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Golf-South African rookie Norris wins Asian Tour event in Taiwan (Reuters)

Oct 11 (Reuters) - South African Shaun Norris won his first Asian Tour title after firing a closing four-under-par 68 to overhaul Filipino Miguel Tabuena and claim the weather-truncated Tournament Players Championship in Taiwan on Sunday.

Norris battled through windy conditions at the Linkou International Golf and Country Club to edge overnight leader Tabuena (73) by two shots and claim the $500,000 tournament that was reduced to 54 holes after bad weather on Friday.

"Words can't describe how I feel with this win. I've been playing well as of late and I wanted to win something in Asia so this is a dream come true," said the 33-year-old Asian Tour rookie, who battled through qualifying school in January.