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Tour rookie An lands runaway victory for Korea at Wentworth

Published 05/24/2015, 12:23 PM
Updated 05/24/2015, 12:43 PM
© Reuters. BMW PGA Championship

© Reuters. BMW PGA Championship

By Tony Jimenez

VIRGINIA WATER, England (Reuters) - South Korean An Byeong Hun became only the third European Tour rookie to win the BMW PGA Championship in the 60-year history of the event when he roared to a spectacular six-shot victory on Sunday.

The 23-year-old went into the final round in a tie for the lead with Italian Francesco Molinari and pieced together a nerveless seven-under-par 65 to finish with a 21-under total of 267 on a gray but humid day at Wentworth.

An's triumph earned him a check for 833,330 euros ($917,913) and meant he joined British pair Bernard Gallacher (1969) and Scott Drummond (2004) as rookie winners of the tour's flagship event.

Spain's Miguel Angel Jimenez (67) and Thailand's Thongchai Jaidee (69) shared second place, two ahead of Briton Chris Wood who recorded a hole-in-one at the 14th on the way to a closing 66.

© Reuters. BMW PGA Championship

Molinari ballooned to a 74 to finish fifth.

(editing by Justin Palmer)

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