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P17 Layout 1 MONDAY, APRIL 27, 2015 SPORTS Henderson leads LPGA CALIFORNIA: Canadian teenager Brooke Lydia Ko trails by three. Henderson clung to a one-stroke lead after Pressel birdied four of the final six holes a poor finish to the third round at the to surge into contention for what would be Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic in California her first victory since 2008. Henderson was on Saturday. unsettled after her group was put on the Henderson bogeyed the final two holes clock for slow play over the closing holes, and shot even-par 72 after squandering a but she nonetheless spoke positively about five-stroke lead on the Lake Merced course her position. in San Francisco. The 17-year-old betrayed “Overall it was a great day, and I’m really her nerves in attempting to save par at the happy to be where I am,” Henderson told last, her timid jab at a four-foot putt failing reporters. “If someone told me at the to even threaten the hole. beginning of the week I would be leading Henderson, who does not have exempt going into the final round, I would’ve taken status on the LPGA circuit after being it. “Back home in Canada I have received a denied a waiver due to her age, is nine- lot of pressure the last couple years. under with a total of 207. “If you have pressure it means you’re American Morgan Pressel (67) and doing something right. I try and use it to South Korean Kwak Min-seo (69) are one my advantage and try and use it to help me shot behind, while defending champion get better.” —Reuters Westwood bags Asian Tour title JAKARTA: Briton Lee Westwood made it an (my putt on) 18 for the playoff,” Westwood Indonesian Masters hat-trick by winning said. “It was a tough day out there.. but the Asian Tour title yesterday but only after managed to battle back. “It’s nice to have surviving a playoff with Thai Chapchai Nirat won here three times, it’s a good hat-trick.” after blowing a five-shot lead. Westwood had started the day seven clear The former world number one, winner of Chapchai at the Royal Jakarta Golf Club of the event on his two previous appear- after covering his back nine of the third ances in 2011 and 2012, could only muster round in just 29 shots, but gave encourage- a final round of one-over-par 73 and seven- ment to the chasing back with two bogey SHANGHAI: Tournament winner Wu Ashun of China kisses his champion’s trophy during the award ceremony of the Volvo China Open golf tour- under total of 281 after letting slip the fours on his opening nine. nament. —AP healthy overnight advantage. He seemed to find his game again with He had the opportunity to register vic- three birdies in four holes, including a long, tory on the par-five 18th only to fail with a snaking downhill putt on the par-four 11th Wu wins Volvo China Open birdie effort, meaning a playoff with to start his back nine but back-to-back Chapchai, who produced a sparkling 66 bogeys on 16 and 17 dropped him level after snapping an iron against a tree early with Chapchai. SHANGHAI: With two Chinese golfers tied for player to win on the tour and the first since missed a routine 3-foot par putt that caught the in Saturday’s third round. Australian Kalem Richardson finished the lead going into the final round of the Volvo Liang Wen-Chong took the title at the Singapore lip of the cup and curled away, drawing gasps The Englishman made no mistake on third after a strong 66 left him at six-under, China Open, there was a good chance one of Masters in 2007. from the gallery. the 18th in the playoff, however, notching a with Dane Thomas Bjorn (70) a further shot them would become the first from the country Howell missed a five-foot par putt on the It was just the start of an up-and-down day birdie on the first extra hole to edge out back in fourth and former U.S. PGA to capture a European Tour title on home soil. 18th that would have forced a playoff. It was just for the rising star. He made a 50-foot birdie putt the four-times Asian Tour winner Chapchai. Champion Yang Yong-eun (71) in a share of Most eyes were on Li Haotong at the start of one of four bogeys for the veteran Englishman, on No. 8 and then a tremendous approach and “I was lucky that I already had a read on fifth. —Reuters the round, the talented 19-year-old touted as a who also had four birdies in his round of 72. nervy putt for eagle on the par-5 No. 13, but also future golf star in China. Instead, it was Wu Emiliano Grillo of Argentina had a spirited run missed a number of relatively easy putts from Ashun, a player nearing 30 who had recently tak- on the final day, making four birdies in five holes close in, the frustration apparent on his face. en six months off to rebuild his swing and had on the front nine and two more on the back to He carded five bogeys - more than his first never had a top-10 finish on the tour, who took pull within one shot of the lead. But his chances three rounds combined - and finished tied for home the trophy. of winning a maiden European Tour title slipped sixth at 6-under 282. “It’s a great experience for Wu proved to be the steadiest player during a away with a tee shot into the water on No. 17, me, especially considering I still finished sixth, final round filled with momentum swings, leading to double bogey. He shot a 69 to finish which is much better than last year, so I learned delighting the crowd in his hometown of in a tie for third with defending champion a lot,” he said. Shanghai with a final-round 71 to secure a one- Alexander Levy of France (73) and Prom Howell had vastly more experience than the stroke victory over David Howell yesterday. Wu Meesawat of Thailand (71). Chinese players, with 523 starts on the European finished at 9-under 279 overall. Wu started the day in a four-way tie for the Tour compared to just 26 for Wu and 13 for Li. “I tried my best to play every shot well,” he lead with Howell, Levy and Li, but he had played Ten years ago in Shanghai, he fought then-No. 1 said. “I played very good today - not down, not the least recently. He was coming off a six- Tiger Woods in the final round of the HSBC up. Just simple golf today.” It was not only the month break to work on his swing with his Champions - and won the title. biggest title of Wu’s career, but also the biggest coach in California and didn’t make the cut at a But Howell missed when it mattered most, paycheck. He takes home nearly 500,000 euros Japan Tour event last week. trying to save par after his approach on the 18th ($543,000) - more than doubling how much he’s Li, on the other hand, nearly won his first left him with a long putt. When his shot skirted earned in seven years on the European Tour. European Tour title last week at the Shenzhen by the left side of the hole, thousands of Chinese “There’s a long journey in a golf career, some- International, losing in a playoff to Thailand’s fans around the Tomson Golf Club erupted in one can hit a low score in their 30s, 40s, so I have Kiradech Aphibarnrat. cheers. “Obviously a crying shame for me not to to just be patient and keep practicing, keep Li, however, didn’t look sharp from the first come home with the trophy, but there’s I don’t JAKARTA: This handout picture taken and released by the Asian Tour shows Lee playing the tournaments, and it will come,” Wu hole Sunday. With hundreds of excited fans lin- know how many billion people who are rather Westwood of England posing with the trophy after winning the Asian Tour’s said through a translator. Wu is the third Chinese ing the green, phones poised to snap photos, he pleased I made six on the last,” Howell said. —AP Indonesia Masters golf tournament.—AFP Dongfeng bounces back from broken mast in Ocean Race ALICANTE: Dongfeng Race Team, the Chinese-backed crew whose hopes of victory in the Volvo Ocean Race were rocked when they had to quit the fifth leg because of a broken mast, have bounced back by taking the lead yesterday in the next 5,010-nautical mile stage from Brazil to the US. Dongfeng mast broke about 200 nautical miles from Cape Horn last month and they were forced to limp to Argentina for some makeshift repairs before a new rig was fitted in Itaja√≠, Brazil. The sixth leg from Itaja√≠ to Newport, Rhode Island, is promising to be even more closely fought than the previous stages since the race started in Alicante, Spain, last October. After approaching 1,500 nautical miles of sailing in a week, all six boats in the fleet are bunched within 20 nau- tical miles of each other with Dongfeng protecting a nar- row 5.7 nautical-mile advantage early yesterday over Dutch boat, Team Brunel, with Spanish challengers MAPFRE 1.3 nautical miles further adrift.
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