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Nico Echavarria wins the Cognizant Classic with a flawless weekend after Shane Lowry melts down late
Nico Echavarria didn’t make a bogey all weekend. Shane Lowry was on his way to doing the same, until the very end. And that’s what decided the Cognizant Classic.
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