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Final-round scores

Jim Furyk fought back from a five-shot deficit on his way to a two-stroke victory at The Memorial Tournament in Dublin, Ohio.

Furyk's final round was filled with fantastic shots, many from off the green on the back nine, as he charged past a star-studded leaderboard thanks to a seven-under-par 65.

"I started looking up at the leaderboard and realised it was a close race," Furyk said.

"I got from one down to three up. It was pretty exciting."

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Among his best shots were a pitch from the fringe for a birdie at the 12th and a blast out of a bunker for an eagle on the 15th.

Vijay Singh, the 1997 winner, David Peoples and John Cook could not catch Furyk's 14-under-par total of 274 - the lowest winning total here in five years.

Cook and Peoples finished two shots behind Furyk with Harrison Frazar, Singh, overnight leader Bob Tway, David Duval and Shigeki Maruyama a further stroke behind.

Tway bogeyed the first two holes of his round and never recovered as he finished with a 73.

Tiger Woods was bidding for his fourth win in a row in the tournament, but despite shooting his best round of the event, a six-under 66, he still finished eight shots off the pace.

Tournament host Jack Nicklaus fell away badly with a 79 to finish seven over par.

Final scores (US unless stated):

274 Jim Furyk 71 70 68 65
276 John Cook 73 69 65 69, David Peoples 69 74 65 68
277 Harrison Frazar 70 65 75 67, Vijay Singh (Fij) 69 67 72 69, Bob Tway 65 71 68 73, David Duval 75 69 67 66, Shigeki Maruyama (Jpn) 74 66 67 70
278 Stewart Cink 66 70 69 73, Billy Andrade 72 72 67 67, Jerry Kelly 71 71 68 68, Phil Mickelson 73 66 70 69

Selected others

282 Tiger Woods 74 70 72 66
295 Jack Nicklaus 71 74 71 79


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