Macau Open: Johl finishes joint third

Overnight leader Amandeep Johl of India finished joint third at the $ 275,000 Macau Open today according to information received here. Johl ...

Overnight leader Amandeep Johl of India finished joint third at the $ 275,000 Macau Open today according to information received here. Johl shared the third place with Taiwan’s Lu Wen-Teh after Jason Knutzon of the US birdied the last two holes to win the title by one stroke over Thailand’s Thaworn Wiratchant in a thrilling final round.

Knutzon fired a closing four-under-par 67 at Macau Golf and Country Club to seal his maiden Asian Tour triumph over Thaworn, who closed with a superb 65. Ireland’s Padraig Harrington and last year’s runner-up Scott Barr of Australia shared fifth place.

The final round in Macau was captivating, with Johl, who had led since the opening round, maintaining his grip through the front nine. When he made the turn, he led by two strokes but an errant tee shot on 10 which landed in thick bushes led to a double bogey six.

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The yoga-practising Johl was disappointed with yet another near miss. ‘‘I was cruising along through nine. Then I hit it into trouble and three putted the 10th and that cost me. I missed two two-footers on 12 (for bogey) and 13. That was the turning point and I couldn’t recover from that. I’ll come back and try again,’’ said Johl, still searching for the elusive first Asian Tour title.

Birdies on 13 and 14 coupled with the mistakes by his rivals sparked Knutzon’s amazing comeback before his memorable finish.

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Final Round scores: 268 – Jason Knutzon (USA) 65-68-68-67, 269 – Thaworn Wiratchant (THA) 64-71-69-65, 270 – Lu Wen-teh (TPE) 68-71-67-64, Amandeep Johl (IND) 62-69-67-72, 271 – Padraig Harrington (IRL) 69-67-66-69, Scott Barr (AUS) 66-70-66-69, 272 – Harmeet Kahlon (IND) 66-66-72-68, 273 – Edward Loar (USA) 71-67-66-69, 274 – Simon Yates (SCO) 67-76-65-66, David Kang (KOR) 66-69-72-67, Lin Wen-tang (TPE) 65-73-69-67, Chen Tze-chung (TPE) 69-71-62-72, 275 – Lu Wei-lan (TPE) 68-71-69-67, Andrew Pitts (USA) 70-71-67-67, Prom Meesawat (THA) 68-75-62-70, Nico Van Rensburg (RSA) 63-70-71-71, 276 – Anthony Smmers (AUS) 71-70-70-65, Sushi Ishigaki (JPN) 66-72-71-67, Zhang Lian-wei (CHN) 70-69-69-68, 277 – Anthony Kang (USA) 68-71-70-68, Vivek Bhandari (IND) 66-69-73-69, Sung Mao-chang (TPE) 69-74-65-69, Chen Tsang-te (TPE) 70-69-69-69, Arjun Singh (IND) 69-72-67-69, Lee Sung-man (KOR) 71-67-69-70, Wang Ter-chang (TPE) 65-70-72-70, Ewan Porter (AUS) 68-70-68-71, Des Terblanche (RSA) 69-70-67-71

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