Manila, Philippines (SportsNetwork.com) – Richard T. Lee closed with a 2-under 69 on Sunday and came from behind to the win the Solaire Open.<\/p>\n
Lee ended at 7-under-par 277. The win was his first on the Asian Tour.<\/p>\n
The Canadian parred six of his first seven, but the other was a double-bogey on the par-4 fourth. Lee got those strokes back with back-to-back birdies at eight and nine.<\/p>\n
Lee made it three straight birdies at the 10th. He gave that shot back when he bogeyed the 11th, but he bounced right back with a birdie on 12. After a pair of pars, Lee birdied the 15th to move to minus-7 and he parred the last three to end there and earn the win.<\/p>\n
Chawalit Plaphol posted a 1-under 70 and ended one back at minus-6. Carlos Pigem shot 69 to take third at 5-under 279.<\/p>\n
Masahiro Kawamura (65), Steve Lewton (67) and Paul Peterson (69) shared fourth place at minus-4 at The Country Club.<\/p>\n
Third-round leader Angelo Que stumbled to a septuple-bogey 12 on the par-5 second to tumble down the leaderboard. Que, who hit three balls out of bounds on the second, struggled to an 11-over 82, which dropped him into a share of 21st at 2-over 286.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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