Brilliant Brazel

Australian Sam Brazel produced a stunning approach shot to the final hole to set up the brilliant birdie which defeated Rafa Cabrera Bello by one shot and secured his first European Tour title at the UBS Hong Kong Open

Cabrera Bello birded the 16th and 17th to set up a grandstand finish

Australian Andrew Dodt had opened with a bogey but turned in 34 after birdies on the fourth, sixth - courtesy of a lengthy putt - and ninth, while American David Lipsky had a single birdie on the seventh after a stunning approach to turn in 33. Englishman Tommy Fleetwood recovered from a double-bogey on the third with birdies on the seventh and ninth and when Danny Willett dropped a shot on the 17th, there was a six-way tie for the lead at nine under.

Dodt broke out of the pack with a birdie on the 12th but he was not alone for long as Cabrera Bello drove the tenth, Brazel holed from eight feet on the 11th and Lipsky put his tee-shot to the 12th to four feet. Brazel was the next man to hit the front when he put his tee-shot on the 12th to tap-in range but Dodt splashed out of a bunker to birdie the 14th and Lipsky hit another brilliant iron into the 13th.

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