Rose beats Westwood to win World Cup Final

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Justin Rose defeated Lee Westwood by a stroke and capture the World Golf Final.

13 October,2012 04:14 am

Justin Rose drew on memories of last months Ryder Cup singles defeat of Phil Mickelson to also defeat fellow England golfer Lee Westwood by a stroke and capture the World Golf Final on Friday.The World No. 5 ranked Rose shot a round of a five-under par 66 to defeat Westwood who birdied the last hole in a score of 67 on the Sultan Course at the Antalya Club.Rose was never behind in his match starting with a first hole birdie and then to be three under par through nine holes and one ahead of Westwood.Rose then went two ahead with a birdie at 10 and while Westwood then birdied the 16th to get back to one behind Rose, the World No. 5 holed a 20-foot putt for birdie at the 17th, and a near similar length putt he holed at the same hole in the singles at Medinah to turn around his match against USA rival Mickelson.A day earlier, Rose had chipped in at the 17th to deny Tiger Woods a place in the final of the $US 5.2million eventThe 17th green has been really good to me this week as I holed my second shot there yesterday and, of course, the 17th at Medinah turned around my match against Phil, Rose said.But you have to be pleased to go through this whole week after winning all my five matches.So to not get beaten at all in the group stage and then to win the two finals is a great feeling and its been a great week.My golf is just so consistent at the moment and the main thing is that I just dont have any skeletons in the closet, and I dont have that loose shot that is plaguing me all the time.So all aspects of my game can pull through for me at different times and I feel as though Ive got something every day to lean on.The prize cheque is Roses highest-ever in his 14-year pro career and $560,000 more than his prize in capturing the 2011 BMW Championship.