European Tour report and final totals

Paul Lawrie finishes joint sixth behind Horsey

 in Made in Denmark Tournament

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Englishman David Horsey claimed his fourth European Tour title at the Made in Denmark tournament with a two over par 73 in the final round in front of a record crowd at Himmerland Golf and Spa Resort.

A total of 24,112 lined the fairways, yet again creating an electric atmosphere, but their hopes for a home winner were dashed as Søren Kjeldsen came up just short, signing off with a three under par 68 for a share of second place, two shots behind Horsey.

Sweden’s Kristoffer Broberg, and Australians Daniel Gaunt and Terry Pilkadaris were the others tying for the runner-up spot on 11 under par, while another Australian, Richard Green, Welshman Bradley Dredge, Scot Paul Lawrie and Dane Mads Søgaard shared sixth.

Horsey, who led from start to finish, had a two-shot cushion playing the last, but, after driving into thick rough on the left, produced a superb shot into the green and two-putted for par.

Quotes
David Horsey
“It feels fantastic. It’s starting to sink in now. Coming down those last few holes I was very much in my own zone just trying to focus on myself. It probably helped that there weren’t many leaderboards out there. The crowds were unbelievable. We have good fans in the UK, but the fans here are just fantastic. They are so loud. To get clapped in on all the greens like we did was amazing.

 As I was standing over that shot into 18, I knew I was two ahead, but I knew Terry could make birdie and get to 12 under, and when he hit it into 20 feet that sort of made my mind up. I only had 160 to the flag and I knew anywhere left was fine. I hit seven, making sure I kept it left, and it came out perfectly.”

Søren Kjeldsen
“I’ve got mixed feelings. I’m really pleased with the way I played – I hit the ball great all day in quite tricky conditions as the wind was up. I made a couple of good putts on nine and ten to save par, but I had a lot of chances on the way in that I didn’t take. It’s pretty hard to take, but I was pleased that I gave myself the chances. I desperately want to go back and hit a few of those putts again. I felt like I did all the hard work to get myself in position, but I slipped a bit at the end. It wasn’t easy at all. I’m pleased with how I played but I’m desperately unhappy about not finishing it off.”

Terry Pilkadaris
“I’m disappointed. I bogeyed 14 and doubled 15 so I couldn’t keep the pressure on. The wind was really up today. From the seventh onwards it was a two to three club breeze. I paid the penalty on eight, and again on 15 when I had a flier out of the rough. That’s golf. I was just missing the fairway today and then you’re struggling from there with the lies in the rough.

 If I’d driven it better I would’ve had a better chance. It was a fun tussle with David. Credit to him for closing it out. He gave us hope on 16 by missing that short putt but I didn’t put the pressure on down 17 and 18 as I would’ve liked."

FINAL TOTALS

par 284 (4x71)
271 D Horsey (Eng) 63 67 68 73,
273 S Kjeldsen (Den) 66 71 68 68, K Broberg (Swe) 72 69 70 62, T Pilkadaris (Aus) 66 68 65 74, D Gaunt (Aus) 69 67 71 66,
274 M Søgaard  (Den) 68 68 69 69, R Green (Aus) 68 65 70 71, P Lawrie (Sco) 65 72 68 69, B Dredge (Wal) 66 68 70 70,
275 J Parry (Eng) 66 67 69 73,
276 M Jonzon (Swe) 70 68 70 68, V Riu  (Fra) 70 72 67 67, R Dinwiddie  (Eng) 70 70 67 69,
277 B Hebert  (Fra) 69 72 67 69, J Guerrier  (Fra) 71 70 66 70, P Lawrie (Irl) 66 69 70 72, D Lipsky (USA) 71 71 66 69, R Karlberg  (Swe) 69 68 69 71, J Scrivener (Aus) 69 69 71 68,
278 J Gonnet  (Fra) 67 72 74 65, T Lewis (Eng) 68 70 69 71, P Peterson (USA) 71 67 69 71, F Fritsch  (Ger) 68 70 69 71, C Arendell (USA) 69 72 68 69, G Storm  (Eng) 66 72 72 68, M Madsen  (Den) 68 71 69 70,
279 T Bjørn (Den) 69 69 70 71, D Woltman (USA) 68 72 67 72, A Pavan (Ita) 73 69 66 71, A Otaegui  (Esp) 71 68 70 70, A Hansen (Den) 69 72 67 71, M Hoey  (Nir) 71 71 69 68, C Doak (Sco) 68 70 71 70, R Bland (Eng) 70 72 66 71,
280 R McEvoy  (Eng) 69 71 69 71, T Pieters  (Bel) 70 72 71 67, S Manley (Wal) 72 69 73 66, B Evans  (Eng) 71 69 72 68, P Oriol (Esp) 71 69 72 68, O Fisher  (Eng) 70 69 68 73, K Phelan (Irl) 71 69 70 70, L Jensen (Den) 67 71 71 71, C Paisley  (Eng) 68 68 66 78,
281 M Warren (Sco) 71 67 71 72, S Jamieson  (Sco) 71 69 70 71, D Brooks (Eng) 72 70 66 73, M Fitzpatrick  (Eng) 69 70 73 69, D Clarke (Nir) 69 70 68 74, A Velasco (Esp) 74 68 69 70, J Lagergren (Swe) 72 70 69 70, D Drysdale (Sco) 69 71 70 71, O Farr (Wal) 64 71 73 73,
282 J Singh (Ind) 71 71 69 71, S Benson (Eng) 68 73 70 71, R Rock (Eng) 71 69 71 71, S Kapur (Ind) 69 70 70 73, E De La Riva  (Esp) 68 68 72 74,
283 L Slattery (Eng) 67 74 70 72, M Ovesen (Den) 68 70 75 70, M Tullo (Chi) 74 68 69 72, M Carlsson  (Swe) 70 68 70 75, J Walters (RSA) 71 68 70 74, P Archer (Eng) 70 72 70 71, M Nixon (Eng) 75 65 69 74, T Pulkkanen  (Fin) 70 72 70 71, R Karlsson (Swe) 69 70 69 75,
284 M Bremner (RSA) 71 71 66 76, J Stalter (Fra) 71 71 69 73, M Delpodio  (Ita) 70 72 73 69, A Knappe (Ger) 71 71 69 73,
285 M Ford (Eng) 71 70 72 72, B Stow (Eng) 71 71 73 70, J Rask (Swe) 74 67 71 73, S Thornton (Irl) 69 70 75 71, P Whiteford (Sco) 72 70 69 74,
286 J Barnes (Eng) 74 68 71 73,
287 S Dodd (Wal) 69 72 71 75, J Edfors (Swe) 71 71 74 71, P Uihlein  (USA) 71 71 68 77, J Makitalo  (Fin) 72 70 72 73,
288 M Simonsen  (Den) 71 71 74 72, P Edberg (Swe) 69 73 68 78, E Molinari  (Ita) 73 69 70 76,
289 S Hutsby  (Eng) 74 68 72 75, C Del Moral (Esp) 66 75 70 78,
292 D Fichardt (RSA) 68 74 77 73,
297 N Kristensen  (Den) 73 68 77 79,