Niklas Nørgaard held his nerve to clinch his maiden DP World Tour title by two photographs on the British Masters held at The Belfry.
The 32-year-old Dane posted a closing degree par spherical of 72 to clinch his maiden victory on 16 below par, two photographs away from Thriston Lawrence, who halved the in a single day deficit however couldn’t catch Nørgaard.
Nørgaard began the day 4 strokes away from the South African however was pressured to battle for his breakthrough victory on a dramatic ultimate day on the four-time Ryder Cup venue..
He cancelled out a bogey on the second with a birdie on the very subsequent gap, however three-putted the par 4 eighth as he made the flip at one over par however nonetheless in management on the prime of the leaderboard.
Nørgaard birdied each of the again 9’s par threes to re-open a four-stroke benefit, however the cost in direction of his maiden title threatened to spiral away from him on the fifteenth.
NERVES OF STEEL
He missed the inexperienced along with his second shot into the par 5, earlier than seeing his pitch from 23 yards come up in need of the inexperienced. He then took one other three makes an attempt to succeed in the inexperienced along with his ball buried within the thick greenside tough, earlier than ultimately taking place for a double-bogey seven.
Nevertheless, he confirmed nerves of metal on the subsequent gap, holing an eight-footer for par to regular the ship earlier than occurring to birdie the seventeenth and guarantee he would take a two-stroke lead down the Brabazon’s iconic 18th gap.
Because it transpired, the opening that has witnessed all the things within the sport etched one other memorable second into its storied tapestry, with Nørgaard’s par sufficient to see him change into the third Danish winner of the British Masters, becoming a member of Thomas Bjørn and Thorbjørn Olesen on the record of champions.
South African Lawrence got here up simply quick in his quest for a fifth DP World Tour title however moved as much as second on the Race to Dubai along with his second place end.
One other Dane, Rasmus Højgaard, posted a powerful seven below spherical of 65 to complete third on 12 below, one away from Frenchman Jeong weon Ko who held on to fourth place regardless of a closing double bogey.
