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Posted on: Monday, June 29, 2009

Perry sizzles with tourney-record 258


Associated Press

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Kenny Perry

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CROMWELL, Conn. — Kenny Perry shot a 63 yesterday to finish with a tournament-record 258 and win the Travelers Championship by three strokes over Paul Goydos and David Toms.

It was Perry's 14th career victory, and he said he's hoping to get 20 wins before he retires.

"Six more wins is a lot of wins," he said. "Who knows? If I can get hot again, get on one of those streaks and sneak in two more by the end of the year, it might be very realistic."

The 48-year old Perry, who led after each of the first two rounds, trailed Goydos by a stroke entering the final round.

But he shot 32 on the front nine and was up by five strokes heading to the par-4 15th.

Goydos made a 20-foot eagle putt from the fringe on 15 and birdied 16. But he missed his birdie putt on 17 to the right.

Perry birdied 15, and put the tournament away by making birdie on 17 after hitting a 164-yard approach to within 8 feet.

Perry's bogey-bogey finish at Augusta kept him from winning the Masters in April.

"Everyone kind of asks about the Augusta hangover deal," he said. "I guess I kind of shoved that aside a little bit. So that makes me feel pretty good."

Perry's 258 is tied for the fourth-best 72-hole score in Tour history. It beats the old tournament record of 259 set by Tim Norris is 1982.

CHAMPIONS TOUR

ENDICOTT, N.Y. — Lonnie Nielsen shot a 9-under to beat Fred Funk and Ronnie Black by three shots for his first Champions Tour victory of the year and second of his career.

Nielsen finished at 21-under 195, a record for the tournament. That was three shots better than the mark set by 2008 winner Eduardo Romero.

Funk (69) entered the final round with a three-shot lead over Nielsen, Romero (73), and Black (66).

Romero (74) finished 11 shots behind.

EUROPEAN TOUR

MUNICH — Nick Dougherty shot a final-round 64 to win the BMW International Open by one stroke and claim the third European Tour victory of his career.

The 27-year-old Englishman finished at 22-under 266, holding off Rafa Echenique by one stroke after the Argentine produced an albatross — a two on a par-5 — on the 18th hole to complete his 10-under 62.