Once among the more touted prospects in modern British golf, 34-year-old Oliver Wilson had spent the better part of his career struggling on the European Tour, but all of that ended with an exciting breakthrough victory - while playing on a sponsor exemption - at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.  Wilson led after two of the first three rounds at this multi-site event, keyed by a Thursday 64 at Carnoustie and a third round 65 (which included five birdies and an eagle) at St Andrews.  This stood him three strokes ahead of a quartet of players headed by world number one Rory McIlroy, and Wilson responded by playing steady Sunday golf, turning in 37, then birdieng the 10th, 11th and 16th to come home with a safe 72, and a 271 total.  But he had help in winning, as Scotland’s Richie Ramsay finished one behind after bogeying the 16th and 17th, and England’s Tommy Fleetwood missed a six-foot birdie putt at the last to tie.  And also lamenting a lost opportunity was McIlrory, who tied for second depite double-bogeying the first (when his approach spun back into the Swilcan Burn) and bogeying the 17th, when a putt from off the green found the Infamous Road bunker……………… Twenty-seven-year-old Korean Tour veteran Seung-Hyuk Kim claimed his first title on the Japan Golf Tour, scrambling home to a one-stroke triumph at the Top Cup Tokai Classic.  With only one career top-10 finish under his belt (a T7 at this year’s Token Homemate Cup) in 26 previous J Tour starts, Kim hardly began the week rated among the favorites.  But he served notice that his fortunes might be changing by carding nine birdies en route to an opening 66 that tied him for the Thursday lead, then remaining near the top of the board following less special middle rounds of 73-72.  Thus beginning the final round three behind countryman Hyung-Sung Kim, Seung-Hyuk crept slightly forward via a chip-in birdie at the par-4 6th, then moved well past Hyung-Sung (who stumbled home with a 74) with birdies at the 14th and 16th.  Now holding a two-stroke lead, he promptly bogeyed the 470-yard 18th, but hung on to win when runners-up Hyung-Sung and a third Korean, Jung-Gon Hwang both failed to birdie either the 17th or the 18th to catch him………………Buoyed by the memory of his father, who died earlier in the year, England’s Steve Lewton broke through for his first major tour victory at the Mercuries Taiwan Masters, claiming the title at the Taiwan Golf & Country Club.  A former North Carolina State star and runner-up to Rory McIlroy at the 2006 European Amateur championship, the 31-year-old Lewton played the most consistent golf throughout the week, initially overcoming an early double-bogey to stand second after an opening round 70, then retaining the second spot (this time one back of Brazilian veteran Adilson da Silva) following a Friday 72.   A fast start on Saturday led the way to a third round 70, and suddenly Lewton held the 54-hole lead, one ahead of da Silva, as well as the red-hot Antonio Lascuna of the Philippines.  Both da Silva and Lascuna would post even-par 72s on Sunday, and with neither making a concerted charge, Lewton initially stretched his lead to three at the turn, then bounced his way through an up-and-down back nine, ultimately bogeying the par-4 18th to win by two……………… Eight-year Sunshine Tour veteran P.H. “Power House” McIntyre claimed his first professional victory at the Vodacom Origins of Golf event played at the Vaal de Grace Golf estate, takking a three-day pitched battle with six-time Sunshine Tour winner Jake Roos which, in the end, required sudden death to decide.  McIntyre opened the week with an eight-under-par 64 that might have resulted in a multi-shot lead had Roos not nearly matched it with a 65 which included a remarkable three eagles.  The pair then separated themselves from the field during Thursday’s second round, taking a joint three stroke lead after Roos bettered McIntyre by a shot, 67 to 68.  They then started fast on Friday, effectively eliminating the rest of the field when McIntyre birdied four of his first eight holes while Roos birdied three.  But in the end, Roos drew even with a clutch birdie at the 559-yard 17th before McIntyre defied the odds by handing Roos the first sudden death loss of his career (in six playoffs) with a birdie on the third extra hole.