LEE WESTWOOD CRUISES TO VICTORY
BY SEVEN SHOTS IN MALAYSIAN OPEN
WIRE-TO-WIRE LEADER LEE WESTWOOD WITH THE TROPHY
Even a mid-round storm delay of more than four hours did not upset his march to victory, which was sealed with an excellent birdie putt on the last.
Key Player Quotes
Lee Westwood
par 288 (4x72)
283 P Meesawat (Tha) 70 71 74 68, T Jaidee (Tha) 72 70 70 71, T Lewis (Eng) 70 71 68 74, R Bland (Eng) 73 69 69 72, A Lascuna (Phi) 70 65 77 71
288 R Gangjee (Ind) 74 68 70 76, S Lewton (Eng) 71 69 74 74
BY SEVEN SHOTS IN MALAYSIAN OPEN
WIRE-TO-WIRE LEADER LEE WESTWOOD WITH THE TROPHY
REPORT BY EUROPEAN TOUR COMMUNICATIONS
Lee
Westwood secured his first European Tour title in nearly two years
after a final round 68 earned him a brilliant seven shot, wire-to-wire
victory in the Maybank Malaysian Open.
Fourteen years after the
Englishman won this event, before it became co-sanctioned with The
European Tour, Westwood delighted the crowds at Kuala Lumpur Golf and
Country Club with a sublime display that left Belgian Nicolas Colsaerts,
South Africa’s Louis Oosthuizen and Bernd Wiesberger, who all shared
second spot on 11 under par, trailing in his wake.
The 40 year old from Worksop started the final round one shot clear of Andy
Sullivan, but remained steady when others falteredEven a mid-round storm delay of more than four hours did not upset his march to victory, which was sealed with an excellent birdie putt on the last.
Key Player Quotes
Lee Westwood
“I’m delighted to be back in
the winner’s circle. You have to play really well to win any tournament
by seven shots. I started off one in front and that could’ve been a
pressure situation, but I kept my foot on the pedal and didn’t give the
other lads much of a chance.
“I’m pleased that the work I’m
doing with Mike Walker has paid off so quickly. I’ve been seeing the
benefits on the range, but this week I’ve seen it on the course – and
under pressure too, which is really pleasing. It’s a good time of year
to be playing well because there are a lot of big tournaments coming
up."
Nicolas Colsaerts
“It has been a solid week.
It’s too bad I didn’t make myself scarier today. I couldn’t get off to a
fast start to put some pressure on Lee. I didn’t drop many shots this
week and that showed how well I played. If I could have been a bit more
comfortable on the greens during the weekend then it might have been a
different story.”
Louis Oosthuizen
“I had the perfect start for
trying to give Lee a chase. But the bogeys nine and ten stopped the
momentum and I knew that it was over. I didn’t start the tournament well
so this is a great finish.”
Talking Points- Lee Westwood’s last European Tour win came at the 2012 Nordea Masters.
- This is Westwood’s 41st professional win worldwide and 13th on Asian soil.
- Victory moves him up to tenth in The Race to Dubai.
- His 18 under par score is the lowest total since the event moved to Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club in 2010.
- Seven shots is the largest winning margin of Westwood’s career.
- This is the third wire-to-wire victory of the 2014 European Tour season, following Alejandro Cañizares in the Trophée Hassan II and Patrick Reed in the WGC-Cadillac Championship.
par 288 (4x72)
270 L Westwood (Eng) 65 66 71 68
277 B Wiesberger (Aut) 69 71 70 67, N Colsaerts (Bel) 66 69 72 70, L Oosthuizen (RSA) 72 68 69 68
278 J Quesne (Fra) 68 69 69 72, D Willett (Eng) 70 66 72 70, R Karlberg (Swe) 72 69 67 70,
279 T Pieters (Bel) 75 67 69 68, P Larrazábal (Esp) 74 68 70 67
280 A Lahiri (Ind) 72 72 66 70, G Mulroy (RSA) 71 68 69 72, E De La Riva (Esp) 69 68 71 72
281 J Kruger (RSA) 68 71 72
70, M Kawamura (Jpn) 68 70 70 73, J Knutzon (USA) 75 67 69 70, A Quiros
(Esp) 73 69 71 68, A Sullivan (Eng) 70 67 66 78
282 W Ormsby (Aus) 70 71 69 72, R Lee (Can) 69 76 67 70, S Hend
(Aus) 70 70 72 70, G Bourdy (Fra) 73 70 69 70, M Hoey (Nir) 67 73 73
69, R Santos (Por) 67 71 70 74283 P Meesawat (Tha) 70 71 74 68, T Jaidee (Tha) 72 70 70 71, T Lewis (Eng) 70 71 68 74, R Bland (Eng) 73 69 69 72, A Lascuna (Phi) 70 65 77 71
284 E Molinari (Ita) 69 73 71 71, S Jamieson (Sco) 68 71 70 75
285 M Manassero (Ita) 71 72 67 75, S Kapur (Ind) 76 69 69 71
286 S Chowrasia (Ind) 71 70 71
74, M Kieffer (Ger) 70 74 69 73, B Easton (RSA) 70 74 72 70, F Molinari
(Ita) 71 74 73 68, J Walters (RSA) 71 72 71 72, P Junhasavasdikul (Tha)
73 71 70 72, A Dodt (Aus) 76 67 74 69, A Vongvanij (Tha) 70 71 73 72
287 H Otto (RSA) 79 66 71 71, P Marksaeng (Tha) 69 72 70 76, C Pigem (Esp) 71 71 73 72, A Da Silva (Bra) 72 72 72 71288 R Gangjee (Ind) 74 68 70 76, S Lewton (Eng) 71 69 74 74
289 D Drysdale (Sco) 71 71 75
72, M Siem (Ger) 72 71 74 72, N Fung (Mas) 72 71 73 73, M Warren (Sco)
69 75 75 70, S Dyson (Eng) 73 71 73 72, K Kheng Hwai (Mas) 72 72 74 71,
J Hansen (Den) 72 72 73 72, G Green (am) (Mas) 74 70 75 70
290 C Kumar (Ind) 74 70 75 71, M Crespi (Ita) 71 73 75 71
291 S Kjeldsen (Den) 75 68 71 77, S Rahman (Ban) 73 70 77 71, R Wattel (Fra) 71 72 75 73
292 R Derksen (Ned) 72 73 75
72, C Lee (Sco) 69 75 73 75, S Thornton (Irl) 74 68 72 78, P Whiteford
(Sco) 73 72 72 75, M Carlsson (Swe) 74 69 80 69
293 J Janewattananond (Tha) 73 72 73 75, C Plaphol (Tha) 74 71 76 72, N Tantipokhakul (Tha) 76 69 71 77
294 R Khan (Ind) 72 72 76 74, A Kang (USA) 71 74 75 74
295 T Wiratchant (Tha) 69 75 75 76
297 S Hansen (Den) 69 76 76 76
298 C Phadungsil (Tha) 74 71 77 76
Withdrew: K Aphibarnrat (Tha) 71 71 WD ,
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