Justin Rose drew on memories of last month's Ryder Cup singles defeat of Phil Mickelson to beat Lee Westwood by a stroke and capture the World Golf Final yesterday.
Rose, ranked No 5 in the world, went five under par to defeat fellow English golfer Westwood. Westwood birdied the last hole to score 67 to Rose's 66 on the Sultan Course at the Antalya Club.
Rose was never behind, starting with a first-hole birdie to end up three under par through the first nine holes and one ahead of Westwood.
Rose then went two ahead with a birdie at the tenth, and while Westwood then birdied the 16th to get back to one behind Rose, the world No 5 holed a 20-foot putt for a birdie at the 17th. It was a similar length putt to the one he holed at the 17th at Medinah in the United States to turn around his match against American rival Mickelson.
And a day before that, Rose had chipped in at the 17th to deny Tiger Woods a place in the final.
"The 17th green has been really good to me this week as I holed my second shot there yesterday and, of course, the 17th at Medinah turned around my match against Phil," Rose said.
"But you have to be pleased to go through this whole week after winning all my five matches.