Austrian Markus Brier shot a birdie on the 18th hole for a final
round four-under-par 67 to win the China Open on April 15.
Brier, winner of last year's BA-CA Golf Open in Vienna, fired
five birdies against just one bogey on the Shanghai Silport Golf
Club's 6,468-meter (7,073-yard) course, taking him to 10-under-par
274.
Graeme McDowell of Northern Ireland (69), South Africa's Andrew
McLardy (70), and Australia's Scott Hend (71) closed in a three-way
tie for second at five-under 279.
South Africa's Richard Sterne chipped in for an eagle on the
18th to finish with a one-under 70, a stroke back at 280.
Second-round leader Raphael Jacquelin of France recovered from a
nightmare third round to finish tied with Peter O'Malley of
Australia, seven strokes off the pace at 281.
Frenchman Jean-Francois Lucquin (70) finished at two-under-par
282, followed a stroke back by England's David Griffiths (71).
Past winner Stephen Dodd of Wales finished at seven-over-par
after shooting a final round of 76, even with Danish Ryder Cup star
Thomas Bjorn, who also shot a 76 .
Brier takes home US$333,390 (euro248,000) in prize money out of
a total purse of US$2 million (euro1.5 million) in prize money at
the European and Asian Tour co-sanctioned tournament.
(China Daily via AP April 16, 2007)
