Australian Craig Parry has fired a final round of 71 to finish in joint eighth place behind 15-year-old Ryo Ishikawa at the Musingwear Open KSB Cup. Parry and his fellow professionals were upstaged by Ishikawa who carded a sensational round of 66 to finish the tournament at 12-under-par and claim a one stroke victory over veteran Katsumasa Miyamoto. Tomohiro Kondo finished in outright third place at 10-under-par, while a group of four players tied for fourth at nine-under-par. Ishikawa, who received a sponsors invitation to play the tournament, charged to the lead with a decisive birdie at the tough par three 17th hole, before making par at the final hole to become the first teenager to win on the Japanese Tour. Parry was left to lament many missed chances on the greens, and was never able to make a charge during the final round. Final scores from the Munsingwear Open KSB Cup: (par 72) -12: Ryo Ishikawa 72 69 69 66 -11: Katsumasa Miyamoto 67 73 69 68 -10: Tomohiro Kondo 68 71 70 69 -9: Yusaku Miyazato 70 70 67 72, Koumei Oda 69 70 67 73, Tadahiro Takayama 67 71 69 72, Kiyoshi Miyazato 70 66 76 67 -8: Craig Parry (Australia) 68 70 71 71, Taichiro Kiyota 68 69 72 71, Hiroyuki Fujita 67 71 73 69, Prayad Marksaeng 68 66 77 69 -7: Seung-Ho Lee 67 72 72 70 -6: Kenichi Kuboya 72 69 71 70, Azuma Yano 66 74 70 72, Nobuhito Sato 67 72 72 71, Toru Taniguchi 64 73 71 74 -5: Nozomi Kawahara 69 72 73 69, Kaname Yokoo 70 72 73 68, Yuudai Maeda 72 70 69 72
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