The Extremaduran JOrge Campillochampion of the tournament in 2020, will not repeat the victory this time in European Tour Qatar Masters in lose the first playoff hole in the view of the Finnish Sami Valimaki after the two golfers finished 72 regulation holes with 270 strokes, 18 under par.
They both birdied the par 5 18th hole to break the tie. Valimaki played his third shot first and put the ball about two meters from the flag for birdie while Campillo played next and stopped it about three meters away. Jorge’s putt didn’t go in, but Finn’s did, and he was thrilled to finish with this victory, the second of his career.
Campillo completed the remaining holes of the third round this morning at Doha Golf Club with a par 5, for a round of 66 strokes. On the fourth and deciding hole he made two birdies in the first 8 holes, but from 9 to 18 he recorded partial par, achieving a birdie on 18 that made up for a bogey on 16 and put him in a playoff after signing a card of 70 hits to Valimaki’s 69.
To find consolation, Campillo’s second-place finish boosted his aspirations to become one of ten players to win one of ten American PGA Tour cards at the end of the season. There are two tournaments left: the Nedbank Challenge in Sun City (South Africa) and the Dubal World Cupthe Grand Final of ‘Race’.
Jorge is currently 12th in the points list but there are several players ahead of him with a guaranteed exemption in America, so the man from Norba has a good chance to access the American circuit next year through of the European Tour.
We must highlight the good performance of the Spaniards in this Qatar Masters, with tied for third place for Nacho ElviraThe 6th of Santi Tarrio and the Pablo Larrazábal’s 16ththat is, four in the top 20.
Final classification (par 72):
-18 Sami Valimaki (End) 67 67 67 69
Jorge Campillo (Esp) 69 65 66 70
-16 Nacho Elvira (Esp) 68 69 66 69
Scott Jamieson (GBR) 65 72 66 69
-15 Jordan Smith (GBR) 68 68 69 68
-14 Santiago Tarrió (Esp) 66 67 71 70
…
-11 Pablo Larrazábal (Esp) 67 69 71 70
-9 Alejandro Del Rey (Esp) 68 70 73 68
+2 Alvaro Quirós (Esp) 70 66 74 80
+3 Rafa Cabrera (Esp) 71 70 74 76
Angel Hidalgo (Esp) 72 69 70 80
Source: La Verdad
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