Tommy Fleetwood found success again three years later

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English Tommy Fleetwood, star of a comeback on the final day, where he signed a remarkable 67 (five under par), for a cumulative 277 shots (-11), he took the Nedbank Golf Challenge of Sun City (South Africa) which is disputed in Gary Player Country Clubin what was his sixth win at DP World Tour/European Circuit.

Fleetwood, 31, opened as a winner under the new name of the DP World Tour, in what was a return to stardom for a player who was close to winning two ‘majors’: the US Open (2018) and the British Open ( 2019), in both my second.

In addition, he now returns to victory almost three years after his last victory, which strangely was in the same tournament on November 17, 2019: no doubt, South Africa, and specifically the Nedbank Golf Challenge, formerly known as the Million Dollar Challenge, it’s from the pearl. In 2020 and 2021 it was not played due to the pandemic.

Fleetwood’s victory, as if that wasn’t enough, came to him on the final hole, in a one-on-one with the New Zealander ryan foxleader at the end of day one and new Race to Dubai leader.

Ryan Fox and Tommy Fleetwood both started the final day three strokes behind the then co-leaders, the Danish Rasmus Hojgaard and the Belgian Thomas Detry, but by the end of the first nine holes it had started to take a glimpse of the tournament will go to a one-on-one between the New Zealander and the Englishman, both playing in the same match.

And it is that while Fox finished the first 9 holes with -3 (-9 overall at that moment) and Fleetwood did it with -4 (-10), both Detry and Hojgaard signed +1 and a +3, respectively , which already removed them from the privileged position, especially in the case of the Dane.

The leading duo was only concerned about Indian Shubhankar Sharma, who also reached -11, after a good first ten holes with five birdies and no misses. To his regret, he played at 11 and, later, at 16 and 17; although he finished third with a total of 279 (-9).

The start of the final nine holes continued in a similar vein, though Fleetwood bogeyed the 12th but recovered on the 14th with a huge eagle-3, while Fox bowed out on the 18th with a bogey -5 after two missed the green. a weak fourth putt to force a tiebreaker.

Almost three years later, Fleetwood reigned supreme on the circuit, now with a new name, and a course that could be described as its ‘fetish’, and under the watchful eye of the legendary Gary Player, with his usual hat, to follow. the tournament from the tribune of 18 and became its promoter. Fleetwood, a product of emotion, wept tears of joy as they found themselves the winners with two games to spare.

Sunday was not good Adrian Otaeguiin nineteenth place after a card of 74 (+2), his worst of four days, and a total of 285 (-3), which keeps him in the top 15 of the Order of Merit with only the World Cup remaining in Dubai next week, closing the 2022 ‘Race’ with Fox and McIlroy in a good fight to become European number one.

Jorge Campillo, with an impressive 67, finished with 288; while Rafa Cabrera from the Canary Islands added 290, Adri Arnaus finished with 297 and Pablo Larrazábal with 298.

Source: La Verdad

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