Perez finished 22 under par over the three-day Championship across three courses in St Andrews, Kingsbarns and Carnoustie. Southgate had a chance to take the match into a play-off but missed his birdie putt chance on the 18^{th<\/sup> green in front of the famous Royal and Ancient Golf Club house in St Andrews.<\/p>\n}

Perez then cooly two-putted for his par to half the hole and win the championship. The victory for Perez helps him move up from 184^{th<\/sup> to 72^{nd<\/sup> in the World Golfing rankings.<\/p>\n}}

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Perez pars 18th hole to win Dunhill Championship<\/p><\/div>\n

Perez lives less than 30 minutes drive away from St Andrews in Dundee and said after his victory that he felt it definitely helped him having home advantage. The Frenchman moved to Scotland a year and a half ago and explained that he moved here because:<\/p>\n

\u201cthere is a real passion for golf in Scotland and I needed to be around a culture that cherishes that. The culture of golf in Scotland should make every golfer in Europe want to come and live here. People here live<\/strong> golf.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
A Scottish journalist then asked Perez whether the country could claim him as an honorary Scot because he now lives here as it\u2019s been too long since a Scottish player has won this historic tournament (14 years). Perez replied \u201cyeah sure, if it helps you sell more papers!\u201d<\/p>\n
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Perez explains after his victory why he moved to Scotland<\/p><\/div>\n
The venue for the climax of the tournament was at the Royal and Ancient Golf Club in St Andrews, which is the oldest and most prestigious golf club in the world. It is regarded as the worldwide “Home of Golf” and is the governing body for the Rules of Golf across the globe. Golf was played throughout Scotland from as far back as the 1400s and was actually banned for several decades by a number of successive Kings as a waste of common people\u2019s time (despite still being played by nobles)!<\/p>\n
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