Hong Kong Open: awesome Wade Ormsby completes dominant wire-to-wire triumph in Fanling
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The irrepressible Australian became only the competition’s second wire-to-wire winner courtesy of an assured final round of four-under-par 66, but in truth, such was his dominance here, he looked as though he had the tournament sewn up long before he took the standing ovation of a packed 18th hole gallery on Sunday evening.
“I felt like the pressure was on all week, Ormsby said. “I’m proud of the way I played this week and it’s nice to get 2020 off to a flying start.
He appeared to offer a glimmer of hope to the field after hole one when he uncharacteristically bogeyed the opener – just his fifth dropped shot of the week. But any motivation his rivals may have drawn from that aberration was soon snuffed out as he birdied the following three holes straight.
“The first four shots up the first weren’t that good [today], but after that I really got it going,” he said.