FINGAL, Australia -- Australian Ewan Porter grabbed the lead of the Moonah Classic on Thursday and never looked back. He held at least a share of the lead in all four rounds and then cruised to victory Sunday in the event co-sanctioned by the Nationwide Tour and the PGA Tour of Australasia.
The 25-year-old native of Cronulla fired a final-round 6-under 66 to finish 13-under 275, seven strokes ahead of Americans D.J. Brigman (70) and Tee McCabe (71). The winning gap equals the third largest in Tour history -- eclipsed only by Chris Smith's 11-stroke win at the 1997 Omaha Classic and Chris Nallen's eight-shot victory at the 2004 Gila River Golf Classic.
"I'm over the moon right now," said Porter, who hit 10 of 14 fairways and 14 of 18 greens in regulation in his final round. "Under the circumstances, it was the round of my life."
While some predicted nerves might come into play for Porter during the final round, he was anything but unsteady. After a par on the opening hole, Porter notched three consecutive birdies on Nos. 2-4 to leave little doubt of the final outcome. Insurance birdies were added on Nos. 11 and 12 to build the lead to five shots at the time.
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