MacIntyre upset the favorites and defeated Fitzpatrick in the playoffs

Scottish southpaw Robert MacIntyrewith a 64 (-7) leading him to a total of 270 (-14) in a tiebreaker in English Matt Fitzpatrickis done with Italian Opentournament of DP World Golf Tour which is played in the club Marco Simone of Romein what was his second victory on the European circuit.

In the field that will host the next edition of the Ryder Cup, although it will logically undergo some changes for the rivalry between Europe and the United States, MacIntyre returned to a victory that lacked him for almost two years, when he won the Aphrodite Hills Cyprus Showdown , his first victory on the continental circuit.

It was a long-suffering and well-deserved victory for the left-hander born 26 years ago in Oban (Scotland), as he started the final day three shots behind Fitzpatrick and became the clear leader after the first nine holes , where he scored six birdies (29 strokes) as the Englishman settled for par on all those holes.

In the second section, Fitzpatrick recovered and occasional punctures came from MacIntyre, which meant that with two holes to go, the Englishman was once again in the lead with an advantage. Emotions are at their highest.

And more so when the left-handed MacIntyre signed off with a birdie on the 18th that gave him a tie at the head and, more importantly, when Fitzpatrick followed up with a bogey on the 17th that left the Scotsman as sole leader (-14) in the clubhouse, after an excellent 64 (-7). The Englishman was on the ropes, needing a birdie on the 18th to make the playoffs. He got it, he made 67 (-4) and forced the extension.

The French can join the tiebreaker Victor Perez, who entered the day two shots off the lead, but missed a seemingly easy putt on the 18th, leaving him with a final card of 66 shots (-5), for a final -13. He finished third.

Previously, the Northern Irish world number 2 had given up all options Rory McIlroyone shot from the starting line and who, with a double bogey on the opening hole, definitely won himself the 16th with a bogey’ that left him, after 68 (-3), with the last – 11.

Jorge Campillo, top 10, best Spanish

In the tiebreaker, on the 18th hole (par 5), Fitzpatrick missed the teeing road, leaving MacIntyre ahead, who also reached the edge of the green on his second shot. The Scotsman’s third shot left the ball a meter from the hole, with a clear birdie option.

Fitzpatrick, for his part, risked everything on his third shot to get a birdie from about twenty feet, which he missed. Everything was left in the hands of MacIntyre, who did not fail and took the victory.

Amazing performance by the Spanish Jorge Campillowho finished ninth, with a total of 276 hits (-8), after the last card with 67 (-4). Santiago Tarrio is sixteenth, with 279 (-5), after 69 this Sunday; while Adrian Otaegui He finished fifteenth, with 281.