Spanish Open
-14 G Forrest (Sco); -13 E Chacarra (Spa), V Perez (Fra); -12 J Skov Olesen (Den); D Brown (Eng), J Dean (Eng)
Chosen others: -10 L Aberg (Swe); -8 S Lowry (Ire); -7 M Penge (Eng), F Molinari (Ita)
Scotland’s Grant Forrest held off a cost from residence favorite Eugenio Chacarra to win the Spanish Open and ebook a spot at The Open and the Masters subsequent yr.
With Chacarra within the clubhouse at 13 beneath, Forrest and enjoying companion Victor Perez wanted to make birdies on the 18th to go above the Spaniard.
Each gamers’ drives nestled down within the greenside tough on the 322-yard par 4, and after Perez’s birdie putt drifted previous the outlet, Forrest sunk his to seal his third DP World Tour title and a primary skilled win outdoors Scotland.
“I am in pure shock simply now,” Forrest mentioned. “It has been such a troublesome yr. I’ve acquired good recollections of this course and this match. To do it’s unbelievable.
“It was powerful. I wasn’t too certain what different teams have been doing. It was a matter of staying in it. I dug in so nicely.
“That is fairytale stuff, I’ve performed two Opens and to be going to Augusta, I simply can’t get my head spherical it. You may have an awesome profession on this recreation and by no means get to go to Augusta, so I can not consider it.”
Going into the ultimate spherical in a share of the lead with England’s Joe Dean on 13 beneath, Forrest birdied the fourth, however made bogeys at three, six and eight as he dropped two photographs off the highest.
Nonetheless, Forrest confirmed glorious resilience and moved again right into a share of the lead as he began his again 9 with three birdies and a bogey in 5 holes.
And he acquired the job executed with a tidy up-and-down on the final to card a closing one-under 70 and take residence the £480,000 first prize.
