World No. 598-ranked golfer nearly ties Tiger Woods record with stunning win

Nypost · 🇿🇦 public South Africa · May 10, 2026 · 210 words · By Dan Martin

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Tiger Woods had one of his records threatened on Sunday from an unlikely source.

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What happened

Tiger Woods had one of his records threatened on Sunday from an unlikely source.

Why it matters

It happened on the European tour, as a South African named Yurav Premlall won the Catalunya Championship in Barcelona by an incredible 14 shots — one off Woods’ mark from the 2000 U.S.

Common ground

Still, no one would have predicted Premlall, ranked 598th, would come so close.

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open_in_new Read the original article: https://nypost.com/2026/05/10/sports/yurav-premlall-nearly-ties-tiger-woods-reco…

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Claim 1: “he’d missed the cut in four of his eight tournament appearances this season”

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WTOP News and other web search results explicitly state he missed the cut in four of his eight appearances this season.

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web search NEUTRAL — The 22-year-old Premlall made 10 birdies to shoot a second straight round of 9-under 63 this weekend and finish on 28-under par for the tournament. Premlall's first win on the tour came in a season wh…
https://www.usnews.com/news/sports/articles/2026-05-10/yurav…

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web search NEUTRAL — More than respectable given he had missed four out of eight cuts this season, but it still left him six shots back with 54 holes to play.Then came Friday, when it appears Premlall woke up a completely…
https://vk.com/wall-135684247_50522

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web search NEUTRAL — Before his victory this weekend, Premlall hadn't secured a top-30 finish this season and missed the cut in four of his eight appearances. Premlall joined some elite company with his win at the Catalun…
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/25426638-south-african-g…

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Claim 2: “earn $467,500 in prize money”

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While the victory is confirmed, the specific prize money amount of $467,500 is not mentioned in the provided evidence snippets.

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web search NEUTRAL — 4 hours ago · Yurav Premlall's stunning 14-shot Catalunya Championship victory came just one week after the South African missed the cut at the Turkish Airlines Open.
https://www.foxnews.com/outkick-sports/completely-unknown-go…

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web search NEUTRAL — 4 hours ago · Yurav Premlall, 22, won the Catalunya Championship by 14 shots, the second-largest margin in DP World Tour history.
https://golfweek.usatoday.com/story/sports/golf/dpworldtour/…

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web search NEUTRAL — 21 hours ago · Yurav Premlall won the DP World Tour’s Estrella Damm Catalunya Championship by a whopping 14 shots Sunday, one stroke shy of tying Tiger Woods’ record from his epic 15-shot victory at t…
https://www.golfdigest.com/post/yurav-premlall-won-the-dp-wo…

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Claim 3: “had not even finished in the top-30 [prior to this weekend]”

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One of the web search results explicitly states that 'Before his victory this weekend, Premlall hadn't secured a top-30 finish this season'.

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Claim 4: “Premlall, ranked 598th”

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WTOP News explicitly reports that Yurav Premlall was ranked No. 598.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Catalunya Championship is a professional golf tournament held in Catalonia, Spain. It first appeared on the European Tour schedule in 2022.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalunya_Championship

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2024–25 Sunshine Tour was the 54th season of the Sunshine Tour (formerly the Southern Africa Tour), the main professional golf tour in South Africa since it was formed in 1971.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024–25_Sunshine_Tour

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 European Tour, titled as the 2026 DP World Tour for sponsorship reasons, is the 55th season of the European Tour, the main professional golf tour in Europe since its inaugural season in 1972.…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_European_Tour

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Claim 5: “a South African named Yurav Premlall won the Catalunya Championship in Barcelona by an incredible 14 shots”

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Multiple independent sources (AOL, WTOP News, and a social media report) confirm that South African Yurav Premlall won the Catalunya Championship by 14 shots.

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web search NEUTRAL — On Thursday, Yurav Premlall finished bogey-double bogey to sit T42 and six shots off the lead. He would go on and make 28 birdies and just two more bogeys to win by 14 shots. What a turnaround #EDCC20…
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…

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web search NEUTRAL — Only Tiger Woods has won a DP World Tour event by a larger margin than Yurav Premlall did Sunday in Spain. The 22-year-old South African had a historic victory at the Catalunya Championship, winning b…
https://www.aol.com/articles/dp-world-tour-pro-22-155036558.…

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Claim 6: “The 22-year-old never won on the tour before”

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Multiple sources (AOL, SABC News, The Citizen) confirm Premlall is 22 years old and that this was his first DP World Tour title.

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Claim 7: “Woods’ showing at Pebble Beach 26 years ago... still stands as the largest margin of victory on the PGA and DP World Tours”

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Claim 8: “he made 10 birdies during a 9-under par 63 on Sunday”

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WTOP News and other web results confirm he made 10 birdies during a 9-under par 63 on Sunday.

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Claim 9: “Woods’ mark from the 2000 U.S. Open... remains the milestone [for margin of victory]”

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Wikipedia and Guinness World Records both confirm that Tiger Woods won the 2000 U.S. Open by a record 15 shots.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods (born December 30, 1975) is an American professional golfer. Woods is widely regarded as one of the greatest golfers of all time and as one of the most famous athletes in mo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_Woods

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2000 United States Open Championship was the 100th U.S. Open Championship, held June 15–18 at Pebble Beach Golf Links in Pebble Beach, California. Tiger Woods won his first U.S. Open by a record-s…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_U.S._Open_(golf)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Earl Dennison Woods (March 5, 1932 – May 3, 2006) was a U.S. Army infantry officer and father of American professional golfer Tiger Woods. Woods started his son in golf at a very early age and coached…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Woods

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Claim 10: “complete his 28-under showing for the tournament”

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SABC News, The Citizen, and other sources all confirm his total winning score was 28-under par.

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web search NEUTRAL — Premlall made his breakthrough at the Catalunya Championship in Barcelona, Spain, with a winning score of 28-under par. His 14-shot winning margin is a new record for a first-time winner, beating the …
https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/yurav-premlall-wins-dp-wor…

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web search NEUTRAL — South Africa's Yurav Premlall captured his first DP World Tour title, the Catalunya Championship in Barcelona on Sunday.Premall won on a score of 28-under-par. Fourteen shots back in second was anothe…
https://www.citizen.co.za/sport/yurav-premlall-banks-winning…

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web search NEUTRAL — Yurav Premlall stormed to a record-breaking 14-shot victory as he clinched his first DP World Tour title at the Estrella Damm Catalunya Championship.The 22-year-old finished the week on 28 under par, …
https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/golf/yurav-premlall-cata…

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Claim 11: “put him 15 shots clear of his closest competitor, fellow South African Shaun Norris”

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The Citizen and other sources confirm he won by 14 shots and that the runner-up was fellow South African Shaun Norris.

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