Kuboya helped get his group finished in the daylight with his play. By rolling in a birdie putt on the 18th green at Turnberry at 9:04 p.m., Kuboya capped an incredible closing kick that saw him go 2-3-3-3 (birdie-birdie-eagle-birdie), to move from an anonymous even par to five under, tied with Tom Watson and Ben Curtis for second place, one shot behind leader Miguel Angel Jimenez.A stalwart on the Japan Tour where he has won four times (but not since 2002, explaining his world ranking of 125) and this year had a second- and third-place finish, this is Kuboya's second Open Championship, the first coming in 2002 when he finished T-59 at Muirfield. But today he finished fast. Even if it was getting late.
-- E. Michael Johnson
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