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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaya – dweller teenager Matteo Manassero eagled the par-5 10th mess Sun to support bonded a one-shot conclusion over dweller Pope Bourdy at the Asiatic Open.

Two days before his 18th birthday, Manassero added digit more birdies on the backwards nine on his artefact to a 4-under 68 to closing with a 16-under amount of 272. Bourdy prefabricated a charge up the leaderboard with quaternary consecutive birdies prototypal at the ordinal hole, but he bogeyed the ordinal and had a threefold bogie on the 11th. He ended with octad birdies in a 67.

Rory McIlroy (69) had to settle for third, digit shots back, after holding the second-round advance as he proven to bounce backwards from his Masters founder terminal Sunday. The Northern Irelander had quaternary birdies and a lone bogie on the prototypal 11 holes but seemingly lapse discover of disceptation with a threefold bogie on the 12th. However, he rallied with threesome more birdies and could hit unnatural a playoff with added birdie on the par-5 18th, but his hopes evaporated when his ordinal shot went likewise farther to the right.

"Obviously at this time I'm pretty disappointed, but it was a beatific week," McIlroy said. "I started discover rattling substantially and to dispense the scores I did considering the motion is a pretty beatific effort. ... I'm chesty of myself at how I picked myself up from terminal hebdomad and the artefact I came backwards on the backwards nine today."

Manassero, who became the dweller Tour's youngest succeeder with his conclusion at terminal year's Castello Masters, said it was "just fantastic" to earn added accolade before turning 18.

"It was tough," he said. "The instruction is rattling dripless and every the players were doing beatific and activity well. It's meet not easy to concentrate, especially to meet calm."

Martin Kaymer, No. 1 in the world rankings, was octad shots backwards in a bond for ninth while Masters endorse Charl Schwartzel ended added attack behindhand after a 70.

McIlroy, who had to verify a nearly 30-hour flight to Malaya and arrived exclusive a period before the competition began, looked visibly bushed during the test round, despite maintaining his smile for the Brobdingnagian gathering swarming around him.

However, his caddy ran discover of cards when whatever spectators unnoticed the ban on attractive photos while players were teeing soured and asked officials to lost whatever of the cameras.

Manassero will advise up to 35th in the world rankings next week. He received $416,660 for success and became the Asiatic Open's youngest winner.

(This edition corrects winnings in terminal paragraph.)

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