Hong Kong Open: Justin Rose claims narrow victory
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Hong Kong Open leaderboard |
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-17 J Rose (Eng); -16 L Bjerregaard (Den); -11 M Fitzpatrick (Eng), S Lee (Kor), P Reed (US), J Scrivener (Aus); -10 M Ford (Eng), W Lin (Tai), A Lahiri (Ind), Y Yang (Kor); Selected others:-9 B Evans (Eng); -7 R McEvoy (Eng), D Drysdale (Sco); -6 O Fisher (Eng), G McDowell (NI); -5 I Poulter (Eng) |
England's Justin Rose has won his eighth European Tour title with victory at the Hong Kong Open.
Lucas Bjerregaard moved two shots ahead of Rose on the ninth, but a birdie for the Englishman on the 10th and bogey for the Dane on 11 levelled things.
Bjerregaard double bogeyed the 14th and Rose hit a two-under 68 to finish on 17 under, one clear of the 24-year-old.
England's Matthew Fitzpatrick finished tied in third on 11 under while countryman Ian Poulter tied for 29th.
Fitzpatrick, who won the British Masters at Woburn a fortnight ago, was primed to finish third on his own.
However, three bogeys and a birdie in his final four holes saw the 21-year-old drop back to 11 under.
Poulter, who made a last-minute journey from Orlando to play this week in order to help maintain his European Tour membership, finished at five under after a closing 69.
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