DP WORLD Tour : Spanish Open Tee Times Leaderboard
Madrid, Spain 2026-10-11 7.00am est / 1.00pm Spain
BBC Weather: 13/23*c Sunny intervals with light winds, 4km/h sw
The overnight leader Grant Forest remains in contention for a wire-to-wire victory at the Open de España presented by Madrid after producing a brilliant burst of scoring on the back nine to share the lead with Joe Dean heading into the final round.
Today they both have just teed off with Victor Perez -12 in the final pairing, with that precarious -13 lead, with 4 players at -12 right behind them.
This de Campo Villa course is playing soft, the weather is ideal, so the scoring is low.
Bryan Angus
>>FINAL EDIT 2026-10-11 12pm est 6pm Madrid <<<<
Grant Forrest birdied the final hole to win the 2026 Open de España presented by Madrid as home favourite Eugenio Chacarra's charge came up just short.
Chacarra played the front nine in -5 to erase Forrest and Joe Dean's overnight lead and his own birdie at the last gave him hope of a play-off.
But Forrest made a good up-and-down from off the front of the 18th green to earn his first DP World Tour victory outside of his native Scotland - as well as invitations to both the 2027 Masters Tournament and the 155th Open Championship at St Andrews.
"I'm in shock, honestly, pure shock right now," he said.
"That's fairytale stuff, I've played two Opens and to be going to Augusta, I just can't get my head round it. You can have a great career in this game and never get to go to Augusta, so I cannot believe it."
South Africa's Thriston Lawrence gave an early indication that scores were there to be made with four birdies in five holes from the fourth to reach the turn in 32, eventually shooting 65.
Chacarra said during an on-course interview on the sixth: "This is what I needed, I'm excited for the fight. I need to get to eight or nine (under par for the round) to have a chance, that's what my goal is."
Dean bogeyed the 12th to leave only Chacarra and Olesen tied at the top, while Forrest was also one back after birdies at the tenth and 13th either side of a bogey at the 11th.
The Scot pulled level once more with a third birdie in four holes at the 14th, while Chacarra bogeyed the 17th after finding a greenside bunker off the tee.
The Spaniard birdied the last to set the target at -13 and was left waiting to see how his rivals finished, with Forrest through the back of the 16th green. He got up and down for par but Dean dropped a shot to fall one behind the leaders.
Olesen bogeyed the 17th to miss out on -12 as did Dean who finished a shot further back -11 but Forrest sealed the deal with a well-judged chip and a putt from just inside four feet.
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