Leader from start to finish and worthy champion of Spanish Open 2023 at Madrid Country Club. The French Matthieu Pavon This Sunday he finally achieved his first professional victory (after more than 180 tournaments under his belt and seven years on tour) in European Circuit with 261 strokes (-23), after a final round of 64 (7 birdies) and four ahead of second place, South African Zander Lombard.
“It’s been a long wait and I’m very happy to win my first tournament here in Madrid,” said an emotional Pavon, tearing up as he recalled that his grandfather, who was born in Madrid, had to leave Spain after the War civil Jon Rahm and Alfredo Garcia Heredia They are, tied for ninth most players, the best Spaniards with 270 hits, 9 behind the champion.
García-Heredia finished with a card of 69 strokes (2 under par) and a cumulative score of 270 (-14). Asturian, 41 years old and 536 in the world, Alfredo seems to live in this tournament and in the Villa de Madrid Country Club, since last year he finished in sixth position.
Pavon, 30 years old, arrived in Madrid as number 65 in the world and without any success on the European circuit (now DP World Tour) and left the Spanish capital with a victory and an important total of points that would allow him who moved up the ranks in the Race and in the world rankings. Pavon was second last year only to Rahm.
The French golfer, son of Michel Pavon, who is a footballer for Toulouse, Montpellier, Girondins and Betis, is the eighth French golfer to win the tournament – fourth since it joined the European circuit in 1972 – after Arnaud Massy ( 1912, 1927 and 1928), Eugène Laffite (1921 and 1929), Count of Lamaze (1955), Jean Garaialde (1969), Christian Cévaer (2004), Thomas Levet (2009) and Raphael Jacquelin (2013).
English Justin Rose, the other great figure of the tournament, 43 years old and number 36 in the world ranking, completed an irregular Open in Madrid far from the first positions from the first day and without options to fight for victory. The first day ended with 71 strokes (even), the second with 67 (-4), the third with 72 (+1) and the last with 69 (-2). In total 279 hits (-5). “Madrid, you are wonderful! I will visit you again with and without the golf clubs! Thank you for all your support and hospitality! ” Rose wrote on her social networks after the tournament.
Source: La Verdad
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