Chonburi, Thailand (SportsNetwork.com) – Lee Westwood carded a 5-under 67 in Sunday’s final round and he came from behind to win the Thailand Golf Championship.<\/p>\n
Westwood completed the victory at 8-under-par 280. This was his second win at this event and his eighth on the Asian Tour.<\/p>\n
The Englishman stumbled to bogeys at the first and second at Amata Spring Country Club. After three pars in a row, Westwood poured in four consecutive birdies from the sixth to move to 5-under.<\/p>\n
Westwood, who was in the penultimate group, birdied the 11th and followed with a pair of pars. He dropped in back-to-back birdie chances at 14 and 15 to climb to minus-8. Westwood closed with three pars in a row.<\/p>\n
U.S. Open champion Martin Kaymer posted a 4-under 68 in the final round. He was joined in second place at minus-7 by third-round leader Marcus Fraser, who closed with a 2-under 70. Kaymer bogeyed the 17th to fall one back and Fraser bogeyed the 18th for second day in a row.<\/p>\n
Tommy Fleetwood also shot 70 on Sunday and he took fourth at minus-5. Scott Hend (69) ended one back at 4-under-par 284. Fraser and Hend qualified for the Open Championship as did Jonathan Moore and Anirban Lahiri, who tied for sixth place with Thongchai Jaidee.<\/p>\n
Last year’s winner Sergio Garcia posted a 3-under 69 in the final round and he ended alone in ninth place at minus-2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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