By IANS
Dongguan (China) : Jyoti Randhawa and Gaurav Ghei ended their Omega Mission Hills World Cup campaign with a modest one-under 71 that saw them finish tied 17th place after the four-day tournament.
The final round showing was way off their first and third round performances, but their second-round three-over 75 pulled them down badly.
Colin Montgomerie and Marc Warren delivered Scotland’s first ever triumph in the World Cup after edging Americans Boo Weekley and Heath Slocum in a thrilling play-off Sunday.
The Scots, who started the final round one stroke back of the unheralded American duo, won the US$5 million team event with a par on the third hole of a sudden-death shoot-out at Mission Hills Golf Club. Victory was sweet for Scotland as it made up for last year’s disappointment of finishing runner-up to Germany.
China enjoyed their best finish in the World Cup with trailblazers Zhang Lian-wei and Liang Wen-chong shooting a four-under-par 68 in the foursomes to finish tied 11th on a 17-under-par 271, eight shots behind winners Scotland.
They were the joint best Asian team alongside Korea’s Lee Sung and Lee Seung-ho in the 28-team competition that will stay in Mission Hills for the next 12 years.
Montgomerie, a stalwart in Europe’s recent Ryder Cup triumphs, and Warren combined superbly to shoot a six-under-par 66 in the final round’s foursomes and set the clubhouse target of 25-under-par 263 which Weekley and Slocum matched with their closing 67.
Montgomerie, 44, paid a tribute to 18-years younger Warren after the latter pulled off a pressure-packed 12-foot par save in the first extra hole to keep the Scots firmly in the tournament. Warren had also holed an eight-foot eagle putt on the 15th hole that propelled them to the top of the leaderboard.
Frenchman Raphael Jacquelin and Gregory Havret shot a flawless 67 to finish third, one shot shy of the play-off teams while England’s Justin Rose and Ian Poulter, the pre-tournament favourites, settled for fourth place, also after a 67.