Wu Ashun became the first Chinese player to win a European Tour event on home soil on Sunday as David Howell bogeyed the 72nd hole of the Volvo China Open.

Raphael Jacquelin claimed his second European Tour title with a two-stroke victory in the BMW Asian Open at Tomson Shanghai Pudong Golf Club today.

Colin Montgomerie was satisfied with a second-round 70 which kept him in the hunt at the halfway point of the BMW Asian Open at the Tomson Shanghai Pudong Golf Club.

Asian Open defending champion Padraig Harrington was far from unhappy despite shooting his second-successive level-par round of 72.