Anthony Kim became the youngest winner on the PGA Tour for more than six years when he clinched a commanding five-stroke victory at the Wachovia Championship in North Carolina on Sunday.
Kim, who turns 23 next month, never gave his rivals a sniff of a chance with an impressive final round in ideal conditions at Quail Hollow.
After starting the day with a four-shot cushion, he never relinquished his lead, putting brilliantly to pick up four front-nine birdies on his way to a three-under-par 69.
He finished with a 16-under total of 272, a tournament record low score, while Ben Curtis shot the day's best score, a 65, to vault into second place on 11 under.
Kim, born in California of Korean parents, was tagged a star when he tied for second on his first PGA Tour start in late 2006.
He finished 60th on last year's money list, and has played this year with a new-found maturity, starting to fulfil the potential that everyone who has followed his career knew he had.
Collated final round scores & totals
(USA unless stated, par 72):
272 Anthony Kim 70 67 66 69
277 Ben Curtis 69 71 72 65
278 Jason Bohn 68 67 72 71
279 Robert Allenby (Aus) 70 70 73 66
280 Dudley Hart 71 67 70 72, Heath Slocum 71 68 68 73
281 Jim Furyk 71 67 71 72
282 Rodney Pampling (Aus) 71 70 75 66, Adam Scott (Aus) 72 73 66 71, Stewart Cink 73 70 65 74, Fred Couples 72 69 69 72
283 Phil Mickelson 68 74 69 72, Hunter Mahan 71 70 71 71, Dean Wilson 71 69 74 69, Pat Perez 72 73 65 73, Jesper Parnevik (Swe) 71 74 71 67
284 Vijay Singh (Fij) 70 70 70 74, J.B. Holmes 71 72 69 72, Mathew Goggin (Aus) 71 72 73 68, Ryuji Imada (Jpn) 71 73 70 70, David Toms 67 75 72 70
285 George McNeill 71 67 76 71, Steve Flesch 73 68 71 73, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 70 70 69 76
286 Brian Davis (Eng) 74 70 71 71, Kevin Stadler 75 70 71 70, Paul Goydos 71 69 75 71, Zach Johnson 69 76 71 70, John Senden (Aus) 72 71 71 72, Ian Poulter (Eng) 71 71 74 70, James Driscoll 70 72 74 70, Parker McLachlin 73 72 72 69, Charles Howell III 75 68 70 73
287 Michael Allen 73 70 73 71, John Merrick 69 71 73 74, Sergio Garcia (Spa) 71 72 74 70, Ken Duke 73 72 71 71, Todd Hamilton 72 71 72 72, Stephen Ames (Can) 69 75 74 69
288 Nick Watney 73 69 71 75, Brad Adamonis 70 70 74 74, Robert Garrigus 74 68 72 74, Andres Romero (Arg) 72 71 72 73, Nick O'Hern (Aus) 71 70 71 76, Tommy Armour III 74 68 74 72, Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 73 71 74 70, Steve Marino 69 71 74 74, Justin Bolli 73 71 73 71
289 Kenny Perry 74 71 73 71, Shaun Micheel 76 69 71 73, Boo Weekley 72 70 76 71, Troy Matteson 71 73 74 71, D.J. Trahan 71 73 73 72
290 Jeff Quinney 69 73 73 75
291 Billy Mayfair 74 67 76 74, Jay Williamson 70 70 77 74, Camilo Villegas (Col) 69 70 77 75, Carlos Franco (Par) 72 70 75 74, Rocco Mediate 72 72 73 74, Brandt Snedeker 73 69 76 73, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 72 73 74 72
292 Patrick Sheehan 74 71 73 74, Y. E Yang (Kor) 73 69 76 74, Nathan Green (Aus) 73 72 70 77, Steve Lowery 70 72 77 73, Matt Kuchar 73 72 73 74
293 Rory Sabbatini (Rsa) 70 72 77 74, Mark Wilson 74 71 71 77
295 Lucas Glover 73 70 72 80
296 Rich Beem 72 71 75 78, Nick Flanagan (Aus) 69 75 74 78
300 Angel Cabrera (Arg) 71 74 73 82
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