World number one Dustin Johnson imploded and Justin Rose stormed back from eight shots behind overnight to win the $9.75 million WGC-HSBC Champions by two strokes in a thrilling finale in Shanghai on Sunday. The Englishman Rose, who started the concluding day joint fourth, fired a 67 to finish 14-under-par 274 and somehow emerge victorious from a nail-biting four-way fight that also included Henrik Stenson and Brooks Koepka. A demoralised Johnson finished tied second with Stenson and Koepka after a horror five-over-par 77. Under normal conditions, the odds would have been on Johnson. But Rose said swirling wind blowing through Sheshan Golf Club meant the conditions were ripe to pull off the biggest comeback of his career.

Justin Rose