The Master of Macau

Rising Indian star Anirban Lahiri pipped Hong Kong Open champion Scott Hend at the death to win the Venetian Macau Open in thrilling fashion

Els and Jiménez: Headliners Fail to Shine

South African star Ernie Els, who was playing in his second consecutive Macau Open, never got going and wound up finishing the event in a share of 26th, 14 shots behind Lahiri. The four-time major winner, who is himself sponsored by The Venetian Macao, did at least manage to better his co-headliner, Miguel Angel Jiménez. The Spaniard, a four-time Hong Kong Open champion who had surprisingly missed the cut at Fanling the week before after complaining of a gastric-related virus, put together matching rounds of one-over 72 to miss out on the weekend, action again by a shot. Jiménez was making his Macau Open debut.

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