Rose hoping that points make prizes

Justin Rose admits he feels like he stole a victory in last week’s WGC-HSBC Champions – but that will not stop him from trying to pinch the Race to Dubai title from Tommy Fleetwood.

Rose came from eight shots behind world No 1 Dustin Johnson in the final round to win his first tournament of the year in Shanghai, taking him from 10th to third on the money list.

The Olympic champion is still more than a million points behind his fellow Englishman, but 985,000 points are on offer for the winner of the Turkish Airlines Open in Antalya, where Rose won the precursor to the event – an eight-man matchplay competition – in 2012.

“Sunday was one of those fortunate days that you get once in a while in your career where you kind of feel like you steal a tournament,” Rose said.

“Starting the day you don’t expect Dustin Johnson to help you out so much, but you kind of know in the back of your mind that if you play a special round of golf, it’s still possible.

“I think maybe we’ve all had a win in our career that’s unexpected and certainly that was the case last week.

“It was one of those rounds where everything happened for me on the back nine.

“What I was pleased about is that when the opportunity presented itself, when I knew I was in a tournament, I managed to close out strongly.”