Wiesberger survives Fleetwood in Shenzhen playoff
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AUSTRIAN Bernd Wiesberger survived Tommy Fleetwood’s spectacular late assault and pipped the Englishman in a dramatic playoff to win the Shenzhen International yesterday.
Wiesberger, who started with a three-stroke lead over the field, shot a 1-under par 71 to aggregate 16-under and join Fleetwood who came up with the lowest round of the week, carding seven birdies and an eagle for a spotless 63.
“Tommy has had a great day today and I’m just grateful to make that one shot when I needed to,” Wiesberger said after lifting his fourth European title. “I just wanted to get off to a good start and show them that I’m up for it and I did, scrapped around a little bit, had a couple of near misses.
“It could have gotten to me but I stayed calm, played on decently,” said Wiesberger who doggedly saved par on the 17th after landing in the water.
He took a gamble with his line on the 18th and narrowly avoided ending up in the water a second time, before making a good approach shot to allow him to two-putt his way to par and force the playoff.
The 31-year-old teed off on the same line over the water in the playoff on the 18th hole and played a stunning second shot to end up five feet from the hole, while Fleetwood took the safer option of playing onto the fairway and finished with a par.
Wiesberger kept his cool to roll in the clutch putt for a birdie to seal victory as rain poured down at the Genzon Golf Club.
Ross Fisher looked on course for a spot in the playoff going into the final hole, but a bogey on the 18th saw the Englishman finish tied for third with France’s Gregory Bourdy.
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