Scott hit the ball beautifully the entire day and watched one putt after another turn away from the hole.
"One chip, one putt, that's his game, " said John Ho, an owner of Guan's home course in Guangzhou, Lion Lake Country Club.
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They are excellent putters as McIlroy had only one three-putt all weekend, that coming on the 71st hole.
That gave Londoner Wall a chance to tie for second and he did it in dramatic fashion with a 35-foot birdie putt - one which qualifies him for the Open at Hoylake in two weeks' time.
This one came up shorter than he wanted, but the putt was true.
No one with a bad back would have to crouch to putt.
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But the books they use are so detailed they almost read themselves, and there is no one a player like Tiger Woods trusts more to read a putt them himself.
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Scott rammed home a 25-foot birdie putt on the 17th hole for a 69 and was one shot behind.
The experienced players know the matches are decided by one or two crucial moments, such as someone holing a vital putt, or squeezing a half when it looked like they were going to lose, or making a silly error.
The last one he made was on Thursday when he missed a 4-foot putt.
Winged Foot was designed by A.W. Tillinghast in 1923 and hosted its first U.S. Open six years later, when amateur Bobby Jones delivered one of the biggest shots in championship history with a 12-foot putt on the final hole to force a 36-hole playoff.
That gave Choi one last chance to even the score on the 18th, but she pulled her birdie putt wide by an inch.
The Northern Irishman won 16 to reduce the deficit to one shot but Lowry, ranked 68, held firm to sink a four-foot putt at the last to claim a famous triumph.
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Scotland's Marc Warren had led for most of the final day, but four bogeys in his last five holes meant he finished in a tie for fourth -- one shot away from making the playoff as he was left to rue a three-putt at 18.
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