Lee Westwood Wins Ballantine's Championship

Lee Westwood Wins Ballantine's Championship

The 38-year old Englishman, who won the Indonesian Masters last week, hit a blemish-free five-under 67 in the final round to finish with a 12-under total of 276, one stroke ahead of his Ryder Cup team mate Miguel Angel Jimenez of Spain. Briton Lee Westwood won the Ballantine's Championship by a stroke on Sunday, consolidating his world number one ranking with his second consecutive title in Asia. Park Sang-hyun Review of TaylorMade Burner SuperFast 2.0 Series of South Korea finished third in the European and Asian Tour co-sanctioned event, carding a 10-under after an eagle on the last hole at the Blackstone Golf Club course near Seoul. Westwood did not drop a single shot on his last round but faced an agonising wait in the clubhouse as Jimenez came up the easy par five 18th breathing down his neck. But the Spaniard's hopes of forcing a playoff were dashed when he overhit his second shot into a bunker behind the green and missed the birdie putt he needed from 15 feet. Westwood needed a top five finish at the Ballantine's to stop Germany's Martin Kaymer overtaking him as number one after just a week on top and the win is his first on the European Tour since November 2009.He has now recorded back-to-back tournament victories following his triumph at the Indonesian Masters last week.After thunderstorms called an early halt to the third round on Saturday, Westwood was left with 24 holes to play on Sunday but kept his concentration in blustery conditions. "Professional golf is all about winning and it's great to do it back-to-back two weeks in a row," he said.

Local fans were given something to cheer as Park Sang-Hyun, sporting dazzling pink trousers, sank a sensational putt from off the green to eagle the 18th and grab third place with 10 under par for the tournament. Big-hitting US star Dustin Johnson carded a final round 69 to end the tournament in fourth on nine under par, but the testing multi-tiered greens were too much for Ian Poulter and Ernie Els, who both missed the cut.