Sunday 30 October 2016 10:25, UK
Hideki Matsuyama fired a blemish-free final round to ease to a seven-shot victory at the WGC-HSBC Champions in Shanghai.
The world No 10 posted six birdies on his way to a six-under 66 at Sheshan International to extend his overnight cushion and become the first Japanese player to win a World Golf Championship title.
A joint-low round-of-the-day 65 from Henrik Stenson secured him a share of second with Daniel Berger and lifted him above Danny Willett at the top of the Race to Dubai standings, as Rory McIlroy ended the week tied fourth.
Taking a three-shot lead in to the final round, Matsuyama opened with a birdie-three at the first and added gains at the fifth and seventh to extend his advantage to four strokes at the turn.
Berger matched Matsuyama's front-nine 33 but carded a bogey-five at the 10th, as last week's CIMB Classic runner-up increased his lead with a hat-trick of gains from the 13th.
Matsuyama's second successive bogey-free card appeared under threat when his approach in to the last rolled in to the hazard, only for the leader to get up-and-down to save par from 10 feet and complete a third victory of 2016.
"Winning today I feel has got me closer to being able to compete a lot better in the major tournaments," Matsuyama said. "My next goal is to win a major and I'm going to do all that I can to prepare well for that."
Stenson and Berger were Matsuyama's closest challengers on 16 under, with McIlroy joining Bill Haas a shot further back after missing a three-foot birdie putt at the last.
A bogey-free 68 lifted Rickie Fowler in a tie-for-sixth with Ross Fisher and Francesco Molinari, as defending champion Russell Knox struggled to a closing 74 to end tied-ninth with Sergio Garcia.
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