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BYRON NELSON GLORY FOR DUFNER

21st May 2012, 12:20am

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Jason Dufner: Celebrates his victory

Jason Dufner: Celebrates his victory

Jason Dufner's rich run of form continued in Texas as he saw off Dicky Pride to win the Byron Nelson Championship in a gripping finale.

The 35-year-old, who recently won at New Orleans and was also married last weekend, landed a 25-yard putt on the 18th green after a stunning drive had seen him turn the pressure up on Pride.

He ended on 10-under par, seeing off Pride by a shot, and he told Sky Sports 1 afterwards: "We got bunched up at the top and I had a nice chance on 18th the close it out.

"For me, it the winning putt was right to left, and I had a really good feel for it."

Pride, without a win on the Tour, had kept himself in contention with a 40-foot putt on the penultimate hole, but he could not match his rival on the home straight.

Dufner, leader going into day three, had lost his way slightly by dropping two early shots, and lost the lead as JJ Henry landed a stunning hole in one on the par-three fifth.

Henry ended two shots behind Dufner, though, and one behind Pride, as one of four men on nine under, with the other three being Marc Leishmann, Joe Durant and Jonas Blixt.

There was then a three-shot buffer to the rest, with Phil Mickelson among them on six under.

He went around in four-under today but had left himself with too much to do, as had Ken Duke who ended on the same score.

Vijay Singh, so impressive on Saturday, was one over for today and ended up six shots shy of Dufner, while Padraig Harrington was seven behind despite a one-under 69 on Sunday.

The round of the day went to Germany's Alex Cejka, although his five-under 65 could only take him to one under for the tournament.

Collated final round scores & totals (USA unless stated, par 70):

269 Jason Dufner 67 66 69 67

270 Dicky Pride 66 68 69 67

271 J J Henry 68 68 67 68, Joe Durant 70 71 65 65, Marc Leishman (Aus) 65 69 71 66, Jonas Blixt (Swe) 68 70 67 66

274 Phil Mickelson 70 69 69 66, Ken Duke 69 67 72 66

275 Vijay Singh (Fij) 68 70 66 71, Pat Perez 67 67 72 69, Robert Garrigus 71 70 68 66, Ryan Palmer 64 70 72 69, Jason Day (Aus) 68 68 67 72, Jason Bohn 70 70 67 68

276 David Mathis 68 71 70 67, Scott Piercy 66 70 70 70, Matt Kuchar 66 68 72 70, Padraig Harrington (Irl) 68 69 70 69

277 Andres Gonzales 66 72 69 70, D.A. Points 68 69 72 68, Danny Lee (Nzl) 71 71 68 67, Rich Beem 68 70 68 71, James Driscoll 67 71 70 69

278 Keegan Bradley 67 68 71 72, Chad Campbell 68 66 73 71, John Rollins 71 67 71 69, Gary Woodland 68 70 74 66, John Mallinger 70 70 69 69

279 Andres Romero (Arg) 72 67 70 70, Jimmy Walker 70 68 69 72, Greg Owen (Eng) 67 71 70 71, Roberto Castro 74 67 68 70, Todd Hamilton 70 70 71 68, Derek Lamely 69 70 71 69, Alex Cejka (Ger) 65 73 76 65

280 Tim Herron 70 72 67 71, John Merrick 71 70 69 70, Erik Compton 70 71 71 68, Billy Mayfair 69 68 71 72, Kevin Kisner 67 74 71 68

281 Charley Hoffman 66 69 74 72, Chris Riley 67 74 73 67, Graham Delaet (Can) 71 68 69 73, Charles Howell III 68 73 68 72, Bob Estes 73 68 65 75, Duffy Waldorf 72 70 69 70, Ernie Els (Rsa) 70 69 70 72, Richard H. Lee 68 72 74 67

282 Ricky Barnes 67 71 74 70, Nathan Green (Aus) 68 71 70 73, Scott Brown 70 69 73 70, Bill Lunde 66 75 69 72, Mathew Goggin (Aus) 69 71 73 69, Brandt Jobe 70 69 71 72, Chris Couch 68 70 75 69

283 Brian Davis (Eng) 73 65 73 72, Arjun Atwal (Ind) 72 69 73 69, Kyle Reifers 70 72 71 70, Brian Gay 71 71 71 70, Greg Chalmers (Aus) 70 71 70 72, Hunter Haas 69 73 69 72, Blake Adams 66 71 75 71

284 Boo Weekley 69 68 73 74, Shane Bertsch 70 70 68 76, D.J. Trahan 72 68 71 73, J.J Killeen 70 72 72 70

285 Ryuji Imada (Jpn) 67 68 79 71

286 Nick O'Hern (Aus) 70 71 71 74

287 Seung-yul Noh (Kor) 73 69 70 75, Gavin Coles (Aus) 71 69 71 76, Jhonattan Vegas (Ven) 67 74 73 73

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