Sunday, May 28, 2017


Suri seals maiden success at Czech Challenge
 
 Suri Trophy
EUROPEAN TOUR COMMUNICATIONS
Julian Suri closed out a memorable victory at the D+D REAL Czech Challenge to record the first European Challenge Tour win of his career and regain the top spot in the Road to Oman Rankings.
The American carried a three-shot lead into the final round at Golf and Spa Kunětická Hora but faltered early as playing partner Tapio Pulkkanen opened with two birdies before another one on the ninth meant the pair were level at the turn.
However, the man from Florida rediscovered the form of the first three days, reeling off four birdies from the 11th hole to pull clear again – though a Pulkkanen birdie on 16 closed the gap to just one shot with two to play.
The Finn then missed a short birdie putt on 17 that would have tied the lead before pulling his drive down the last, and his closing bogey ultimately meant that a delighted Suri sealed a two-shot win on 23 under par overall for the biggest win of his career.
“It feels great,” said the 26 year old. “The whole day definitely wasn’t quite the way I dreamed it up over the last three days but I kept plugging away and my caddie Pete was big with that.
“I got some bad breaks on the front nine, some bad bounces and tough lies, and it’s hard to come into these greens from the rough, so I had to keep trusting my game and once I birdied 11, that was big for me."
For Pulkkanen, it was a second runner-up finish of the season, having fallen narrowly short at last month’s Turkish Airlines Challenge, though the 27 year old has moved up into third spot in the Rankings with another eye-catching performance.
In what had been largely expected to be a two-horse race, Oliver Farr worked his way into contention around the turn, briefly closing to within two shots of the leaders, but the putts would not drop coming down the stretch and the Welshman had to settle for third place, six shots behind Suri on 17 under par.
Two shots further back, Spain’s Scott Fernandez sealed the best result of his career in fourth place
Final scores
par 288 (4x72)
265 J Suri (USA) 67 65 63 70 
267 T Pulkkanen (Fin) 67 65 66 69 
271 O Farr (Wal) 71 65 67 68
273 S Fernandez (Spn) 68 65 71 69 
274 C Mivis (Bel) 70 69 70 65, M Hoey (Nir) 68 68 69, T Linard (Fra) 65 69 70 70
275 R Saxton (Ned) 72 67 67 69, N Cullen (Australia) 70 70 69 66,
276 E Goya (Arg) 72 65 73 66
277 M Fenasse (Fra) 70 67 70 70, M Lundberg (Swe) 71 68 70 68, M Galiano Aguilar (Spn) 71 67 69 70, D Dixon (Eng) 73 68 69 67, P Whiteford (Sco) 72 64 68 73
278 R Enoch (Wal) 70 67 69 72, C Bull (Eng) 69 71 67 71, R Santos (Por) 70 69 71 68, J Vecchi Fossa (Ita) 71 67 69 71, G Moynihan (Irl) 71 69 71 67, N Geyger (Chi) 68 70 70 70, C Blomstrand (Swe) 68 69 72 69, C Koepka (USA) 71 70 67 70
279 J Garcia Pinto (Esp) 68 72 71 68, J Doherty (Sco) 73 68 70 68, C Braeunig (Ger) 70 69 69 71, A Rai (Eng) 72 69 71 67, B Eccles (Aus) 68 68 70 73
280 M Kinhult (Swe) 70 70 67 73, V Perez (Fra) 70 65 73 72, J Guerrier (Fra) 68 68 71 73, B Neil (Sco) 71 70 72 67
281 M Ford (Eng) 75 66 68 72, O Lengden (Swe) 64 73 73 71, J McLeary (Sco) 76 63 71 71, L Robinson (Eng) 67 67 75 72, P Eriksson (Swe) 71 69 70 71
282 R Davies (Wal) 71 68 74 69, D Gaunt (Australia) 70 69 68 75, J Cafourek (Cze) 68 72 72 70, R Kellett (Sco) 71 70 71 70, J Zunic (Austria) 70 69 73 70, M Madsen (Den) 70 69 70 73, M Schneider (Ger) 71 70 73 68, B Virto (Spn) 70 68 68 76, A Meronk (Pol) 72 68 68 74
283 P Tarver-Jones (Eng) 71 69 71 72, G Hurley (Irl) 69 65 76 73, A Zemmer (Ita) 71 64 73 75, C Doak (Sco) 69 68 74 72, P Maddy (Eng) 68 70 71 74
284 M Baldwin (Eng) 70 70 74 70, F Bergamaschi (Ita) 68 72 75 69, K Phelan (Irl) 70 71 73 70, O Wilson (Eng) 72 69 73 70
285 O Rozner (Fra) 70 70 72 73, J Lando Casanova (Fra) 70 71 70 74 
286 D Foos (Ger) 72 69 73 72
287 E Johansen (Nor) 70 69 75 73
288 J Senior (Eng) 69 70 74 75, O Suhr (Den) 72 66 80 70
293 N Lindstrom (Swe) 68 71 80 74

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