the German golfer Yannick Pauldebutant on the European Tour (DP World Tour), was proclaimed this Sunday the winner of the Majorcan Opena tournament played at the Son Muntaner field in Palma and closes the Spanish tour before the next event, the Masters in Portugal.
Paul delivered on the final day of the card with 72 hits (+1) (269 in the tournament as a whole) to become the second German athlete to win in the 2022 season, after Maximilian Kiefferwinner in the Czech Republic in August.
The German golfer is tied at -14 on the 18th hole with his countryman Nicolai von Dellingshausen, Englishman Paul Waring and New Zealander Ryan Fox.
Just when it looked like the Mallorca Open would be decided by a tiebreaker, Yannick Paul He closed his performance with a ‘birdie’ (a shot below par for the hole) that gave him victory.
Paul prevailed against all matches in Palma, and he did so, breaking a four-game winning streak by Spanish players in DP World Tour tournaments played in Spain, after the success this year of Pablo Larrazábal, Adri Arnaus, Jon Rahm and Adrián Otaegui.
The national golf representatives were very far from the top positions during the four days of competition, except for the temporary third place of Alexander Canizares last Thursday.
The man from Madrid finished thirty-seventh in the standings, tied with the man from Gran Canaria Rafa Cabrera-Bello, both totaled 278 hits and were -6 on Sunday.
The best placed Spanish is Alvaro Quiros (30th), who finished the final 18 holes with a -7 for a 277 shot total. Further back in the standings is Santiago Ben Tarrio (47th, 280 ), Sebastian Garcia (47º, 280) and Adrian Otaegui (47th, 280), they all have -4 hits.
On the Son Muntaner course, 120 golfers competed for one of the 60 places for the grand final of the European Tour to be held from November 17 to 20 in Dubai.
Final classification (par 71)
1. Yannik Paul (Germany) 269 (71-64-62-72)
2. Nicolai von Dellingshausen (Germany) 270 (71-66-64-69)
2. Paul Waring (England) 270 (70-66-68-66)
4. Ryan Fox (New Zealand) 271 (68-64-65-74)
4. Dale Whitnell (England) 271 (68-63-68-72)
6. Marcus Armitage (England) 272 (63-73-63-73)
6. Jazz Jnewattananond (Thailand) 272 (66-69-66-71)
6. Jeff Winther (Denmark) 272 (67-69-68-68)
9. Ewen Ferguson (Scotland) 273 (69-70-65-69)
9. Hurly Long (Germany) 273 (67-69-66-71)
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30. Álvaro Quirós (Spain) 277 (69-70-70-68)
37. Rafa Cabrera (Spain) 278 (71-69-67-71)
37. Alejandro Canizares (Spain) 278 (65-70-70-73)
47. Sebastian Garcia (Spain) 280 (70-71-71-68)
47. Adrian Otaegui (Spain) 280 (70-71-69-70)
47. Santiago Tarrio (Spain) 280 (74-66-72-68)
58. Pep Angles (Spain) 282 (70-71-69-72)
66. Alfredo Garcia-Heredia (Spain) 284 (69-71-68-76)
70. Angel Hidalgo (Spain) 285 (72-69-72-72)
Source: La Verdad
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