adri arnaus27, world number 84 and local hero in PGA Catalunyapremiered with its European award winners on Catalonia Championship by returning seven blows to South African Oliver Becker on the final day and dramatically defeated him on the sixth hole of the playoffs.
The Catalan player completed his best lap in this Sunday Caldes de Malavella (Girona) and ended one with an almost impossible return to a golf tournament, since the lack of seven strokes is usually an insurmountable distance because a good self -reaction and a certain laziness of the rival must combine.
Arnaus played his part in the letter by taking a card with an eagle on the 12th hole and five birdies with no error (1, 7, 10, 15, 16) for 65 shots that brought pressure. to Bekker, who was right without further ado when he signed par 72 of the prestigious Catalan course, with three birdies (2, 6, 7) and three bogeys (4, 9, 16). Both golfers finished with 277 total shots, 11 under par.
The excitement continued in the tiebreaker, where two players signed par 4 of the 18th hole up to five times. The playoffs moved to 17th in the sixth hole of the playoffs and there the South African bogey and another pair from the Catalan gave the title to Arnaus, who enthusiastically celebrated the long-awaited first victory.
What does it mean to win your first Tour title 😍@AdriArnaus | #CatalunyaChampionship pic.twitter.com/hpoAhtDPUS
– DP WorldTour (@DPWorldTour) May 1, 2022
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Bekker, 37 years old and world number 112, is also seeking his first title at DP World Tourfrom this season the new name of the European circuit, but will have to wait for another opportunity to pass this pending topic.
With this victory, Arnaus is 6th in the DP World Tour rankings and could enter the world top-50 this Monday, according to European tour calculations. Adri, who will pocket 322,614 euros as champion, debuted his record in his 84th tournament after five previous second places as best results, the latter in March on MyGolfLife Open hosted by Pecanwood.
For the second consecutive week a Catalan player has won the European tournament in contention, since then Pablo Larrazabal took seven days ago ISPS Ready Championshipalso played at home, in Infinitum Lakes of Salou (Tarragona). This is the first time there have been two consecutive victories of the Spaniards since 2017, then there is Jon Rahm (Dubai) at Rafael Cabrera (Scottish Open) as the stars.
Spanish golf can still live on a more spectacular Sunday as Rahm started as leader on the last day of Mexico Opentournament of the American PGA circuit.
final standing
Pares 72
277 Adrian Arnaus (ESP) 68-76-68-65
Oliver Becker (RSA) 66-72-67-72
(Arnaus wins the sixth hole of the playoff tiebreaker)
279 Laurie Canter (Eng) 70-67-70-72
Richard McEvoy (Eng) 69-72-69-69
Adrian Meronk (Pol) 71-71-67-70
280 Edoardo Molinari (Ita) 73-69-66-72
Hennie Du Plessis (RSA) 68-74-74-64
281 Bernd Wiesberger (Aut) 73-70-67-71
282 Wil Besseling (PB) 73-70-69-70
Ryan Fox (Nzl) 71-68-70-73
Lorenzo Gagli (Ita) 71-72-65-74
Tapio Pulkkanen (End) 72-71-71-68
283 Pablo Larrazabal (ESP) 72-69-69-73
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286 Sebastian Garcia (ESP/26th) 72-71-71-72
287 Jorge Campillo (ESP/33º) 71-74-72-70
288 Alejandro Canizares (ESP/42nd) 72-74-74-68
290 Ivan Cantero (ESP/55th) 71-68-71-80
Angel Hidalgo (ESP) 71-74-68-77
291 Alejandro Del Rey (ESP/60th) 72-72-73-74
Source: La Verdad
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