DP World Tour: Volvo China Open..Results
Adrian Otaegui overturned a five-shot deficit thanks to a brilliant final round of 65 to secure the Volvo China Open by one stroke was aiming to seal a wire-to-wire victory at Hidden Grace Golf Club, which had been reduced to 54 holes after Saturday's third round was cancelled due to thunder and lightning in the Shenzhen area.
However, the Swede struggled on Sunday as Otaegui produced a flawless display and back-to-back birdies from the 16th saw him hit the front for the first time at -18
Söderberg replied with a brilliant gain at the penultimate hole, but he went out of bounds with his final tee-shot for a closing double bogey, which saw him slide to a tie for third with Paul Waring and Joel Girrbach at 16 under, one behind runner-up Guido Migliozzi.
"I'm very, very happy, I'm extremely happy," Otaegui said after the victory. "I had to wait a little bit since I finished, see what was happening in the final group but luckily for me, things turned up well and I'm extremely happy.
"I was starting five shots back and I tried not to look at the leaderboard, not think about the result, try to play how I played on Thursday and Friday and think if things go well, it's a course where I can have some birdie chances.
"I have been putting well, I was feeling more and more confident through the week with the putter and I knew if I had birdie chances that I could potentially hole a few. I think I was actually feeling more calm through the round."
Just as Otaegui set the clubhouse target with a closing par, Söderberg holed a 16-foot birdie to rejoin the lead in an enthralling finish in Shenzhen.
The roller coaster final round did not finish there as the Swede hooked his drive into the penalty area and despite finding the green with his third, he could not drain the monster par putt to hand Otaegui the fifth DP World Tour title of his career.
Migliozzi rolled in a lengthy birdie putt to climb up to -17 which Söderberg could not match after finishing with a three putt.
Filipino Lloyd Jefferson Go finished in sixth at -15 with South Africa's Brandon Stone signing for a final-round 64 to sit one shot further back at -14
Austrian Matthias Schwab and American Johannes Veerman were at -13, while France's Antoine Rozner wrapped up the top ten at -12 .
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