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Mickelson rallies to win HSBC Champions

Thousands of admirers acquired a aqueduct at the access to the HSBC Champions, all of them acquisitive to see the Sunday showdown at Sheshan International amid Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods.

The Shanghai surprise? Woods angry out to be alone a spectator, too.

Mickelson congenital a six-shot advance over the world's No. 1 amateur on the foreground nine, again rallied to exhausted addition accustomed foe, Ernie Els, with two clamp putts for a one-shot achievement in the final Apple Golf Championship of the year.

Mickelson bankrupt with a 3-under 69 and won for the aboriginal time arena with Woods in the final group.

Even with Woods out of the account - he attempt 72 and anguish up 5 shots abaft - Mickelson provided his accepted dosage of entertainment.

Trailing by one shot, Mickelson whiffed on a chancy bomb attempt beneath the 16th green, alone to save par with conceivably his best putt of the year, an 18-foot slider that alone on its final turn. He followed that with a 10-foot baboon on the 17th, which angry out to be the aberration if Els hit into the baptize on the par-5 18th and fabricated bogey.

"We all accepted that Tiger and myself would be cutting in the mid-60s and cull abroad a little bit," Mickelson said. "And yet, our accumulation was not authoritative any birdies. It was the groups in foreground of us. And I was actual advantageous to appear out on top by a shot. But this feels terrific, because I had to action actual harder throughout the day. Nothing came easy."

That was decidedly accurate for Woods.

He looked out of sorts from the start, missing baboon putts of 4 anxiety and 10 feet, again demography bifold bogey on the par-3 fourth if he hit into a aqueduct larboard of the blooming area association on the added ancillary commonly dump their garbage.

Hearing a alternation of camera shutters in the average of his exhausted on No. 7 acquired him to hit his tee attempt into a acquainted lie in the bunker, and it took Woods three shots to awning the final 75 yards and ability the blooming for addition bogey.

"Anything that could go amiss went amiss for me today," Woods said. "Just one of those days."

It concluded with a block too able that went down the coffer and into the baptize on the 18th, again accepting to delay for Mickelson to tap in for par and airing off the blooming to affectionate applause.

In the endure four times Woods has played in the final accumulation dating to the PGA Championship in August, he has won alone once. And the endure three times he and Mickelson accept played calm in the final round, Lefty has appear out on top every time.

"I didn't absolutely anticipate cutting even par today," Woods said. "The guys took it deep, and I didn't."

Mickelson accomplished at 17-under 271 and becoming $1.2 actor for his fourth achievement of the year, analogous his career-best. And while the PGA Tour does not calculation this Apple Golf Championship as official, it abiding acquainted that way.

"It would be abundant if it would count, but it doesn't yield abroad from the actuality that I exhausted 15 of the 20 best players in the world, and the acceptable activity of accepting this trophy," he said.

Mickelson became the fourth amateur to win assorted WGC events, and he abutting Woods as the alone players to win two in one year. Mickelson aswell won the CA Championship at Doral by one attempt over Nick Watney, the added amateur in the final leash Sunday. Watney, calm in the face of so abounding cameras and so abundant movement, birdied the endure two holes for a 71 and accomplished fifth.

Els put calm a beauteous allegation on a mild afternoon, traveling out in 30 to cull aural one attempt and demography the absolute advance with a baboon on the par-5 14th. He was on the border of a advance almanac and his aboriginal achievement in about 20 months, arch by one with his tee attempt burst down the average of the 18th fairway.

His was 218 yards away, his brawl on a downslope. Els didn't anticipate 4-iron was enough, and 3-iron ability yield him over the blooming and down the coffer into the water. The South African autonomous to hit a top cut with his 5-wood and "basically duffed it."

It landed in the average of the pond.

"But I can't anticipate about that," said Els, who started the annular seven shots behind. "For me to appear aback all the way, to in fact allotment the advance at that point, was absolutely nice. I'm aghast about that, but I'm traveling to absolutely anticipate about the 63 I shot."

He had to achieve for a allotment of the advance record, akin beforehand by Rory McIlroy, who accomplished fourth, and Daisuke Maruyama. It was far added allusive to McIlroy, the 20-year-old from Northern Ireland who has accomplished a part of the top 5 in six of his endure seven tournaments to move to No. 2 in the Race to Dubai on the European Tour.

Ryan Moore, who alone able for the HSBC Champions by acceptable his aboriginal PGA Tour accident in August, bankrupt with a 68 to accomplishment third, two shots abaft Mickelson. It should be abundant to move him into the top 50 in the world.

"That's my ambition every tournament, even just traveling into the weekend, to just accept a adventitious to be in the mix of things," Moore said. "And I did that this week."

Mickelson has won the HSBC Champions alert in three years, while Woods has yet to win. Even sweeter is arena with Woods, although Lefty didn't apprehend it was the aboriginal time he had won while arena with Woods in the endure group.

"It consistently feels acceptable to win any tournament, but absolutely if you accept a adventitious to go head-to-head," he said. "Although, I apperceive he didn't play his best today."