David Puig became the first Spaniard since the legendary Seve Ballesteros to win the Australian PGA Championship, securing the Joe Kirkwood Cup with a superb final round of 66 at Royal Queensland on Sunday.

Puig, who turns 24 in a week and plays on the LIV Tour, carded a second successive bogey-free round, finishing at 18-under to win the tournament by two strokes from China's Wenyi Ding, who also had a final-round 66.

It was the first time a Spanish player had won the event since the late Ballesteros claimed the crown as a 24-year-old in 1981 at Royal Melbourne, where he fought back from five strokes down in the final round to beat Billy Dunk by three shots, with Greg Norman finishing a further stroke back in a tie for third.

"It feels amazing. I've really had a lot of close calls in a

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