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Japan's Ryo Ishikawa claimed his fourth title of the year with Tokai Classic. He fired birdies on the last two holes to capture the tournament title on Sunday.
The 18-year-old, carded a three-under-par 69 to finish 14 under par and win his fourth title of the year on Japan's JGTO Tour.
Ishikawa at Miyoshi Country Club said,"I won by a hair but I just couldn't face losing.”
"I was motivated by wanting to beat my earnings for last season and get past the 100 million yen barrier again."
Ishikawa with the win earned his sixth career title .He took the Japanese money ranking leader's earnings for the season to more than USD 1.3 million.
Takeshi Kajikawa finished second after a 69 while Shingo Katayama and Yuta Ikeda shared the third place at 11 under.
Ishikawa made his major debut at the US Masters earlier this year .He also made the cut at the US PGA Championship in August.He turned to a professional golfer in January 2008 which is estimated to earn him close to USD 10 million in the first five years.
