Golf-Spaniard Cabrera-Bello shoots 60 to win Austrian Open (Reuters)
September 20, 2009
LONDON, Sept 20 (Reuters) – Unheralded Spaniard RafaelCabrera-Bello carded an astonishing 11-under 60 in the finalround of the Austrian Open to land his first European Tour titlein Vienna on Sunday.
The 25-year-old Spaniard had a lengthy putt on the 18th tobecome the first player to record a 59 on the European Tour butnarrowly missed.
Starting the day eight shots behind Saturday’s leader BennBarham, the world number 220 shot 30 on the outward and inwardnines to seal the win.
Cabrera-Bello’s round was the 14th of 60 on the tour,according to the European Tour (www.europeantour.com).
“It’s just amazing,” Cabrera-Bello told reporters. “I playedthe best golf of my life and I can’t believe it. I was so farback I wasn’t thinking about winning.” (Writing by Tom Pilcher, Editing by Kevin Fylan; To commenton this story email sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)
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