europeantour.com Justin Rose won the UBS Hong Kong Open by one shot after a final round battle with Lucas Bjerregaard on a tense and dramatic final day in Fanling.
The pair had been neck-and-neck for two days at Hong Kong Golf Club, coming into the final day with a share of the lead and they still could not be separated as they stood on the 12th tee on Sunday.
But a double bogey from Bjerregaard on the 14th proved crucial and Rose came home in 34 to get to 17 under and win a European Tour title for the fourth season in a row.
"Lucas played incredible golf," said Rose. "It was the first time I had the chance to play with him. I was thoroughly impressed, not just his game but his temperament and how he is as a person. Bjerregaard is best known for leading the tournament at Leopard Creek in South Africa after 3 rounds then shooting 89 on the final day, so this was a break through week for the big Dane.
The pair had been neck-and-neck for two days at Hong Kong Golf Club, coming into the final day with a share of the lead and they still could not be separated as they stood on the 12th tee on Sunday.
But a double bogey from Bjerregaard on the 14th proved crucial and Rose came home in 34 to get to 17 under and win a European Tour title for the fourth season in a row.
"Lucas played incredible golf," said Rose. "It was the first time I had the chance to play with him. I was thoroughly impressed, not just his game but his temperament and how he is as a person. Bjerregaard is best known for leading the tournament at Leopard Creek in South Africa after 3 rounds then shooting 89 on the final day, so this was a break through week for the big Dane.
Rose's eighth European Tour win takes him above Shane Lowry into fourth in the Race to Dubai and the 2007 Order of Merit winner would love to finish top of the pile again at the DP World Tour Championship.
Ian Poulter, who was a late entry as he tried to make certain of playing the 13 events to maintain his European Tour membership for 2016, finished at five under after a closing 69.
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