Ichihara cards 63 to win Dunlop Phoenix, Koepka tied 12th


  • Golf
  • Sunday, 18 Nov 2018

Golf - British Open - Japan's Kodai Ichihara lines up a putt on the first hole during the third round - Royal Troon, Scotland, Britain - 16/07/2016. REUTERS/Phil Noble

(Reuters) - Kodai Ichihara made an up-and-down birdie from 100 yards at the final hole to win the Dunlop Phoenix by one stroke as an out-of-sorts Brooks Koepka finished 12th in Miyazaki on Sunday.

World number 425 Ichihara rattled home with an eight-under-par 63, finishing in style by almost holing his third shot at the par-five 18th.

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