Nishinomiya. Japan (SportsNetwork.com) – Koumei Oda fired a 5-under 67 on Sunday to come from behind and win the Kansai Open Golf Championship.<\/p>\n
Oda collected his seventh career victory on the Japan Golf Tour at 15-under- par 273.<\/p>\n
Third-round leader Yoshinori Fujimoto tripped to a 1-over 73 during his final round at Rokko Country Club to fall into second place at 13-under 275.<\/p>\n
Brad Kennedy (68), Hiroo Kawai (69) and Dong-Kyu Jang (69) shared third at 12- under, while Tetsuji Hiratsuka (73) finished in sixth at 11-under.<\/p>\n
Oda parred his first two holes before rolling in a birdie at the second. He gave that shot back with a bogey at the fifth, but then birdied the sixth and seventh to make the turn at 12-under.<\/p>\n
He converted two more birdies at the 12th and 14th to reach 14-under and after posting a bogey at the 15th, Oda eagled the 18th to head into the clubhouse at minus-15.<\/p>\n
Fujimoto, meanwhile, opened his round with birdies at the first and sixth to reach 16-under, but then bogeyed the seventh, 15th and 16th to finish two shots off the pace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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