Thorbjørn Olesen held his nerve to win the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship and claim his third European Tour title.
The Dane came second at this event in 2012 and went one better just minutes ago, posting -1 71 to finish the week on -18, two shots clear of American duo Brooks Koepka 67, and Chris Stroud 68.
Englishman Chris Wood closed with a bogey free 65 to finish a shot further back alongside Benjamin Hebert 70, Bernd Wiesberger 66, Joakim Lagergren 69 and Kiradech Aphibarnrat 69.
Starting play this morning on a cooler, breezy partly sunny day at St Andrews Olesen had a 3 shot lead over Florian Fritsch a part time player from Belgium, but after making a birdie on the first he made a double at the second and a bogey at the third to let the charging pack back in.
The Dane came second at this event in 2012 and went one better just minutes ago, posting -1 71 to finish the week on -18, two shots clear of American duo Brooks Koepka 67, and Chris Stroud 68.
Englishman Chris Wood closed with a bogey free 65 to finish a shot further back alongside Benjamin Hebert 70, Bernd Wiesberger 66, Joakim Lagergren 69 and Kiradech Aphibarnrat 69.
Starting play this morning on a cooler, breezy partly sunny day at St Andrews Olesen had a 3 shot lead over Florian Fritsch a part time player from Belgium, but after making a birdie on the first he made a double at the second and a bogey at the third to let the charging pack back in.
Olesen has struggled to regain his form this year after injuring his wrist, and Fritsch is part time because he has a fear of flying so only plays tournaments he can drive to ! He shot a 64 playing with John Daly who he said relaxed him to the point he wasn't even thinking about what score he was posting until he added them all up at the end.
The Old Course had dried out since Thursday and the fairways were playing fast and hard, it was much cooler and the breeze was up, so the low scoring of the first 3 days was well earned today.
So ends a great week for golf in St Andrew's played for 3 days in glorious sunshine and calm conditions before the breze got up today. The players have 3 tournaments left before the "Final Series" and next week it is the British Masters at Woburn GC down in central Bedfordshire in the historic town of Woburn.
Bryan Angus
(notes from europeantour.com)
Bryan Angus
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