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Mike Goodes clinches one shot victory
Mike Goodes came through with a birdie on the final hole Sunday to win the $1.7 million Allianz Championship.
Goodes fired a 6-under-par 66 on Sunday to finish at 15-under 201. Fulton Allem also birdied 18 but it was not enough as he finished at 14-under after a 66.
Gil Morgan and Tom Jenkins entered Sunday’s final round tied for the lead at 10-under, but they both shot 71 to finish tied for fourth at 11-under along with England’s Mike James.
Bernhard Langer, the reigning Player and Rookie of the Year, rebounded from a 73 on Saturday with a 67 to finish third at 12-under 204.
Goodes got off to a fast start with three straight birdies starting at No. 2. He added another at the sixth before suffering his lone bogey of the day at No. 7. Goodes closed the front nine with a birdie and added two more coming in, including one on 18 to clinch the win and pick up $255,500.
Allem also started strong, recording birdies on five of his first seven holes. He finished the round with eight birdies and a pair of bogeys.
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