Justin Rose snatches victory at WGC-HSBC Champions

By Ali Stafford

SKYSPORTS.COM

Justin Rose, with rounds of 67, 68, 72 and 67 for a 14-under-par total of 274, capitalised on a final-round collapse from Dustin Johnson to snatch a remarkable victory at the WGC-HSBC Champions.
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THE FINAL TOTALS

The Olympic champion overturned an eight-stroke deficit to claim a two-stroke win at Sheshan International Golf Club, posting a five-under 67 to claim a first victory of 2017.

Johnson took a six-shot lead into the final round, but missed out on the chance of becoming the first player to win three World Golf Championship title in a calendar year after stumbling to a bogey-filled 77.

The world No 1 finished in a share of second spot on 12 under alongside Henrik Stenson and Brooks Koepka, who birdied the last to close a one-under 71.

Overnight leader Johnson bogeyed the first and lost his ball on his way to a dropped shot at the next, only to be handed back his advantage when Koepka posted back-to-back blemishes from the third.

Rose birdied the second and third and cancelled out a dropped shot at the sixth with a gain at the next, only to card consecutive bogeys from the eighth to find himself six back at the turn.

Stenson made successive gains from the sixth to get within three of the lead, while Koepka put pressure on Johnson by birdieing the first two holes of his back nine.

Johnson gave the chasing pack another lifeline when he dropped a shot at the 12th, allowing Koepka to close the gap to one with a birdie at the par-five next.

Three birdies in a four-hole stretch from the 11th lifted Rose to two off the pace alongside Stenson, who cancelled out a blemish on the same hole with a birdie-two at the 12th.

As Johnson dropped another shot at the 15th, where Koepka racked up a double-bogey, Rose grabbed further birdies at the 16th and the 17th to grab a one-shot advantage.

Rose posted five birdies in a seven-hole stretch from the 11th

Rose posted a two-putt at the last to set the clubhouse target at 14th, leaving Stenson and Johnson - who also bogeyed the 16th - needing a final-hole eagle to force the play-off.

Stenson went left off the tee and was forced to lay up on the par-five, as Johnson found water with his approach to guarantee Rose his first victory since last year's Rio Olympics.

Rafa Cabrera Bello shared fifth spot with American duo Kyle Stanley and Peter Uihlein, while Race to Dubai leader Tommy Fleetwood finished in a tie for 20th after closing with a two-over 74.

ALL THE FINAL TOTALS

1	ENG	Justin Rose	-14	18	67	68	72	67	274
T2	USA	Brooks Koepka	-12	18	64	68	73	71	276
T2	USA	Dustin Johnson	-12	18	68	63	68	77	276
T2	SWE	Henrik Stenson	-12	18	68	69	69	70	276
T5	USA	Kyle Stanley	-8	18	71	68	69	72	280
T5	USA	Peter Uihlein	-8	18	72	67	69	72	280
T5	ESP	Rafael Cabrera Bello	-8	18	68	70	70	72	280
8	USA	Brian Harman	-7	18	68	69	70	74	281
T9	AUT	Bernd Wiesberger	-6	18	71	70	70	71	282
T9	ENG	Matthew Fitzpatrick	-6	18	68	69	72	73	282
T11	AUS	Jason Day	-5	18	69	74	72	68	283
T11	ENG	Paul Casey	-5	18	71	72	69	71	283
T11	USA	Tony Finau	-5	18	67	72	74	70	283
T11	ENG	Tyrrell Hatton	-5	18	68	70	71	74	283
T15	RSA	Branden Grace	-4	18	74	69	72	69	284
T15	USA	Charles Howell III	-4	18	72	67	71	74	284
T15	JPN	Daisuke Kataoka	-4	18	71	72	69	72	284
T15	USA	Patrick Cantlay	-4	18	68	74	69	73	284
T15	USA	Phil Mickelson	-4	18	71	72	74	67	284
T20	CHI	Ashun Wu	-3	18	67	72	73	73	285
T20	JPN	Hideto Tanihara	-3	18	72	70	74	69	285
T20	VEN	Jhonattan Vegas	-3	18	70	73	72	70	285
T20	ENG	Tommy Fleetwood	-3	18	71	70	70	74	285
T24	USA	Chez Reavie	-2	18	69	74	71	72	286
T24	USA	Daniel Berger	-2	18	68	71	75	72	286
T24	KOR	Hyun-Woo Ryu	-2	18	69	73	69	75	286
T24	THA	Kiradech Aphibarnrat	-2	18	65	70	75	76	286
T24	ENG	Matthew Southgate	-2	18	68	71	74	73	286
T24	USA	Pat Perez	-2	18	72	69	76	69	286
T24	THA	Poom Saksansin	-2	18	73	70	68	75	286
T31	FRA	Alexander Levy	-1	18	71	71	71	74	287
T31	SWE	Alexander Noren	-1	18	72	72	72	71	287
T31	USA	Matt Kuchar	-1	18	67	70	72	78	287
T31	IND	Shiv Chawrasia	-1	18	72	70	73	72	287
T31	DEN	Thorbjorn Olesen	-1	18	72	73	69	73	287
T36	ESP	Jon Rahm	Par	18	72	74	69	73	288
T36	USA	Russell Henley	Par	18	75	68	76	69	288
T38	MAS	Gavin Green	1	18	65	74	73	77	289
T38	RSA	Haydn Porteous	1	18	66	74	74	75	289
T38	AUS	Marc Leishman	1	18	71	79	68	71	289
T38	IRL	Paul Dunne	1	18	67	73	70	79	289
T38	RSA	Richard Sterne	1	18	73	72	76	68	289
T38	CHN	Wenchong Liang	1	18	72	70	73	74	289
T44	SCO	Richie Ramsay	2	18	73	71	75	71	290
T44	CHN	Xinjun Zhang	2	18	71	77	71	71	290
T46	ITA	Francesco Molinari	3	18	77	71	72	71	291
T46	THA	Phachara Khongwatmai	3	18	69	78	70	74	291
T46	NZL	Ryan Fox	3	18	71	69	75	76	291
T46	USA	Xander Schauffele	3	18	71	75	74	71	291
T50	AUS	Adam Scott	4	18	72	72	74	74	292
T50	RSA	Charl Schwartzel	4	18	73	70	73	76	292
T50	PAR	Fabrizio Zanotti	4	18	73	71	71	77	292
T50	CHN	Haotong Li	4	18	72	76	71	73	292
T50	JPN	Hideki Matsuyama	4	18	74	74	72	72	292
T50	USA	Hudson Swafford	4	18	70	74	75	73	292
T50	USA	Lucas Glover	4	18	71	75	76	70	292
T50	USA	Patrick Reed	4	18	66	70	82	74	292
T58	USA	Chan Kim	5	18	69	72	72	80	293
T58	USA	David Lipsky	5	18	69	70	72	82	293
T58	ENG	Jordan Smith	5	18	69	73	74	77	293
T58	ENG	Ross Fisher	5	18	77	70	73	73	293
T62	USA	Bill Haas	6	18	71	73	76	74	294
T62	AUS	Scott Hend	6	18	71	68	78	77	294
T62	USA	Wesley Bryan	6	18	77	72	71	74	294
T65	CAN	Adam Hadwin	7	18	69	74	79	73	295
T65	NZL	Michael Hendry	7	18	73	75	71	76	295
T67	AUS	Matthew Griffin	8	18	68	77	74	77	296
T67	FRA	Michael Lorenzo-Vera	8	18	71	71	77	77	296
T69	KOR	Si-Woo Kim	9	18	71	71	79	76	297
T69	CHN	Zecheng Dou	9	18	71	76	75	75	297
T71	ENG	Graeme Storm	11	18	75	74	75	75	299
T71	BEL	Thomas Pieters	11	18	75	79	69	76	299
73	CHN	William Liu	12	18	72	73	77	78	300
74	AUS	Ashley Hall	13	18	74	71	80	76	301
75	AUS	Andrew Dodt	16	18	74	79	74	77	304
76	RSA	Brandon Stone	19	18	78	86	68	75	307
77	CHN	Yi Cao	23	18	74	83	79	75	311

OUTRIGHT WIN