Swede back to stake his claim to title
He blew the course apart last year, and he must fancy his chances again.
Sweden's Patrik Sjoland (left) pipped Ian Woosnam to the Hong Kong Open title last November by making the biggest putt after the best round of his life.
It all came together for the 29- year-old who fired a course record 62 to take a four-stroke lead into the final round, and then beat Welshman 'Woosie' in a nerve-wracking finish.
He had to make a five-foot putt to win after, at one stage, being seven strokes in front.
'To sink that putt to win was a great feeling,' he said.
Sjoland's breakthrough win on the European Tour was in the 1998 Italian Open, which he won in a canter by three strokes. He added his second win on the Tour last July, when he beat fellow Swede Fredrik Jacobson by two strokes in the Irish Open.
After his record-breaking round last year, Sjoland said: 'I don't think I can play any better than that.' Woosnam and 1999 British Open winner Paul Lawrie will be hoping he's right.
