Golf: Imahira wins 1st major at Japan Open with dramatic final putt

Shugo Imahira drained a 50-foot birdie putt on the final hole to win his 10th domestic title, and first major, by one stroke from Ryosuke Kinoshita at the Japan Open golf championship on Sunday.Starting the day one shot back from co-leaders Kinoshita and Tomoyo Ikemura, the 32-year-old Imahira carded five birdies against three bogeys for a 2-under 68 in the fourth round at Tokyo Golf Club in Sayama in his native Saitama Prefecture, to finish at 4-under 276 for the tournament.He teed off neck-and-neck with Kinoshita on the par-4 18th before putting himself in contention for the outright lead…READ FULL ARTICLE