SHANGHAI — Germany's Marcel Siem battled blustery conditions and a touch of nerves over the closing holes Sunday to secure the BMW Masters with a dramatic chip-in at the first playoff hole. France's Alexander Levy started the day five shots clear of Siem but was unable to cope with winds gusting to near gale force and slumped to a six-over par round of 78. He finished tied for the lead on 16-under with Siem, who shot 73 on the par-72 Lake Malaren course, and England's Ross Fisher. The round of the day belonged to Fisher, who shot a five-under 67 to claw back 11 shots on Levy and get into the playoff. No one else in the 78-man field managed better than 69 Sunday as the wind bared its teeth after three days of low-scoring in windless, soft conditions. The trio trouped back to the 18th to go head-to-head into the fierce wind. Both Fisher and Levy found the putting surface but Siem came up short in the thick rough at the 471-yard closing par four. But the German found the cup with his sand wedge to a huge roar from the galleries. Both Fisher and Levy then missed their own birdie putts and Siem could gratefully claim his fourth European Tour victory and his second via a playoff. Tied for fourth on 15-under par were Ryder Cup stars Jamie Donaldson and Justin Rose. Donaldson started the day on 18-under par but fell back after finding the water at both the sixth and the 12th holes, eventually carding a 75. Rose returned a respectable level-par 72 in the conditions, but will probably cast his mind back to Thursday's first round when he carded a triple bogey eight at the straightforward par-five 13th. Park wins LPGA Taiwan Inbee Park won the LPGA Taiwan Championship Sunday for her third victory of the year and 12th career title, holding off Stacy Lewis by two strokes at Miramar. Six days after regaining the No. 1 spot in the world from Lewis, the South Korean closed with a 1-under 71 in misty rain to finish at 22-under 266. Park opened with rounds of 64, 62 and 69 to take a four-stroke lead over Lewis and China's Shanshan Feng into the final round. The second-ranked Lewis, also a three-time winner this year, shot a 69. After Lewis birdied the par-4 16th to pull within one, Park birdied the par-3 17th to regain her two-stroke lead. Her only other birdies came on the first two holes and she bogeyed the last two holes on the front nine. Third-ranked Lydia Ko was third at 17 under after a 66, the best score in the final round. Spain's Azahara Munoz had a 69 to finish fourth at 16 under Feng closed with a 76 to drop into a tie for sixth at 13 under. Moore retains CIMB Classic American Ryan Moore won the CIMB Classic at the Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club Sunday, successfully defending the title he won last year. Moore started the final day tied for the lead with countryman Kevin Na but finished three shots clear of the field at 17-under-par after closing with a 67. His final round featured eight birdies and although he also made three bogeys, the 31-year-old held his composure to claim his fourth career PGA Tour title. Spain's Sergio Garcia drained a long par putt on the final hole to finish with a 69 in a three-way tie for second. Na rebounded from a double-bogey on the penultimate hole to birdie the last and sign for a 70, joining Garcia and Gary Woodland at 14 under. Woodland carded a 67 but missed his chance to finish outright second when he bogeyed the last. — Agencies
