Rose prevails in stunning comeback over Johnson

SHANGHAI — Justin Rose took advantage of a record-tying collapse by Dustin Johnson and rallied from eight shots behind to win the HSBC Champions.

Johnson, the world’s No. 1 player going for his third World Golf Championships title of the year, lost a six-shot lead on Sunday. That matched the PGA Tour record for largest blown lead in the final round, most recently by Sergio Garcia at Quail Hollow in 2005, and most famously by Greg Norman in the 1996 Masters.

A one-man show turned into a four-man race, and Rose seized the surprising opportunity in a wild, wind-blown final round.

He shot 31 on the back nine, getting into the game with birdies on the 13th and 14th before saving par with a 10-foot putt on the 15th, then taking the lead with a birdie on the reachable par-4 16th and perhaps his best shot of the day into three feet on the par-3 17th.

It added to a 5-under 67, and he wound up winning by two shots.

Johnson, who made 22 birdies through 54 holes in building his six-shot lead, didn’t make one in the final round.

Johnson carded a 77, his worst closing round with the lead since an 82 at Pebble Beach in the 2010 U.S. Open.

Rose two-putted from long range on the 18th for par to finish at 14-under 274 and win for the first time since capturing the gold medal at the Olympics last summer in Rio de Janeiro. Rose now has won every year since 2010.

Johnson tied for second with Henrik Stenson (70) and Brooks Koepka (71).