Rose defends Turkish Airlines Open title to regain number one spot

ByReuters

Published 04/11/2018 at 14:46 GMT

Nov 4 (Reuters) - England's Justin Rose regained the world number one spot after successfully defending his Turkish Airlines Open title, overcoming China's Li Haotong in a playoff on Sunday.

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Rose carded five birdies in a typically consistent display to take a one-shot advantage after 16 holes in the final round at the Antalya event but bogeyed the 17th hole to slip to a share of the lead with overnight leader Li.

Two lacklustre putts on the 18th from both Li and Rose meant they both finished at 17-under-par after 72 holes.

A Li three-putt on their return to the 18th hole for the playoff handed Rose the victory that moves him above American Brooks Koepka at the top of the world rankings.

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Belgian Thomas Detry and Spaniard Adrian Otaegui both finished with rounds of 65 to share third on 15-under.

Dane Lucas Bjerregaard and German Martin Kaymer ended the tournament at 14-under, a shot clear English pair Tommy Fleetwood and Danny Willett, and another Dane, Thorbjorn Olesen. (Reporting by Hardik Vyas in Bengaluru Editing by Toby Davis)

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