Boonchu Ruangkit fired a seven-under 64 on
Sunday to cruise to victory at the Benahavis Senior
Masters, his fourth
victory of the season on the European Senior Tour.
Ruangkit, the second-round leader, finished the tournament at
16-under 197 and
won by an eye-opening seven strokes over Carl Mason (68) and
John Gould (69)
at La Quinta Golf & Country Club.
Things were tight at the turn when Ruangkit bogeyed seven and
eight. Gould
tallied four birdies on the opening side, but things turned
back to Ruangkit
on the second nine.
He rattled off three birdies in a row from the 10th, but was
temporarily
derailed by a bogey at the 13th. Gould birdied 10, but
recorded four more
bogeys to fall down the leaderboard.
Ruangkit was in command for the championship, but another birdie
run gave him
the jaw-dropping margin of victory. He birdied three in a row
from 15 to seal
the title.
Juan Quiros shot a one-under 70 and finished in fourth at minus-seven.
Bertus Smit (68), Kevin Spurgeon (69), Mike Cunning (69), Chris
Williams
(69), Katsuyoshi Tomori (70), Peter Fowler (70) and Angel
Franco (72) tied for
fifth at six-under 207.
