Maybank Malaysian Open concludes with Louis Oosthuizen on top: Wrap up-Last part
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Bello started off his final round with a bogey on the first hole of the front nine but quickly regained composure to card two consecutive birdies on the next holes.
He dropped another shot at par-five, 5th but again shot to form carding three consecutive birdies. He dropped another on the ninth before making the turn.
Bello’s back nine turned out to be less eventful when he was only able to pull one birdie on the closing hole and has already dropped two shots on the back nine.
Last year’s Masters champion Charl Schwartzel, who was also part of the field at this year’s Maybank Malaysian Open finished for an outright sixth, after carding a final round score of four-under, 68.
Schwartzel, who pulled in birdie-eagle-birdie earlier in the day on the front nine, looked in splendid form to bag his first title of the season, succumbed to a perilous back nine to fall out of contention.
He was only able to amass two birdies on the back and also dropped to shots through the remaining nine-hole stretch.
Defending champion Matteo Manassero and world number six on the Official World Golf Rankings (OWGR) Martin Kaymer finished for a joint seventh alongside Frenchman Romain Wattel and South African Hennie Otto.
Manassero, who failed to qualify for the first major event of the year The Masters at Augusta National, was in high spirits to defend his title here in Malaysia.
He fell for lacklustre form and was only able to card a final round of three-under, 69.
Meanwhile Kaymer surged into contention through the halfway mark of the event with a blistering round of five-under, 67 on the second day.
He remained humble in the last two rounds, carding just one-under, 71 on both occasions. Kaymer started off the final day with a surprise birdie spree on the front, pulling in no fewer than four birdies before dropping a shot on the final hole of the front nine.
His double-bogey seven on the penultimate hole destroyed his ambitions to post a stronger finish in the event.
Otto also had a tragic end of the event when he finished for a sloppy even-par closing rounds on third and the final day.
He shot into contention with a jaw-dropping eight-under, 64 on the second day and was all set to challenge the field for his third European Tour victory at the star-studded event.
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