Liang seals Manila win in playoff
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China's Liang Wenchong birdied the final hole to force a playoff with Thailand's Prom Meesawat before going on to claim a third Asian Tour title at the inaugural Resorts World Manila Masters yesterday.
Prom's bogey-free 7-under 65 in the final round took him to the top of the leaderboard as overnight leader Liang (69) fell back after a double-bogey on the ninth hole.
But the Chinese, who was struggling with fatigue and a hand injury, recovered on the back nine to pick up four strokes, including a 10-foot birdie putt on the 18th, to match Prom on 16-under for the tournament.
"It has been a long time since I last came to the Philippines and a good five years since I last won on the Asian Tour," Liang said.
"This is my sixth consecutive event already and I was actually kind of worn out coming to the Philippines early this week.
"Furthermore, I was still nursing an old hand injury which acted up again early this week. It got so bad the night after my first round that I even thought of withdrawing from the tournament."
At the first playoff hole, the par-5 18th, Prom's chances of victory disappeared when he found a terrible lie in a bunker with his second shot and was only able to flop the ball out a few meters.
Liang secured the title with a tap-in birdie after his eagle putt from the edge of the green stopped inches from the pin.
Canadian rookie Richard Lee carded the lowest round of the day of 64 to share third place with fellow Asian Tour rookie Carlos Pigem of Spain.
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