CHON BURI, Thailand (Reuters) - Former world number one Lee Westwood surged to a 7 shot feat during a Thailand Golf Championship on a behind of a "best golf" of his stellar career on Sunday.
The Briton capped off another stimulating opening with his third win in Asia this deteriorate and is now set to pierce adult one place to second in a rankings behind English compatriot Luke Donald.
Westwood confirmed a corpulent lead he hold from day one and put paid to South African Charl Schwartzel's brief resurgence, carding a final day three-under-par 69 to finish 22-under on a notoriously wily course.
As U.S. Masters champion Schwartzel faded to a level-par 72 to finish second, Westwood extended his four-stroke lead to 7 to win with palliate during a Asian Tour's $1 million season-ending initial contest and nick his 37th career title.
Aside from his haphazard 73 on a third day, a former universe series one was in glorious form, flirting with golf's disdainful 59 bar with a 60 on day one followed by 64 to compare a Asian Tour's lowest-ever 36-hole total.
"I've vacant myself really," Westwood pronounced after falling his final putt on a 18th. "It's been staggering, it all came together well. It's substantially a best I've ever played."
The win follows victories in Indonesia, a Ballantine's Championship in South Korea and a Nedbank Golf Challenge in South Africa and will see him second behind compatriot Luke Donald when a central world rankings are published on Monday.
He has now won titles in 6 Asian countries - Thailand, Japan, Indonesia, Macau, Malaysia and South Korea.
POLISHED PERFORMANCE
Schwartzel's 4 bogeys meant he was never in row and his initial fumble during a eighth gave Westwood a possibility to widen his lead with some discriminating putting on a behind nine.
Westwood pronounced his initial 11 shot lead had played on his mind and he had to switch rigging to cope with a contrast Amata Spring Country Club march and safeguard a pretension stayed within his grasp.
"It was special this week since of a problem of a course. I've never had an 11 shot lead before and it was formidable to come out and refocus and reset goals," he pronounced of Saturday's slump.
"At 20 underneath after dual rounds, It's yours to remove unequivocally with an 11 shot lead. There was vigour involved. Yesterday, we didn't know how to proceed it or hoop it."
With his 4 wins this year, a 38-year-old pronounced he felt in improved form than he did when he surfaced a universe rankings though his disaster to win a vital would make it formidable to answer critics.
"I'm in a wily position since I've been so successful though not won a major. Anytime I've left a year but a major, people are always going to contend it's been a unsatisfactory year for Lee Westwood," he said.
"If we was to weigh a approach I'm personification now and a year ago, I'm a improved player."
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