SAN ROQUE, Spain — Julien Guerrier wanted 9 playoff holes in his 230th event to assert his first European tour win Sunday.
Guerrier made an 8-foot par putt on the record-equaling ninth playoff gap to beat Spaniard Jorge Campillo after they completed tied at 21 below par following 72 holes. The 9 playoff holes matched a DP World Tour file.
“I am feeling nice, and I can not imagine I made it. As a result of it has been a very very long time I have been ready for it,” the Frenchman stated. “We work actually onerous each week for that, however we’ve to remain affected person.”
Guerrier had compelled the playoff by making a 16-foot par putt on the 18th for a last spherical of 2-under 70.
Campillo additionally shot 70 in a spherical that included three bogeys on his last seven holes, together with on the 18th to open the door for Guerrier.
“On the final putt, I used to be pondering of my children to offer me the energy to hit it, so because of my household and my workforce,” the 39-year-old Guerrier stated. “It is a lengthy wait and I am very pleased.”
Guerrier’s coach, Raphael Jacquelin, had received a nine-hole playoff on the Spanish Open in 2013. The one different European tour occasion determined by a nine-hole playoff was the 1989 Dutch Open received by José María Olazábal.
Englishman Dan Brown completed in third place at 19-under par after capturing 3-under 69 in his last spherical on the Actual Membership de Golf Sotogrande. Jordan Smith of England and Rasmus Hojgaard of Denmark resulted in a tie for fourth at 18-under.
Jon Rahm, enjoying in his third European tour occasion up to now 4 weeks, completed 4 photographs off the lead in sixth place after a last spherical of 67.
Rahm, No. 14 on this planet, was the top-ranked participant within the event, which marks the ultimate occasion of the 12 months on European soil for the tour.
The Related Press contributed to this story.
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