Feng storms to five-stroke victory in Dubai
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December 9, 2012, Sunday
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FENG Shanshan came into the 500,000 euros (US$387,800) Dubai Ladies Masters as the highest ranked player in the field and she proved her credentials with an emphatic five-shot victory in the season-ending championship of the Ladies European Tour.
The world No. 6 produced her worst round of the tournament - a 3-under-par 69 - but that was good enough to beat second-placed Dewi Claire Schreefel of the Netherlands.
Feng's four-day tally of 21-under 267 was the lowest in the history of the tournament, beating the previous mark of 18-under by Sweden's Annika Sorenstam in 2006 and Kim In-kyung of South Korea in 2009.
Schreefel, who shot a tournament-record 63 on Friday, closed with a 69 for second place at 16-under 272, while Becky Brewerton of Wales moved to tied third with Germany's Caroline Masson (71) on 12-under 276 with the day's lowest round of 65.
Masson also lost out on winning the Ladies European Tour Order of Merit crown. She needed to finish second after Spain's Carlota Ciganda closed the tournament with a final-round 68, which gave her a tied 10th-place finish.
In the end, Ciganda emulated Briton Laura Davies' 27-year-old feat of winning the Order of Merit in her rookie year with earnings of 251,290 euros. Masson was second at 241,831 euros, while Feng moved to third place at 202,147 euros.
Feng, who increased her overnight lead of five shots early with an eagle on the par-5 third, was never in trouble. Her only bogey of the day came on the fifth hole, but she sailed through with two more birdies after that.
"At the beginning of the day, I told myself that I needed to shoot a 5-under-par 67 round and nobody would be able to catch me thereafter," the Chinese player said.
"That did not happen, but a 69 was really a good round considering there was a bit of wind out there on the golf course and nobody made a charge at me," said Feng, the LPGA Championship winner who captured her sixth title of the season.
On winning the Order of Merit, Ciganda said: "It's unbelievable. I have worked very hard for this and I am very lucky."
Defending champion Alexis Thompson of the United States could do no better than a two-under 70 on the final day and finished tied 10th at 279.
In Chonburi, Charl Schwartzel dropped his first bogey of the week yesterday but it would probably require a spectacular final-round meltdown to deny the South African his first Thailand Golf Championship title.
The ninth-hole bogey was the lone blot in Schwartzel's penultimate round of 4-under 68 as the 2011 Masters winner, last year's runner-up in Thailand, raced five shots clear off Indian-born Swede Daniel Chopra at 18-under-par 198.
Chopra overcame a double bogey and battled to a 69 while local hope Thitiphun Chuayprakong scrambled to a 71 for third place, a further one shot back.
Sergio Garcia sank two closing birdies in his round of 68 to lie eight shots off the lead.
The world No. 6 produced her worst round of the tournament - a 3-under-par 69 - but that was good enough to beat second-placed Dewi Claire Schreefel of the Netherlands.
Feng's four-day tally of 21-under 267 was the lowest in the history of the tournament, beating the previous mark of 18-under by Sweden's Annika Sorenstam in 2006 and Kim In-kyung of South Korea in 2009.
Schreefel, who shot a tournament-record 63 on Friday, closed with a 69 for second place at 16-under 272, while Becky Brewerton of Wales moved to tied third with Germany's Caroline Masson (71) on 12-under 276 with the day's lowest round of 65.
Masson also lost out on winning the Ladies European Tour Order of Merit crown. She needed to finish second after Spain's Carlota Ciganda closed the tournament with a final-round 68, which gave her a tied 10th-place finish.
In the end, Ciganda emulated Briton Laura Davies' 27-year-old feat of winning the Order of Merit in her rookie year with earnings of 251,290 euros. Masson was second at 241,831 euros, while Feng moved to third place at 202,147 euros.
Feng, who increased her overnight lead of five shots early with an eagle on the par-5 third, was never in trouble. Her only bogey of the day came on the fifth hole, but she sailed through with two more birdies after that.
"At the beginning of the day, I told myself that I needed to shoot a 5-under-par 67 round and nobody would be able to catch me thereafter," the Chinese player said.
"That did not happen, but a 69 was really a good round considering there was a bit of wind out there on the golf course and nobody made a charge at me," said Feng, the LPGA Championship winner who captured her sixth title of the season.
On winning the Order of Merit, Ciganda said: "It's unbelievable. I have worked very hard for this and I am very lucky."
Defending champion Alexis Thompson of the United States could do no better than a two-under 70 on the final day and finished tied 10th at 279.
In Chonburi, Charl Schwartzel dropped his first bogey of the week yesterday but it would probably require a spectacular final-round meltdown to deny the South African his first Thailand Golf Championship title.
The ninth-hole bogey was the lone blot in Schwartzel's penultimate round of 4-under 68 as the 2011 Masters winner, last year's runner-up in Thailand, raced five shots clear off Indian-born Swede Daniel Chopra at 18-under-par 198.
Chopra overcame a double bogey and battled to a 69 while local hope Thitiphun Chuayprakong scrambled to a 71 for third place, a further one shot back.
Sergio Garcia sank two closing birdies in his round of 68 to lie eight shots off the lead.
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