Norrman won the Irish Open and McIlroy fell

Swedish Vincent Norman This Sunday he achieved his second professional title by winning the Irish Opena DP World Tour tournament played from Thursday at THE K-Club in Kildare, where he finished with 274 strokes (14 under par).

Norrman, 25, won in Kildare by one stroke ahead of German Hurly Long and two of the four-player group formed by Irishman Shane Lowry, members of the European team for the Ryder Cup; the New Zealander Ryan Fox, the South African ThrisronLawrence and the Scotsman Grant Forrest.

The player from Stockholm, ranked 158th in the world, started the fourth and final day six strokes off the lead, but made six birdies in eight holes, after a long delay due to bad weather conditions, and took the lead .

After saving a couple of pars on the final holes, the Swede completed his round with a birdie on the 18th to lead the clubhouse at 14 under par.

The number 2 in the world, the Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy (74), finished with -9 tied for sixteenth place. Another Ryder player, Tyrrel Hatton of England, missed the cut on Thursday.

The Swedish player joins this title to the one signed this year in the Barbasol Championship, which belongs to the European DP World Tour and the PGA Tour. In addition, it marked Sweden’s second victory in two straight weeks after the one achieved on Sunday by young Ludvig Aaberg, who will defend Europe in the Ryder Cup in Rome.

The best of the Spaniards was the man from Santander Nacho Elvirawho finished -8 and four rounds of 70, 67, 74 and 69.

Alejandro del Rey from Madrid and Jorge Campillo from Cáceres finished with -7, Pablo Larrazábal from Barcelona with -6 and Adrián Otaegui from San Sebastian, with -5.

The sixth Spaniard to make the cut, Santiago Tarrío from A Coruña, finished +19 because of the 89 signed on Saturday in a round of +17 to forget with seven bogeys, one triple bogey, three doubles bogey and three bogeys for just two birdies.