europeantour.com James Morrison produced a brilliant final round display to claim a comprehensive four shot victory at the Open de España.
The 30 year old Englishman, whose previous European Tour title came in Madeira five years ago, had shared the lead with compatriot David Howell at the start of the day after a third round 68 in fast and windy conditions at Real Club de Golf El Prat.
With the breeze up again in the final round, Morrison’s flawless closing 69 blew the field away as he led throughout and he finished in style with a birdie from ten feet to earn the biggest prize of his career and €250,000, with victory taking him from 296th in the Official World Golf Ranking to just outside the top 160 and completing a return to form after he had to regain his card at Qualifying School in 2013.
Miguel Jimenez finished T2 at -6 and he delighted the Spanish fans as he
The 30 year old Englishman, whose previous European Tour title came in Madeira five years ago, had shared the lead with compatriot David Howell at the start of the day after a third round 68 in fast and windy conditions at Real Club de Golf El Prat.
With the breeze up again in the final round, Morrison’s flawless closing 69 blew the field away as he led throughout and he finished in style with a birdie from ten feet to earn the biggest prize of his career and €250,000, with victory taking him from 296th in the Official World Golf Ranking to just outside the top 160 and completing a return to form after he had to regain his card at Qualifying School in 2013.
Miguel Jimenez finished T2 at -6 and he delighted the Spanish fans as he
holed his approach for eagle at the fifth – prompting an increasingly familiar celebratory jig – and was a foot away from a second hole-in-one at the eighth.
The round of 67 gave him a share of second alongside Howell, Molinari, and halfway leader Edouard Espana of France.
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