Emotional Brazel scores win of career at Hong Kong Open

11 Dec 2016 / 18:27 H.
    Emotional Brazel scores win of career at Hong Kong Open
    This handout photo taken and released by OneAsia on Dec 11, 2016 shows Sam Brazel of Australia holding the winner’s trophy during the final round of the UBS Hong Kong Open at the Hong Kong Golf Club. — AFP

HONG KONG: Unheralded Australian Sam Brazel clinched the Hong Kong open in thrilling style Sunday, with a birdie at the last hole to win the biggest trophy of his career.
The world number 480 defeated Spanish Ryder Cup star Rafa Cabrera Bello – ranked 447 places above him – on the 18th after agonisingly missing a birdie on the 17th.
Brazel, 37, whose partner died suddenly from bacterial meningitis in 2009, wept as he said: "This is for you guys," as he sent a message to his family after his improbable victory.
He had earlier said winning the US$2 million (RM8.8 million) Hong Kong Open would "mean the world" to him – and his fellow Australian golfers including Scott Hend mobbed him on the final green to douse him in champagne.
Cabrera Bello had to settle for second place, finishing with a round of 268, just one behind Brazel's 267.
Australia's Andrew Dodt and England's Tommy Fleetwood were tied on an 11 under 269. — AFP

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