“I also really enjoyed playing with Wu again and who knows if I would have played so well playing with anyone else. Playing with him made me so relaxed as we just enjoyed ourselves like during our national team training days.”

　　Chan was unable to continue the recent run of success by Chinese Taipei players, who had won four of the previous five events on the Omega China Tour.

　　The 31-year-old secured his third top-three finish after finishing joint-runner with compatriot Hsu Mong-nan in the season-opening Guangzhou Championship and third in the Dell Championship in Xiamen, won by Li.

　　The Omega Championship was held for the first time at the 27-hole Beijing Longxi Hotspring Golf Club after two successful editions at the Tianan Golf Club, also in the capital, when Liang Wenchong and Zhang Lianwei emerged as champions.

　　Liao was crowned as the 2008 Omega Order of Merit champion and a host of other award winners were honoured during Sunday evening’s Omega China Tour Gala Dinner at the Sofitel Wanda Beijing.