Swedish Dantorp won the Challenge of Spain and Victor Pastor, 2nd

Swedish golfer Jens Dantorp won the Challenge of Spain on Sunday, a test valid for the Challenge of Europe held starting Thursday at the facilities of the Real Club de Golf Novo Sancti Petri, in the Cadiz town of Chiclana de la Frontera.

Dantorp achieved the victory by 66 shots in the final round and 10 under par overall in four days of the tournament, ahead of Víctor Pastor from Córdoba, second classified after reaching the last day in the lead and finally giving up to after with -7, the organization reported.

Pastor, a member of the Pro Spain Team of the Royal Spanish Federation, is looking for success that could open the doors of the DP World Tour, the highest category of the European golf circuit.

Dantorp started this last day with a stroke behind leader Pastor and from the first hole he showed that he was ready to make a great final tournament.

A birdie on the first hole caused the Swede to show his credentials for victory, resolving the first half of the course with a total of three birdies, which mid -point boosted him to the first provisional spot.

On the next nine holes, Dantorp made three more birdies, on 10, 12 and 14, while Pastor distanced himself with a bogey on 11, which he was able to make up for with two consecutive birdies on 12 and 13. but it is not enough. regain first place.

The outcome of the tournament was very open on the final day, where eight players came in a narrow margin of four strokes, including Pastor and Catalan Eduardo de la Riva, who finished fifth, seven strokes behind the winner. .

Among the Spaniards, another member of ‘Pro Spain’, Asturian Iván Cantero, should also be highlighted in seventh place.

Jess Dantorp took more than five years to get her third win on the circuit, in a Challenge de España where four other Swedish players had previously won, such as Lengden in 2018, Erlandsson in 2003, Widmark in 2002 and Carlberg in 2000. .