the $1.36-million Dubai Desert Classic by two shots, leading the tournament from start to finish.
He closed with a one-over-par 73 for a 274 total and won despite a double-bogey on the final hole. It was his first European Tour victory since 1994.
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