Golf - Ice-cool Korhonen wins China Open in a playoff


  • Golf
  • Sunday, 05 May 2019

FILE PHOTO: Golf - European Tour - BMW PGA Championship - Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, Britain - May 26, 2018 Finland's Mikko Korhonen during the third round Action Images via Reuters/Peter Cziborra

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Experienced Finn Mikko Korhonen sank an eight-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole to edge Frenchman Benjamin Hebert and win the China Open after a thrilling final round in Shenzhen on Sunday.

The 38-year-old became the oldest winner of China's oldest professional tournament to claim his second European Tour title after his triumph at the inaugural Shot Clock Masters in Austria last year.

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