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Tatum wins another close one with an 8.900
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Capping a day of Os with two more, former U.S. Nationals champ David Tatum III put an 8.900 on the scoreboard in a come-from-behind final-round win over national Super Gas points leader Mike Fuqua.
"Mike races like I do," Tatum said. "Neither one of us is ever gonna be on the mat all the way through. We're always going to be doing something down there, and he sure didn't give me much to look at that time. I knew he'd probably park it at the finish line, and he did. I did, too, and it was 14-thousandths [margin of victory].
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