Min Woo Lee overcame his initial problems to win the Australian PGA Championship by three stroke differences on the surface Rikuya Hoshino. A final round of 68 earned the Australian title at Royal Queensland. It was at the end of a contest that saw two Spaniards, Rafael Cabrera already Joel Moscatelshare the hassle seventh position.
read he finished the tournament on 20 under par to take the trophy for the first time, with Hoshino second and Marc Leishman moving up to third place after a final round of seven under par. “I did well from the beginning until the middle of the lap, but I held on and I’m very proud,” said the winner. “Rikuya is a really good player and he kept knocking on the door. I’m really proud of how I got through some ups and downs and some putts,” he added.
Hoshino He trailed by three shots after the penultimate round but tied it when Lee, who started the day at 17 under, bogeyed the first hole and the Japanese golfer made birdies on the second and third holes.
however, read he responded admirably, starting to run hard through the remaining front nine holes. Three birdies in four holes were followed by an eagle on the ninth.
He slightly loosened his grip on the lead with a drop shot at the par-four 10th and, while a birdie at the 12th allowed him to regain the lost shot, another bogey at the 14th ensured it stayed his lead to three at the end. last holes. With them he knows how to control his income perfectly.
Hoshino He sealed second place by carding three under par in the final round, while Leishman moved through the field with a record 63, including a long birdie putt on the 18th hole, to take third.
For its part, Spanish golf left Australia with two top 10 positions. Rafa Cabrera and Joel Moscatel They finished in a busy seventh position with -11, nine shots behind the winner and two out of the top5. Cabrera did so after posting his best round of the week, a -4, after making five birdies and a bogey. Moscatel, for his part, was condemned to a double bogey on the par four 3rd hole, but then he made six birdies and two bogeys. The back is finished Alfredo Garcia-Herediaforty-seventh with a -3 after closing with one birdie and three bogeys.
Final classification (par 71)
1. Min Woo Lee (Australia) 264 (64-66-66-68)
2. Rikuya Hoshino (Japan) 267 (67-68-64-68)
3. Marc Leishman (Australia) 268 (68-69-67-64)
4. Curtis Luck (Australia) 269 (67-67-66-69)
5. Joaquín Niemann (Chile) 271 (68-69-67-67)
6. Adam Scott (Australia) 272 (66-65-71-70)
7. Rafa Cabrera (Spain) 273 (68-68-70-67)
7. Cameron Davis (Australia) 273 (68-68-68-69)
7. Lucas Herbert (Australia) 273 (66-68-69-70)
7. Frank Kennedy (England) 273 (71-66-69-67)
7. Joel Moscatel (Spain) 273 (63-71-70-69)
7. Todd Sinnott (Australia) 273 (69-69-70-65)
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47. Alfredo García-Heredia (Spain) 281 (72-70-66-73)
Source: La Verdad
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