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(China Daily) Updated: 2017-02-14 07:16

EUROPEAN TOUR

Zanotti rallies for Kuala Lumpur win

Fabrizio Zanotti of Paraguay shot a final-round 63 after closing with a birdie and an eagle to win his second European Tour title at the Maybank Championship in Malaysia.

Zanotti began the day six shots off the lead at Saujana Golf and Country Club in Kuala Lumpur but a birdie on the 71st hole put him top of the leaderboard for the first time all week.

He claimed a one-shot victory over American David Lipsky, who closed with a 67.

On the par-5 18th, Zanotti was on the green in two and rolled in a 15-foot putt for eagle.

"It feels really good to be a winner again. I've been working a lot and I was not in my best run of form, missing three cuts in a row," he said. "But that's in the past and today I'm a winner again and it feels great."

WEB.COM TOUR

Tracy tracks down first tour triumph

Ethan Tracy won the Club Colombia Championship on Sunday for his first Web.com Tour title, holing out from 101 yards for eagle on the 18th to get into a playoff and beating Roberto Diaz with a 20-foot birdie putt on the par-5 on the second extra hole.

"I was just grateful to be in the playoff," Tracy said. "Somehow, I made a great shot, and I was fortunate that it went in. I capitalized on a good shot in the playoff with a great putt. Overall, the 18th was pretty good to me."

Tracy also birdied the par-4 17th in a closing 6-under 65 at Bogota Country Club.

Diaz, from Mexico, birdied the 16th and 18th for a 64. They finished at 13-under 271.

LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR

Reid all about it at blustery Vic Open

Melissa Reid of England sank a three-foot par putt on the third playoff hole on Sunday to beat Germany's Sandra Gal and win the Vic Open, the season-opening event on the Ladies European Tour.

Gal, who closed with a 69 in cool and blustery conditions, and third-round leader Reid, who shot 72 on Sunday, finished with 16-under 276s on the Thirteenth Beach golf links in Australia.

American Angel Yin (68) and Australian Su Oh (72) were two strokes behind and tied for third.

The first-round leader, English veteran Laura Davies, shot 76 and finished 13 strokes behind. The women's event was held in conjunction with the Australian PGA tour's men's Vic Open, teeing off in alternate groups.

In the men's event, Dimitrios Papadatos shot a closing 71 for a two-stroke victory over fellow Australians Adam Bland (70) and Jake McLeod (75). Papadatos had a 16-under total of 272.

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