Victor Perez produced a dramatic end within the remaining spherical of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship to beat a high-class chasing pack at Yas Hyperlinks Abu Dhabi.
The Frenchman held a slender one-shot lead within the closing phases on Sunday afternoon earlier than holing out from a bunker on the seventeenth for a birdie to stretch his benefit to 2.
And though he bumped into bother on the 18th, a bogey there was sufficient to safe a one-shot win as he closed with a 66 to complete the event on 18 beneath par, with Australian Min Woo Lee and Sweden’s Sebastian Söderberg sharing second place on 17 beneath par.
Perez entered the ultimate day one stroke again however made a superb begin as he made the flip in 4 beneath and continued his cost with back-to-back birdies to start the again 9. He responded to a dropped shot on the 14th with a birdie on the fifteenth earlier than wild scenes erupted on the seventeenth because the 30-year-old’s elegant bunker shot discovered the underside of the cup.That hole-out in the end sealed his victory.
Pádraig Harrington completed fourth on 16 beneath par after posting rounds of 64 and 67 over the weekend, whereas Alex Noren and Francesco Molinari shared fifth on 14 beneath.
