Sunday, March 25, 2018

Gagli wins Kenyan Open play-off at third extra hole

Italy's Lorenzo Gagli beat Sweden's Jens Fahrbring at the third hole of a sudden-death play-off at Nairobi today to win the Kenya Open.
They had tied on 11-under-par 273, Gagli with scores of 68 68 69 and 68, Fahrbring with 72 70 64 and 67,
They finished a shot ahead of three players.
Duncan Stewart (Grantown on Spey) and Grant Forrest (Craigielaw) shared the honour of being the leading Scot They both finished on eight-under-par 276.

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LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 284 (4x71)
273 Lorenzo Gagli (Italy) 68 68 69 68; Jens Fahrbring (Sweden) 72 70 64 67 (Gagli bt Fahrbring at third hole of a sudden death play-off
274 Kalle Samooja (Finland) 71 70 65 68, N Geyger (Chile) 69 68 68 69, Philipp Mejow (Germany) 67 72 64 71

SELECTED TOTALS
276 Laurie Canter (England) 69 68 70 69, M Orrin (England) 65 71 69 71 (T8)
277 Ross McGowan (England) 76 67 69 65, Ben Evans (England) 69 67 70 67 (T14)

SCOTS' TOTALS
282 Duncan Stewart 69 68 73 72, G Forrest 73 68 67 74 (T38)

283 Ross Kellett 65 73 72 73 (T44)
287 David Law 69 71 74 73 (T60)
289 Jack Doherty 70 71 74 74 (T66)

The image of  Lorenzo Gagli by courtesy
 of  IMG Kenya



GAGLI HOLDS HIS NERVE 

TO WIN PLAY-OFF

EUROPEAN TOUR COMMUNICATIONS REPORT 
Lorenzo Gagli secured his first victory on the European Challenge Tour by holding his nerve to beat Jens Fahrbring in a three-hole play-off to claim the Barclays Kenya Open title. They had tied after 72 holes on 11-under-par 273.
On what is the 50th anniversary of the African event it was fitting that the tournament proved to be such a spectacle with large crowds witnessing Italy’s Gagli and Sweden’s Fahrbring go head to head over extra holes.
With scoring proving difficult for most of the field at Nairobi’s Muthaiga Golf Club, it was Fahrbring who took the clubhouse lead following a fine closing round of 67.
Gagli, playing in the penultimate group of the day, nearly won the tournament in regulation play but after seeing an eagle putt shave the hole he had to settle for a final round of 68 – good enough for a place in a play-off against Fahrbring.
Fahrbring came closest to winning on their first attempt at the par three 13th, with a birdie putt from ten feet just coming up short – both men went on to make par.
Following another par by each player on their second try at the 191-yard hole, it was Fahrbring who came unstuck with his tee shot finding the water just short of the green.
Although Fahrbring did go on to make bogey by holing a testing 15-foot putt, Gagli was left with two putts from the centre of the green to take the victory.
With his last victory coming 11 years ago on the satellite Alps Tour, Gagli was delighted to be taking home the trophy and a pay cheque for 80,000 – the largest on the Challenge Tour all season.
“I have no words because it is my first victory,” he said. “It feels amazing to do it with the same tee shot, the same game, the same everything and I just stayed really patient on the golf course.
“It was really good to play with Nico Geyger (he finished joint third)  today as we are really good friends and we stayed patient but still very focused and I just played really, really well.
“The play-off was very tough. It is perhaps bad to win like this with Jens making a mistake but it’s golf and I just want to say congratulations to Jens too as it was a great tournament.
“I hit my seven iron on that hole four times today, and although I was never able to hit a really good shot I held on and won!
“I am due to play on the European Tour a lot this season through my category but winning here is definitely a good problem to have. After winning like this I am so excited for the rest of the season.”
With this victory in Kenya Gagli jumps straight to the top of the Challenge Tour Rankings with 80,000 pts, while Fahrbring sits in second place with 55,000 pts.
ALL THE FINAL TOTALS
par 284 (4x73)
273 L Gagli (Ita) 68 68 69 68, J Fahrbring (Swe) 72 70 64 67 (Gagli won sudden-death play-off at third extra hole).
274 P Mejow (Ger) 67 72 64 71, K Samooja (Fin) 71 70 65 68, N Geyger (Chi) 69 68 68 69
275 S Soderberg (Swe) 70 65 66 74, O Bekker (RSA) 74 69 63 69
276 V Riu (Fra) 68 70 73 65, L Canter (Eng) 69 68 70 69, T Fisher Jnr (RSA) 70 71 66 69, M Schwab (Aut) 76 66 65 69, A Karlsson (Swe) 67 69 72 68, M Orrin (Eng) 65 71 69 71
277 K Johannessen (Nor) 67 67 72 71, B Evans (Eng) 69 67 70 71, R McGowan (Eng) 76 67 69 65, K Koivu (Fin) 70 69 69 69
278 M Hoey (Nir) 66 72 70 70, V Perez (Fra) 70 72 66 70, J Quesne (Fra) 70 69 72 67, G Stal (Fra) 69 69 70 70, O Lengden (Swe) 71 72 63 72, M Schmitt (Ger) 67 65 71 75, C Sharvin (Nir) 71 70 68 69
279 N Cullen (Aus) 71 68 69 71, E Johansen (Nor) 70 72 70 67, S Forsström (Swe) 66 69 70 74
280 S Manley (Wal) 70 73 69 68, J Ahlers (RSA) 66 73 72 69, J Stalter (Fra) 67 71 73 69, D Huizing (Ned) 70 70 70 70, J Munro (Aus) 69 74 67 70, M Baldwin (Eng) 67 71 72 70, P Karmis (RSA) 72 70 71 67,
281 M Haastrup (Den) 71 70 69 71, D Perrier (Fra) 70 67 73 71, H Leon (Chi) 72 70 69 70,
282 N Von Dellingshausen (Ger) 67 70 70 75, A Tadini (Ita) 70 73 70 69, T Linard (Fra) 73 69 69 71, D Stewart (Sco) 69 68 73 72, G Forrest (Sco) 73 68 67 74, P Figueiredo (Por) 69 70 76 67,
283 S Heisele (Ger) 74 68 67 74, R Kellett (Sco) 65 73 72 73, M Ford (Eng) 71 71 70 71, J Girrbach (Sui) 71 68 73 71, B Ritthammer (Ger) 72 67 74 70, N Johansson (Swe) 72 71 67 73, A Michael (RSA) 68 72 74 69, M Nixon (Eng) 67 73 68 75, R Langasque (Fra) 70 73 67 73,
284 F Aguilar (Chi) 69 72 74 69,
285 G Hurley (Irl) 71 69 66 79, A Rozner (Fra) 70 71 70 74, R Sciot-Siegrist (Fra) 68 73 71 73, M Madsen (Den) 73 70 72 70,
286 M Armitage (Eng) 75 68 70 73, M Ovesen (Den) 75 68 69 74,
287 D Law (Sco) 69 71 74 73, J Senior (Eng) 72 69 74 72, C Blomstrand (Swe) 70 69 78 70,
288 J Lima (Por) 68 75 78 67, M Iten (Sui) 73 70 69 76, N Schietekat (RSA) 70 72 70 76,
289 P Maddy (Eng) 71 71 73 74, J Doherty (Sco) 70 71 74 74, J Walters (RSA) 68 68 75 78,
290 R Charania (Ken) 71 71 74 74, O Lindell (Fin) 75 66 78 71,
292 M Mediratta (Ken) 69 70 79 74,
295 R Van West (Ned) 76 67 75 77, J Sjöholm (Swe) 67 73 74 81,
 

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