Wiesberger wins EPGA event in Korea

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Bernd Wiesberger of Austria shot a four-under-par 68 to secure his maiden European Tour golf victory with a five-stroke win at the co-sanctioned Ballantine’s Championship in the South Korean capital on Sunday.

The 26-year-old Wiesberger made four birdies on his way to claiming the win to become only the third Austrian to triumph on the European Tour after Markus Brier and Martin Wiegele.

“I played the best three rounds of my life over the last few days,” Wiesberger said. “My game plan was to hit as many greens as possible and give myself birdie putts.

“I had bad pace early on today and left a few short, but they dropped in the end.”

Wiesberger finished at 18-under, five strokes ahead of Richie Ramsay of Scotland, who shot a 65 to equal the course record on Sunday.

Victor Dubuisson, who had led after the first round, finished third alongside Australian Marcus Fraser who began the day in second place but shot 70.

Adam Scott, the world No.12 and the highest-ranked player at the event, finished 12th after shooting a 65, his best round of the week.

“You can always take confidence from playing well,” Scott said, bouncing back from the disappointment of a 76 on Friday.

“It’s nice to be able to get some birdies, hit some good shots and I’ll take that stuff back with me to the States.

“There are three majors left this year, and the Players Championship amongst other things - lots to play for.”

Wiesberger went 55 holes without dropping a shot during the tournament, after making a double-bogey on the par-three 13th in his first round.

His victory gives him his European Tour playing card until the end of 2014.

Englishman Paul Casey continued to step up his comeback from a shoulder injury and finished 25th on five-under, shooting one-under-par for the day.

Spaniard Miguel Angel Jimenez managed his first top-five finish of the season with 10-under.