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Wen-teh is champion; Ghei finishes third

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PRIZED POSSESSION: Taiwan's Lu Wen-teh won on the third hole of a sudden-death playoff to claim the Macau Open.

Macau : Gaurav Ghei came agonisingly close to his second win in as many starts on the Asian Tour, but finished sole third in the Macau Open golf tournament here on Sunday.

Ghei shot 65, 70, and 67 to aggregate 202 at the end of the third round, which was reduced to 54 holes, and failed to get into the play-off with Taipei's Lu Wen Teh, the eventual winner, and Australian Richard Moir.

Wen-teh carded 65, 71, 65 and Moir returned 66, 66, 69 to aggregate an identical 201 but the Taipei golfer won with a birdie on the third hole of a sudden-death play-off.

Magnificent display

The 44-year-old Lu produced a magnificent display at Macau Golf and Country Club, first completing the third and final round of the weather-shortened event in six-under-par 65. In the play-off, he birdied the par five 18th hole three times to triumph in sudden-death. Gurbaaz Mann scored his first top-10 finish with a tied ninth placed finish with a final round of 70. He parred the remaining six holes on final day and ended at seven-under 209.

At Adare Manor, Jyoti Randhawa came within a short distance of yet another top 10 finish this season as he surged to the tied 12th spot despite returning a one-over 73 in the penultimate round of the Irish Open.

Shiv Kapur, meanwhile, struggled towards the end as he dropped eight shots over his last six holes, six of which came in the last three and he ended with a triple bogey. The poor show left him with a card of 79 that saw him drop to tied 70th at 14-over 230.

At the top, Harrington shot a 71 to maintain his lead at four-under for three rounds. — PTI

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