Briton Paul Casey fired a closing-round 65 to surge through the field and set up a playoff victory over compatriot Oliver Wilson in the China Open at Shenzhen Golf Club on Sunday.Casey, who won 184,533 euros ($216,900) for his fifth European Tour title, had trailed overnight leader Ross Fisher by five strokes in joint 15th place but his superb finish set a 13-under-par target which only Wilson could match.Ryder Cup player Casey played the first playoff hole, the long 18th, impeccably for a birdie four while Wilson could muster only a bogey six after finding two bunkers on the way to the green.“I feel very happy,” Casey told a news conference. “I feel like I have accomplished what I came here to do. It wasn’t easy but the game improved as the week went on which I was happy about.“Today was a very solid round of golf and I gave myself a lot of chances.”Englishman Casey is making a habit of excelling in China. His last Tour victory was achieved here in March when he pipped Ryder Cup team mate Paul McGinley to the TCL Classic in Hainan Island, also after a playoff.The 27-year-old finished seventh on his last visit to China in the Champions Tournament in Shanghai earlier this month.The result is expected to lift Casey into the world’s top 50 from his position at the start of the week of 61st and further boost his chances of another Ryder Cup appearance in next year’s European defence against the United States in Ireland.Casey, the pre-tournament favourite, had looked out of the running after rounds of 71, 69 and 70 but he barely put a foot wrong on Sunday, stringing together birdies at the third, fourth, sixth, eighth, 11th, 12th and 17th holes.He should have added another at his 72nd hole with a huge drive at the par-five, 539-yard 18th leaving him a mid-iron second to the green.His chipped third from the edge of the putting surface finished well short, however, and he took two further putts to hole out for a five.Jeev finishes 20thKochi (Japan): Finding his best putting touch of the week, Jeev Milkha Singh registered a card of two-under 70 to end up tied 20th in the 140 million yen Casio World Open Golf. Jeev finished with a total of three-under 285 with rounds of 71, 71, 73 and 70. He had birdies on the first and sixth and dropped a shot on ninth. On the back nine, he picked shots on tenth, 14th and 18th, but had bogeys on 11th and 16th. Overnight leader Toru Taniguchi won the title comfortably with a last round 69 that saw him finish at 11-under 277.
