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The postman delivers: Matt Ford retains European Tour card with clutch performance

You have to love guys like England’s Matt Ford. They’re the dreamers, players who’ll go to extraordinary lengths to try to fulfil boyhood ambitions.

The 37-year-old did just that with a brilliant performance in the UBS Hong Kong Open. No matter what happens to him in future, he can say he succeeded on the European Tour.

Justin Rose won the tournament. He picked up his eighth European Tour win by a shot over Denmark's Lucas Bjerregaard with a 17-under-par total of 263. He took the $319,000 first-place check and moved to fourth on the European Tour money list.