June 3, 2003	Tuesday	Rabi-us-Sani 2, 1424

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DUBLIN (Ohio), June 2: Despite making bogey on five of the last six holes, Kenny Perry gained his second successive victory with a two-shot win in the Memorial Tournament on Sunday.

Perry’s even-par 72 left him on 13-under-par 275 and was worth $700,000.

Twice US Open champion Lee Janzen also shot 72 and was second, while Masters champion Mike Weir of Canada fired a seven-under 65 for third.

Playing his first PGA event since the Masters in April, world number one Tiger Woods also had a 65 and tied for fourth with Fiji’s Vijay Singh (71).

The 42-year-old Perry is on the best run of his professional career after following up last week’s easy win at the Colonial with another comfortable victory despite the late lapse.

Starting with a two-shot lead over Janzen, Perry increased his margin to five strokes by the turn with four birdies and a four-under-par 32 that effectively sealed the win.

Five bogeys and a lone birdie on the back nine, however, made the ending interesting.

Perry returns home to Kentucky after his most difficult two weeks on tour but can be full of confidence going into the second major of the year — the US Open at Olympia Fields near Chicago starting on June 9.

Janzen made three birdies, but two costly bogeys on the front nine to lag five shots adrift.

While Perry was coming back to the field on the back nine, Janzen could only muster one birdie and one bogey.

Leading final round scores (US unless stated):

275 — Kenny Perry 65, 68, 70, 72.

277 — Lee Janzen 67, 67, 71, 72.

278 — Mike Weir (Canada) 72, 70, 71, 65.

279 — Tiger Woods 67, 71, 76, 65; Vijay Singh (Fiji) 67, 69, 72, 71.

280 — Stewart Cink 70, 69, 72, 69.

281 — Chad Campbell 67, 70, 74, 70; Retief Goosen (South Africa) 67, 67, 74, 73.

282 — Mark Calcavecchia 69, 70, 70, 73.

283 — Jose Maria Olazabal (Spain) 73, 69, 66, 75.

285 — Justin Leonard 71, 69, 76, 69; John Rollins 70, 69, 74, 72.

286 — Jesper Parnevik (Sweden) 70, 71, 73, 72; Padraig Harrington (Ireland) 70, 71, 73, 72; Robert Gamez 70, 68, 75, 73; K.J. Choi (South Korea) 70, 70, 73, 73; Ernie Els (South Africa) 73, 70, 70, 73.

287 — John Huston 66, 74, 78, 69; Stuart Appleby (Australia) 71, 71, 76, 69; Jeff Sluman 70, 72, 72, 73.

288 — Peter Lonard (Australia) 72, 72, 75, 69; Jay Haas 75, 69, 71, 73; Ben Crane 73, 68, 73, 74.

289 — Tim Herron 72, 68, 77, 72; Shigeki Maruyama (Japan) 69, 75, 72, 73; Jim Furyk 68, 70, 75, 76.

Leading world rankings (US unless stated, previous ranking in brackets):

1. (1) Tiger Woods 15.93 points average; 2. (2) Ernie Els (South Africa) 9.20; 3. (3) Davis Love III 7.81; 4. (4) Vijay Singh (Fiji) 7.54; 5. (6) Mike Weir (Canada) 7.25; 6. (5) Phil Mickelson 6.75; 7. (7) Padraig Harrington (Ireland) 6.30; 8. (8) David Toms 6.12; 9. (9) Retief Goosen (South Africa) 5.73; 10. (10) Jim Furyk 5.42; 11. (15) Kenny Perry 5.18; 12. (11) Nick Price (Zimbabwe) 4.87; 13. (12) Justin Leonard 4.60; 14. (13) Sergio Garcia (Spain) 4.03; 15. (14) Chris DiMarco 4.01; 16. (16) Robert Allenby (Australia) 3.84; 17. (18) Scott Hoch 3.68; 18. (17) Bob Estes 3.60; 19. (19) Jerry Kelly 3.39; 20. (20) Rocco Mediate 3.27.—Reuters