LEE WESTWOOD CONQUERS MAYBANK MALAYSIAN OPEN AGAIN

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Lee Westwood marched to a convincing seven-stroke victory for his first title in two years after a flawless four-under-par 68 at the Maybank Malaysian Open on Sunday. The Englishman completed his wire-to-wire win in style when he holed a 20-foot birdie putt on the last for an 18-under-par 270 winning total at the Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club.


Major champion Louis Oosthuizen of South Africa threatened briefly by shooting four birdies in his first seven holes but dropped shots around the turn saw his challenge fizzle as he signed for to a 68, taking joint second place with Austrian Bernd Wiesberger and Ryder Cup star Nicolas Colsaerts of Belgium in the US$2.75 million event sanctioned by the Asian Tour and European Tour.

Westwood, a winner here in 1997, reinforced his reputation as an Asian specialist after extending his career tally in Asia to 13 victories. The triumph came a week after the world number 36 finished seventh in the Masters Tournament last week. Westwood's victory and solid performances in the last two weeks has given him hope of regaining his best form which saw him become world number one several years ago.


Oosthuizen, the 2010 Open Championship winner, was in the thick of action before a pair of bogeys on nine and 10 dashed his hopes. The South African took advantage of a four-hour weather delay to rally his spirits as he fired two straight birdies from the 16th hole to share second.
 
Maybank Malaysian Open - Final Day
270 - Lee WESTWOOD (ENG) 65-66-71-68.
277 - Bernd WIESBERGER (AUT) 69-71-70-67, Louis OOSTHUIZEN (RSA) 72-68-69-68, Nicolas COLSAERTS (BEL) 66-69-72-70.
278 - Danny WILLETT (ENG) 70-66-72-70, Rikard KARLBERG (SWE) 72-69-67-70, Julien QUESNE (FRA) 68-69-69-72.
279 - Pablo LARRAZABAL (ESP) 74-68-70-67, Thomas PIETERS (BEL) 75-67-69-68.
280 - Anirban LAHIRI (IND) 72-72-66-70, Eduardo DE LA RIVA (ESP) 69-68-71-72, Garth MULROY (RSA) 71-68-69-72.
281 - Alvaro QUIROS (ESP) 73-69-71-68, Jbe KRUGER (RSA) 68-71-72-70, Jason KNUTZON (USA) 75-67-69-70, Masahiro KAWAMURA (JPN) 68-70-70-73, Andy SULLIVAN (ENG) 70-67-66-78.


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