JAKARTA — Briton Lee Westwood made it an Indonesian Masters hat trick by winning the Asian Tour title Sunday but only after surviving a playoff with Thai Chapchai Nirat after blowing a five-shot lead. The former world No. 1, winner of the event on his two previous appearances in 2011 and 2012, could only muster a final round of one-over-par 73 and seven-under total of 281 after letting slip the healthy overnight advantage. He had the opportunity to register victory on the par-five 18th only to fail with a birdie effort, meaning a playoff with Chapchai, who produced a sparkling 66 after snapping an iron against a tree early in Saturday's third round. The Englishman made no mistake on the 18th in the playoff, however, notching a birdie on the first extra hole to edge out the four-times Asian Tour winner Chapchai. Australian Kalem Richardson finished third after a strong 66 left him at six-under, with Dane Thomas Bjorn (70) a further shot back in fourth and former U.S. PGA Champion Yang Yong-eun (71) in a share of fifth. Wu wins Volvo China Open China's Wu Ashun shot a one-under par 71 Sunday to break a logjam at the top of the leaderboard and secure an historic victory in the Volvo China Open in Shanghai. Wu, who recorded a four day total of 279, or nine under par, became the first Chinese player to win a European Tour event held in China. England's David Howell finished second in the $3.2 million tournament, shooting a final round 72 to finish at 280. Alexander Levy of France, the defending champion, slipped to a one over 73 and finished in a three-way tie for third at 281 with Emiliano Grillo of Argentina and Prom Meesawat of Thailand. Henderson stays on top In San Francisco, Canadian teenager Brooke Henderson clung to a one-shot lead in the Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic Saturday after an even-par 72 in the third round. Henderson, who had seized the lead on Friday with a sizzling 65, had a 54-hole total of nine-under par 207 and a one-stroke lead over American Morgan Pressel and South Korea's Kwak Min-seo. Pressel carded a five-under 67, while Kwak posted a 69 for 208. They were two strokes in front of world No. 1 Lydia Ko of New Zealand, the first-round leader who posted a one-under 71 for 210. Henderson, a 17-year-old seeking her first tour win after turning pro this year, stretched her lead to as many as five strokes, but faltered down the stretch. Day, Compton share lead Australian Jason Day and Erik Compton shared the lead Saturday when the third round of the US PGA Tour's Zurich Classic was halted by darkness. Day, ranked sixth in the world, had seized a one-stroke halfway lead earlier Saturday when he completed a second-round 65 for a 12-under par total of 132. Compton vaulted into a share of the lead on 13-under par thanks to four birdies in his first five holes of the third round. After weather delays on the first two days, third-round action was halted Saturday for five hours and 43 minutes by more storms. — Agencies
