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Choi makes $270K putt on 18 to win Skins
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INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) K.J. Choi holed an 11-foot birdie putt worth $270,000 on the 18th hole Sunday to win the 26th Skins Game with $415,000.

Stephen Ames missed a nine-footer that would have tied the hole and forced the foursome including Phil Mickelson and Rocco Mediate into a playoff.

Instead, Choi's putt gave him $340,000 for Sunday's nine holes and made him the fifth international player to win the title.

"I'm very proud to have won the Skins Game, the first time ever for a Korean ... More

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