Tiger Woods celebrated his first visit Down Under in 11 years with a win at the Australian Masters Sunday, the world No. 1 banishing his swing demons in time to hold off a dogged local field by two strokes. Woods, joint leader overnight with Australia's James Nitties and Greg Chalmers, carded a four-under 68 to finish with a 14-under total of 274 in bright sunshine at Kingston Heath Golf Club. Chalmers finished second on 276, with American Jason Dufner and France's Francois Delamontagne two shots further back at the A$1.5 million ($1.4 million) co-sanctioned tournament. “It was a great day today,” Woods, wearing the tournament's ‘gold jacket', told reporters after a five-birdie one-bogey round that was followed by a large share of the 25,000 spectators at Kingston Heath. “Now I've won on every continent which is nice, except for Antarctica ... To have won on every playable continent is something I've always wanted to do, and now I've done that.” He won for the seventh time this year, and the 82nd time worldwide in his career. Australia is the 13th country where he has won an individual event. More than 100,000 fans who passed through the gates of Kingston Heath gave him rock-star treatment. After wayward driving and putting saw Woods cast a dejected figure on Saturday, the 14-times major champion quickly found his groove during the final round with a birdie on the par-five first after splitting the fairway with his drive. A pair of sublime iron shots on the fifth and sixth holes – the first landing within three feet of the pin, the next two feet closer – put Woods two strokes clear of the field. Australia's Adam Scott finished strongly with a three-under 69 finish joint sixth six strokes behind, while former US Open champion Geoff Ogilvy ended up 14 shots off the winner. Bourdy wins HK Open France's Gregory Bourdy survived a late challenge from rising star Rory McIlroy Sunday to win the Hong Kong Open, securing a berth at the European Tour's year-end championship in Dubai. The Frenchman made four birdies and a bogey for a 3-under 67 in the last round and a 19-under 261 total to clinch his third European Tour title by two strokes. The win also moves him into the top 60 on the money list, qualifying him for Dubai. The $2.5 million Hong Kong tournament is the final stop before the $7.5 million Race to Dubai comes to a conclusion next month. Second place was enough for McIlroy to move to the top of the tour's money list. McIlroy faltered late on the back nine, narrowly missing out on the Hong Kong title the second consecutive year. He lost a playoff to Lin Wen-tang last year. Overnight leader Bourdy said he tried to focus on his own score and avoided looking at the leaderboard until the 18th. McIlroy finished 6-under for the day and 17 under for the tournament. Despite the loss, McIlroy overtook Lee Westwood to lead the money race going into Dubai. Westwood continued to struggle on the greens at the 6,702-yard course at the Hong Kong Golf Club in Fanling, shooting a 4-over 74 to finish the tournament 1 under. Dutchman Robert-Jan Derksen finished to share third with Italy's Francesco Molinari at 16 under. After finishing in a share of 11th place, Thailand's Thongchai Jaidee built up an insurmountable lead to win a record third Asian Tour Order of Merit title with two more events remaining. The Thai player also won in 2001 and 2004. Wie grabs share of lead Michelle Wie, seeking her first LPGA tour title, seized a share of the lead in the 1.1 million-dollar Lorena Ochoa Invitational Saturday with a two-under par 70. Wie shared the lead on 10-under 206 with fellow-American Cristie Kerr, who carded a 67. Overnight leader Jiyai Shin was a stroke back after a 74. She was joined on 207 by American Paula Creamer, who shot a 71, and first-round leader Song-Hee Kim of South Korea, who posted a 70. Taiwan's Yani Tseng posted a 69 for 209. Ochoa, who has won Player of the Year for three straight years, carded a 72 Saturday to lie six adrift.
