Donaldson wins Abu Dhabi championship
Jamie Donaldson won the Abu Dhabi Championship by 1 shot on Sunday.
ABU DHABI: Donaldson won, with Justin Rose narrowly missing a birdie putt on the 18th which would have forced a playoff.
Rose s eight-foot putt rimmed out of the hole, giving the Welshman his second European Tour victory.
Trailing by two strokes before the final round, the 47th-ranked Donaldson opened with a birdie and had two more on Nos. 9 and 11. Rose, who had led all week, bogeyed the fifth and then lost the lead after a bogey on the 11th.
Rose also bogeyed the 16th after an errant drive before Donaldson missed a five-foot putt on No. 18 that reduced the lead to one.
Rose shared second with Thorbjorn Olesen of Denmark who also failed to force a playoff on the 18th.
