Kapur finishes tied 13th at the Yen Dunlop Phoenix tournament

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Shiv Kapur's putting magic returned at the right time as he birdied three of the last five holes to finish tied 13th at the USD 200 million Yen Dunlop Phoenix tournament.

MIYAZAKI: Shiv Kapur's putting magic returned at the right time as he birdied three of the last five holes to finish with his first under-par card of the week and climb to tied 13th at the USD 200 million Yen Dunlop Phoenix tournament.

Kapur, who has had a great year, carded a final round of two-under 68 to total one-over 281.

The young Indian golfer had a birdie on the second after which he three-putted on fourth for a bogey. He had another bogey on seventh and then suddenly his putting touch seemed to have returned on the 14th as he single putted for birdies on 14th, 16th and 18th to climb to two-under 68 for tied 13th.

Meanwhile, Ireland's Padraig Harrington inflicted on Tiger Woods a rare defeat in a play-off to win his first title in Japan after a sensational birdie on the second play-off hole.

Harrington found himself in the rough after a poor tee shot, but he hit a brilliant second shot through a narrow gap in a tree and then pitched to less than two feet to leave himself a tap-in for birdie. With Woods missing a 10-footer for birdie, Harrington tapped in and clinched the title.

Woods, who was tied for lead with Harrington and was attempting a third straight title in Miyazaki, had to be satisfied with his second successive second place in as many weeks. He was beaten by Korea's Yang Yong-eun at HSBC Champions last week.

Woods was looking to become only the second player after Japan's Jumbo Ozaki to win the Dunlop Phoenix three straight years. Ozaki won it from 1994 to 1996.