Li finishes 5th after fine week
By China Daily | China Daily | Updated: 2013-03-04 07:52
Chinese teenager Li Haotong rounded off the best week of his short professional career with a 69 to post a 14-under total of 274 and finish joint-fifth at the NZ$600,000 ($495,000) PGA Championship in Queenstown.
New Zealand No 1 Michael Hendry (67) lifted the trophy for a second year after beating Australian Scott Strange (66) in a playoff, both players finished 19-under.
Li, 17, made headlines with his career-low 65 on Friday and a 66 on Saturday that put him in contention going into the final round of his New Zealand debut.
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