Lefty wins in Shanghai
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This article was published 09/11/2009 (6158 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
SHANGHAI, China — Phil Mickelson won the HSBC Champions on Sunday by rallying against a familiar foe.
Only it wasn’t Tiger Woods.
Mickelson made an 18-footer to save par on the 16th after whiffing on a flop shot, then holed a 10-foot birdie putt on the 17th to close with a 3-under 69 and overcome a late charge by Ernie Els, who was in the lead until hitting into the water and making bogey on the final hole.
Woods was never a factor in the final World Golf Championship of the year, falling six shots behind on the front nine and doing well to stay on the leaderboard the rest of the way. He hit into the water with his third shot on the par-5 18th and had to scramble for bogey to close with a 72 and tie for sixth, five shots behind.
It was the third time in his last four tries that Woods played in the final group without winning.
Mickelson finished at 17-under 271 and earned US$1.2 million in winning his second WGC event of the year. It was the first time he won a tournament while playing in the final group with Woods.
As clutch as Mickelson was down the stretch, Els was the opposite.
The South African, devastated when Mickelson beat him with a birdie on the final hole of the 2004 Masters, was 10 under for his round and had a one-shot lead playing the 538-yard 18th. From the middle of the fairway, he went at the green with a fairway metal and landed in the middle of the lake.
Els had to settle for a share of the course record at Sheshan International, a 9-under 63 matched earlier in the day by Rory McIlroy and Daisuke Maruyama of Japan.
Els waited in the scoring trailer for Mickelson to finish, and Lefty tried to keep it interesting. He drove into the massive gallery lining the left side of the fairway, then hit into the left rough just short of a bunker. But he hit wedge safely to the middle of the green, and rolled his birdie putt within tap-in range for another victory.
Mickelson won for the fourth time this year, tying a career best.
— The Associated Press