the scottish Ewen Ferguson resisted Spanish harassment Borja Virto and took the second victory of his career in DP World Tour by prevailing on ISPS Ready, played at Galgorm Castle club in Co Antrim (Northern Ireland).
Also this year’s winner in Qatar, Ferguson defended the three stroke advantage he held at the start of the fourth and final round of the Northern Ireland tournament, a goal that at times seemed complicated by bogeys on holes 3 and 9.
Instead, ‘birdies’ on 2, 4 and 10 served to keep their distance from their pursuers, mainly Virtowhere errors on 3, 14 and 18 (‘bogey’) and 6 (double ‘bogey’) took him away from going for more pressure.
The Spaniard, who started with four shots, made birdies on holes 2, 4, 7, 9, 10, 11 and 13. This streak of success had him dreaming, but the last stage of the course caused him to miss out on first place. in Fergusonwhich culminated in the whole of 268 hits (-12).
Virtoafter his card of 68 to close the tournament, finished second in the 271 tied to scottish Connor Symewho, on the other hand, enjoyed success in the final holes to progress to three ‘birdies’.
The Italian Renato Paratore signed one of the best cards of the day with a 64 (-6) to finish fourth four shots behind the winner, tied with English Richard Mansell and the dane Marcus Helligkilde.
Angel Hidalgo He was also one of the best with -5 on Sunday and overall (275), where he finished in a creditable thirteenth place. Sebastian Garcia then twenty-three with -2 and David Borda twenty-eighth to par.
In the women’s tournament played simultaneously, the Swedish Maja Starks with 271 hits (-20) thanks to a fantastic last round with 63 hits.
Final classification (par 70)
1. Ewan Ferguson (Scotland) 268 (61-70-68-69)
2. Borja Virto (Spain) 271 (65-67-71-68)
2. Connor Syme (Scotland) 271 (66-68-69-68)
4. Renato Paratore (Italy) 272 (67-68-73-64)
4. Richard Mansell (England) 272 (71-65-68-68)
4. Marcus Helligkilde (Denmark) 272 (67-72-64-69)
7. Jordan Smith (England) 273 (68-67-74-64)
7. Matthew Baldwin (England) 273 (68-69-68-68)
7. Filippo Celli (Italy) 273 (66-67-72-68)
10. Tom McKibbin (Northern Ireland) 274 (69-72-66-67)
10. Robin Petersson (Sweden) 274 (66-70-70-68)
10. Jamie Rotherford (England) 274 (70-68-67-69)
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13. Angel Hidalgo (Spain) 275 (67-71-72-65)
23. Sebastian Garcia (Spain) 278 (66-73-70-69)
28. David Borda (Spain) 280 (70-67-72-71)
Source: La Verdad
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