Rose rallies to win HSBC Champions

SHANGHAI — Justin Rose posed with the trophy from the balcony high above the 18th green at Sheshan International, a moment that didn’t seem possible.

He started the final round eight shots behind Dustin Johnson, the No. 1 player in the world.

“The beginning of the day, I was playing for second,” Rose said.

The HSBC Champions turned into a shocker in Shanghai when Johnson went into the PGA Tour record books for all the wrong reasons.

Instead of becoming the first player to win three World Golf Championships in one year, he tied a record for losing the largest lead in the final round. Six shots clear of the field, Johnson didn’t make a single birdie on a wild, wind-blown Sunday for a collapse that even Rose didn’t see coming.

Only when he saw a leaderboard behind the 14th green and realized he was three shots behind did Rose think he might have a chance. He got up-and-down with a tough bunker shot for birdie. He made a 10-foot par save at the 15th to stay in the game. He birdied the next two holes. CHAMPIONS: In Thousand Oaks, Calif., Bernhard Langer made a 30-foot birdie putt on the second playoff hole to beat Miguel Angel Jimenez in the PowerShares QQQ Championship on Sunday for his second victory in two events of the Charles Schwab Cup playoffs. SANDERSON: In Jackson, Miss., Ryan Armour shot a 4-under 68 to earn an impressive first career win at the Sanderson Farms Championship. The 41-yearold won for the first time in 105 career starts, finishing at 19-under for a five-shot victory over Chesson Hadley. LPGA: In Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Cristie Kerr made a 35-foot birdie putt for an evenpar 71 and a one-shot victory in the Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia.