CROMWELL, Conn. — Of course Kenny Perry was thinking about his Masters finish as he played the back nine at the Travelers Championship.

He had to motivate himself somehow. Remembering how he cost himself a green jacket earlier this year by bogeying the final two holes did the trick.

"Everyone kind of asks about the Augusta hangover deal," Perry said. "I guess I kind of shoved that aside a little bit. So that makes me feel pretty good."

The 48-year-old shot a 63 to finish with a tournament-record 258, three strokes better than Paul Goydos and David Toms, two other 40-something golfers.

"I knew that I had to keep making birdies," Perry said. "I wasn't going to let up. I wasn't going to play defensive golf. I learned something from that mistake."