DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Matt Wallace has tied a European tour document by making 9 consecutive birdies, all of them on the again 9 Saturday for a 12-under 60 within the DP World Tour Championship.
Wallace had an opportunity on the solely the second 59 in European tour historical past. He had 202 yards to the inexperienced on the par-5 18th on the Earth course at Jumeirah Golf Estates. However he hit right into a bunker, and hit out to inches from the cup for a tap-in birdie.
The 9 consecutive birdies equal the European tour document set by James Nitties of Australia within the 2019 Vic Open and Bernd Wiesberger within the 2017 Maybank Championship in Malaysia. Wallace additionally tied the tour document with 12 birdies in a single spherical, final carried out by Raphaël Jacquelin within the 2013 Turkish Open.
Wallace holed from 30 ft on the tenth gap and from 18 ft on the eleventh. The remainder of the best way, two birdies had been from 6 ft and the remainder had been from 3 ft or nearer.
“That was enjoyable,” Wallace stated as he walked off the course.
Gamers had been allowed to carry and clear their golf balls within the quick grass due to soggy situations from in a single day rain. Wiesberger performed beneath the identical situations when he first set the European tour document.
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