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Daly closes Hong Kong Open with 62
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HONG KONG – Taiwan’s Lin Wen-tang made a tough shot from the rough during a playoff Sunday, setting up his victory against Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy at the Hong Kong Open.
Lin’s tee shot on the first playoff hole strayed into the rough, behind some tightly bunched trees. But the two-time Asian Tour winner managed to hit through to 6 feet of the pin and made the putt to match McIlroy’s birdie.
“I told myself the winner won’t be decided until I make my final shot,” he said. “I just tried to hit the ball onto the green.”
Lin won with a tap-in birdie on the second hole of the playoff after McIlroy missed a 12-foot birdie putt. Francesco Molinari of Italy was knocked out on the first playoff hole.
Lin shot 3-under 67 in the final round, with McIlroy and Molinari shooting 65s to leave them tied at 15-under 165 in the joint European and Asian Tour event.
Thailand’s Chawalit Plaphol (65) and Spain’s Pablo Larrazabal (67) finished tied for fourth at 13-under. Third-round leader Oliver Wilson of England shot 71 to tie for sixth.
Bernhard Langer failed in his bid to become the oldest winner on the European Tour. After shooting 63 Saturday, the 51-year-old German shot 69 to finish tied for sixth with Wilson and three others.
John Daly shot a bogey-free 62, one off the course record, and tied for 17th. He recovered from a 73 on Saturday.
“It feels really, really good. It feels like, ‘Yeah, maybe I still can play a little bit,’” Daly said. “I wasn’t expecting this much this week and to shoot one of probably my best rounds in three years, I’m pretty happy with it.”
On the final hole of regulation, Lin made a brilliant approach shot on the par-4 18th. After waving his hat to the crowd as he strolled toward the green, Lin missed his birdie putt from close range to force a playoff.
His title hopes seemed dashed at the first playoff hole when his tee shot strayed into the rough. But after his solid recovery shot, McIlroy hit his shot within 3 feet and both birdied to force a second playoff hole. Molinari missed a long birdie attempt.
McIlroy sent his tee shot into the rough on the second playoff hole, while Lin found the fairway. The teen also made an impressive recovery to land his shot within 12 feet of the pin, but Lin’s flawless approach came within a foot. McIlroy quickly stood up from his putt in disappointment before Lin made his tap-in.
Lin took away a winner’s check of $416,660, nearly doubling his earnings on the Asian Tour this year.
Final scores with earnings and relation to par from the Hong Kong
Open, played Nov. 20-23 at the par-70, 6,749-yard Hong Kong Golf Club
(Note: a-amateur; x-won playoff; earnings in euros):
| 1. x-Wen-Tang Lin |
E327,384 |
65-69-64-67--265 |
|
-15 |
| 2. Rory McIlroy |
170,610 |
70-64-66-65--265 |
|
-15 |
| 2. Francesco Molinari |
170,610 |
66-67-67-65--265 |
|
-15 |
| 4. Pablo Larrazabal |
90,752 |
69-67-64-67--267 |
|
-13 |
| 4. Chawalit Plaphol |
90,752 |
66-66-70-65--267 |
|
-13 |
| 6. David Gleeson |
52,016 |
72-65-65-66--268 |
|
-12 |
| 6. Bernhard Langer |
52,016 |
69-67-63-69--268 |
|
-12 |
| 6. Iain Steel |
52,016 |
68-68-66-66--268 |
|
-12 |
| 6. Richard Sterne |
52,016 |
64-69-69-66--268 |
|
-12 |
| 6. Oliver Wilson |
52,016 |
66-66-65-71--268 |
|
-12 |
| 11. Oliver Fisher |
32,903 |
67-65-73-64--269 |
|
-11 |
| 11. Graeme McDowell |
32,903 |
71-68-65-65--269 |
|
-11 |
| 11. Angelo Que |
32,903 |
68-68-67-66--269 |
|
-11 |
| 11. Jeev Milkha Singh |
32,903 |
71-63-66-69--269 |
|
-11 |
| 15. Wen-Chong Liang |
28,286 |
64-71-69-66--270 |
|
-10 |
| 15. Colin Montgomerie |
28,286 |
68-65-68-69--270 |
|
-10 |
| 17. John Daly |
25,929 |
68-68-73-62--271 |
|
-9 |
| 17. Wei-Chih Lu |
25,929 |
70-69-64-68--271 |
|
-9 |
| 19. Bradley Dredge |
22,904 |
69-70-65-68--272 |
|
-8 |
| 19. Johan Edfors |
22,904 |
68-65-73-66--272 |
|
-8 |
| 19. Thongchai Jaidee |
22,904 |
70-70-66-66--272 |
|
-8 |
| 19. Kyung-Tae Kim |
22,904 |
70-67-66-69--272 |
|
-8 |
| 19. Jyoti Randhawa |
22,904 |
71-68-66-67--272 |
|
-8 |
| 24. David Frost |
19,840 |
69-68-67-69--273 |
|
-7 |
| 24. Peter Hanson |
19,840 |
67-70-69-67--273 |
|
-7 |
| 24. Miguel Angel Jimenez |
19,840 |
71-69-71-62--273 |
|
-7 |
| 24. Ben Leong |
19,840 |
69-70-65-69--273 |
|
-7 |
| 24. Gareth Maybin |
19,840 |
71-67-68-67--273 |
|
-7 |
| 29. Taichiro Kiyota |
16,893 |
72-67-70-65--274 |
|
-6 |
| 29. Jose Manuel Lara |
16,893 |
71-69-70-64--274 |
|
-6 |
| 29. Paul Lawrie |
16,893 |
69-70-69-66--274 |
|
-6 |
| 29. David Lynn |
16,893 |
71-67-65-71--274 |
|
-6 |
| 29. Rory Sabbatini |
16,893 |
71-69-68-66--274 |
|
-6 |
| 34. Darren Beck |
13,750 |
68-69-69-69--275 |
|
-5 |
| 34. Mark Brown |
13,750 |
70-70-66-69--275 |
|
-5 |
| 34. Gavin Flint |
13,750 |
68-70-69-68--275 |
|
-5 |
| 34. Marcus Fraser |
13,750 |
67-66-70-72--275 |
|
-5 |
| 34. Jean-Baptiste Gonnet |
13,750 |
69-66-68-72--275 |
|
-5 |
| 34. Antonio Lascuna |
13,750 |
70-70-66-69--275 |
|
-5 |
| 34. Louis Oosthuizen |
13,750 |
70-62-73-70--275 |
|
-5 |
| 34. Paul Waring |
13,750 |
72-68-66-69--275 |
|
-5 |
| 42. Tony Carolan |
11,000 |
70-67-72-67--276 |
|
-4 |
| 42. Pelle Edberg |
11,000 |
69-68-71-68--276 |
|
-4 |
| 42. Mikko Ilonen |
11,000 |
67-72-67-70--276 |
|
-4 |
| 42. Mardan Mamat |
11,000 |
70-67-67-72--276 |
|
-4 |
| 42. Sattaya Supupramai |
11,000 |
71-69-70-66--276 |
|
-4 |
| 42. Thaworn Wiratchant |
11,000 |
70-66-70-70--276 |
|
-4 |
| 48. Gaurav Ghei |
8,840 |
71-69-67-70--277 |
|
-3 |
| 48. Søren Kjeldsen |
8,840 |
68-68-70-71--277 |
|
-3 |
| 48. Taco Remkes |
8,840 |
69-70-69-69--277 |
|
-3 |
| 48. Jarmo Sandelin |
8,840 |
70-67-73-67--277 |
|
-3 |
| 48. Daniel Vancsik |
8,840 |
69-70-68-70--277 |
|
-3 |
| 53. Jamie Donaldson |
6,188 |
75-63-72-68--278 |
|
-2 |
| 53. Anders Hansen |
6,188 |
71-68-70-69--278 |
|
-2 |
| 53. David Horsey |
6,188 |
70-70-71-67--278 |
|
-2 |
| 53. Wen-Teh Lu |
6,188 |
68-69-71-70--278 |
|
-2 |
| 53. Paul McGinley |
6,188 |
71-69-67-71--278 |
|
-2 |
| 53. Frankie Minoza |
6,188 |
65-72-72-69--278 |
|
-2 |
| 53. Zaw Moe |
6,188 |
72-68-70-68--278 |
|
-2 |
| 53. Unho Park |
6,188 |
71-68-67-72--278 |
|
-2 |
| 53. Jean Van de Velde |
6,188 |
73-67-70-68--278 |
|
-2 |
| 53. Ter-Chang Wang |
6,188 |
66-71-69-72--278 |
|
-2 |
| 63. Phillip Archer |
4,322 |
72-67-71-69--279 |
|
-1 |
| 63. David Bransdon |
4,322 |
70-68-70-71--279 |
|
-1 |
| 63. Artemio Murakami |
4,322 |
67-70-72-70--279 |
|
-1 |
| 63. Chinnarat Phadungsil |
4,322 |
67-71-70-71--279 |
|
-1 |
| 63. Martin Rominger |
4,322 |
71-66-68-74--279 |
|
-1 |
| 63. Scott Strange |
4,322 |
71-68-71-69--279 |
|
-1 |
| 63. Anthony Wall |
4,322 |
72-68-72-67--279 |
|
-1 |
| 70. David Dixon |
3,071 |
68-69-72-71--280 |
|
E |
| 70. Anthony Kang |
3,071 |
70-70-67-73--280 |
|
E |
| 70. Joong-Kyung Mo |
3,071 |
69-71-71-69--280 |
|
E |
| 70. Jose Maria Olazábal |
3,071 |
69-68-74-69--280 |
|
E |
| 70. Juvic Pagunsan |
3,071 |
70-70-70-70--280 |
|
E |
| 75. Martin Erlandsson |
2,934 |
70-70-74-67--281 |
+ |
1 |
| 75. Shun Yat Jason Hak |
0 |
70-70-73-68--281 |
+ |
1 |
| 77. Marcus Both |
2,928 |
68-72-73-69--282 |
+ |
2 |
| 77. Wook-Soon Kang |
2,928 |
69-69-69-75--282 |
+ |
2 |
| 77. Jong-Yul Suk |
2,928 |
70-69-74-69--282 |
+ |
2 |
| 80. Niclas Fasth |
2,922 |
71-69-71-72--283 |
+ |
3 |
| 81. Gegory Bourdy |
2,919 |
71-69-71-73--284 |
+ |
4 |
| 82. Scott Drummond |
2,916 |
68-70-76-74--288 |
+ |
8 |
| • • • |
|
|
|
|
| Missed the cut |
|
|
|
|
| 83. Christian Cevaer |
|
69-72--141 |
+ |
1 |
| 83. Rahil Gangjee |
|
68-73--141 |
+ |
1 |
| 83. Scott Hend |
|
70-71--141 |
+ |
1 |
| 83. Shiv Kapur |
|
72-69--141 |
+ |
1 |
| 83. Young Nam |
|
69-72--141 |
+ |
1 |
| 83. Chapchai Nirat |
|
68-73--141 |
+ |
1 |
| 83. Peter O'Malley |
|
70-71--141 |
+ |
1 |
| 83. Mars Pucay |
|
72-69--141 |
+ |
1 |
| 83. Chris Rodgers |
|
68-73--141 |
+ |
1 |
| 92. Paul Broadhurst |
|
72-70--142 |
+ |
2 |
| 92. Hendrik Buhrmann |
|
71-71--142 |
+ |
2 |
| 92. Simon Dyson |
|
71-71--142 |
+ |
2 |
| 92. Nick Faldo |
|
72-70--142 |
+ |
2 |
| 92. Keith Horne |
|
73-69--142 |
+ |
2 |
| 92. Simon Khan |
|
74-68--142 |
+ |
2 |
| 92. Rick Kulacz |
|
67-75--142 |
+ |
2 |
| 92. Richard Lee |
|
76-66--142 |
+ |
2 |
| 92. Sung Lee |
|
75-67--142 |
+ |
2 |
| 92. Lee Slattery |
|
70-72--142 |
+ |
2 |
| 102. Arjun Atwal |
|
74-69--143 |
+ |
3 |
| 102. Scott Barr |
|
71-72--143 |
+ |
3 |
| 102. Gregory Havret |
|
72-71--143 |
+ |
3 |
| 102. Inn-Choon Hwang |
|
68-75--143 |
+ |
3 |
| 102. Chih-Bing Lam |
|
72-71--143 |
+ |
3 |
| 102. Sam Little |
|
71-72--143 |
+ |
3 |
| 102. Phillip Price |
|
71-72--143 |
+ |
3 |
| 102. Airil Rizman |
|
70-73--143 |
+ |
3 |
| 110. Markus Brier |
|
71-73--144 |
+ |
4 |
| 110. Simon Griffiths |
|
70-74--144 |
+ |
4 |
| 110. Simon Hurd |
|
72-72--144 |
+ |
4 |
| 110. Robert Rock |
|
73-71--144 |
+ |
4 |
| 110. Stephen Scahill |
|
73-71--144 |
+ |
4 |
| 110. Mads Vibe-Hastrup |
|
73-71--144 |
+ |
4 |
| 116. Mark Foster |
|
72-73--145 |
+ |
5 |
| 116. Amandeep V. Johl |
|
70-75--145 |
+ |
5 |
| 116. Marcel Siem |
|
74-71--145 |
+ |
5 |
| 116. Gary Simpson |
|
71-74--145 |
+ |
5 |
| 116. Simon Wakefield |
|
74-71--145 |
+ |
5 |
| 116. Steve Webster |
|
74-71--145 |
+ |
5 |
| 122. Yasin Ali |
|
70-76--146 |
+ |
6 |
| 122. Emanuele Canonica |
|
78-68--146 |
+ |
6 |
| 122. Keng-Chi Lin |
|
71-75--146 |
+ |
6 |
| 122. Jean-François Lucquin |
|
72-74--146 |
+ |
6 |
| 122. Lian-Wei Zhang |
|
72-74--146 |
+ |
6 |
| 127. a-Roderick Staunton |
|
70-77--147 |
+ |
7 |
| 127. Adam Groom |
|
74-73--147 |
+ |
7 |
| 127. Jovick Lee |
|
79-68--147 |
+ |
7 |
| 127. Prom Meesawat |
|
74-73--147 |
+ |
7 |
| 131. Daniel Chopra |
|
71-77--148 |
+ |
8 |
| 131. S.S.P. Chowrasia |
|
74-74--148 |
+ |
8 |
| 131. David Freeman |
|
74-74--148 |
+ |
8 |
| 131. Michael Jonzon |
|
72-76--148 |
+ |
8 |
| 131. a-Steven Lam |
|
74-74--148 |
+ |
8 |
| 131. a-Matthew McBain |
|
75-73--148 |
+ |
8 |
| 131. Miles Tunnicliff |
|
73-75--148 |
+ |
8 |
| 138. Adam Blyth |
|
73-76--149 |
+ |
9 |
| 138. Thammanoon Srirot |
|
74-75--149 |
+ |
9 |
| 140. Digvijay Singh |
|
73-77--150 |
+ |
10 |
| 141. Paul Riley |
|
76-75--151 |
+ |
11 |
| 142. Derek Fung |
|
78-79--157 |
+ |
17 |
| 143. James Stewart |
|
78-83--161 |
+ |
21 |
Posted: 11/23/2008
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