Marc Warren finishes second, Connor Syme joint 12th on pro debut
Brilliant Bjerregaard is victorious in Vilamoura
Lucas Bjerregaard with the championship trophy. Picture by courtesy of Getty Images(c)
Player quotes
Marc Warren:“I didn't look at the leaderboard. I knew on the middle of the back nine Lucas was a few in front, so I was just trying to finish as best as I could. You know, trying not to go chasing it, stay patient.
“I knew going out today that I obviously needed a good round. You know, you’re in contention and conditions were favourable again. The wind was a little bit less than yesterday. Greens seemed a little bit softer, as well, which helps approach shots. “It's just nice to be pretty much 100 percent fit again. Driving the ball as well as I have done, if I keep the driving stats up, the short game is pretty good, I think we can have a good, strong finish to the season.”
FINAL TOTALS
par 284 (4x71)
264 L Bjerregaard (Denmark) 66 65 68 65
268 M Warren (Sco) 67 64 70 67
269 G Storm (Eng) 67 66 69 67, E Pepperell (Eng) 66 67 68 68
270 J Lima (Por) 69 66 68 67, R Gouveia (Portugal) 69 67 69 65
271 S Soderberg (Swe) 68 71 64 68, D Burmester (SAf) 66 67 72 66, A Wu (China) 65 70 67 69, N Elvira (Spn) 66 68 68 69, G Coetzee (SAf) 64 69 67 71, 272 N Bertasio (Ita) 65 65 71 71, V Dubuisson (Fra) 68 68 69 67, J Stalter (Fra) 70 67 68 67, J Luiten (Ned) 64 68 70 70, P Khongwatmai (Thailand) 69 68 66 69, C Paisley (Eng) 70 65 67 70, N Colsaerts (Belgium) 69 70 64 69, C Syme (Sco) 68 69 68 67
273 T Detry (Bel) 69 65 68 71, R Sterne (RSA) 66 70 70 67, D Lingmerth (Swe) 67 69 70 67, S Jamieson (Sco) 68 68 69 68, M Armitage (Eng) 71 66 68 68
274 M Siem (Ger) 70 66 68 70, P Harrington (Ire) 67 67 71 69, H Li (China) 70 69 69 66, J Thomson (Eng) 69 67 68 70
275 J Campillo (Spn) 67 71 68 69, S Lowry (Ire) 69 64 70 72, A Knappe (Ger) 68 68 69 70, J Scrivener (Australia) 65 67 73 70, D Perrier (Fra) 68 70 72 65, 276 T Olesen (Denmark) 69 69 71 67, P Lawrie (Sco) 69 69 71 67, W Ormsby (Australia) 70 68 69 69, S Heisele (Ger) 72 66 66 72, R Knox (Sco) 69 69 67 71
277 E De La Riva (Spn) 69 67 70 71, P Waring (Eng) 73 66 71 67, T Lewis (Eng) 69 70 69 69, G Havret (Fra) 65 72 71 69, M Pavon (Fra) 70 68 70 69, R Langasque (Fra) 71 67 69 70, M Wallace (Eng) 69 68 69 71
278 M Korhonen (Finland) 72 65 74 67, T Aiken (SAf) 73 63 70 72, M Jonzon (Swe) 66 71 74 67, C Shinkwin (Eng) 65 73 72 68, B Dredge (Wales) 68 70 70 70, R Echenique (Arg) 71 66 71 70
279 T Sinnott (Australia) 71 67 73 68, A Karlsson (Swe) 69 70 71 69, A Hansen (Denmark) 67 70 71 71, J Winther (Den) 69 68 71 71, B Evans (Eng) 69 70 67 73, A Rai (Eng) 69 69 72 69, A Chesters (Eng) 67 71 68 73
280 A Cañizares (Spn) 66 69 74 71, S Webster (Eng) 70 69 69 72, S Horsfield (Eng) 71 67 73 69
281 A Quiros (Spn) 68 67 77 69, G Stal (Fra) 74 64 72 71, O Fisher (Eng) 67 71 74 69
282 D Dixon (Eng) 70 66 74 72, L Slattery (Eng) 69 69 76 68, J Rutherford (Eng) 69 70 70 73
283 F Aguilar (Chile) 69 68 68 78, D Willett (Eng) 71 65 75 72, R Kakko (Fin) 70 69 70 74, L Canter (Eng) 66 70 75 72
284 N Kimsey (Eng) 73 65 73 73
285 D Brooks (Eng) 70 69 74 72
286 T Pieters (Bel) 69 70 73 74
287 J Edfors (Swe) 71 68 72 76
Lucas Bjerregaard with the championship trophy. Picture by courtesy of Getty Images(c)
EUROPEAN TOUR COMMUNICATIONS
Lucas Bjerregaard produced one of the best performances of his career to claim his maiden European Tour title at the Portugal Masters, closing out a 54-hole lead at the third time of asking.
The Dane, who was 114th on the Race to Dubai Rankings and battling to save his card when he arrived at Dom Pedro Victoria Golf Course, fired eight birdies in a closing 65 to finish 20 under par and four clear of Scotland’s Marc Warren.
This was the third time in his career that the 26 year old Bjerregaard was at the top of the leader board going into the final day, and this time he made it count after ultimately losing out at the 2015 UBS Hong Kong Open and the 2016 Volvo China Open.
A lovely pitch to eight feet set up a gain on the fourth for Bjerregaard, and he went back-to-back by getting up-and-down from a bunker on the par five fifth before holing from 25 feet on the eighth.
He overshot his approach to the ninth and then miscued his chip, with the subsequent bogey seeing his advantage halved as South Africa’s George Coetzee and Graeme Storm of England applied some pressure.
Back-to-back birdies at the tenth and 11th sent him clear again, and although Bjerregaard dropped another shot on the 14th after finding sand off the tee, he picked up his seventh and eighth gains of the day on the 15th and 17th to complete a commanding victory which earned him 333,330 euros
Warren, who came into the week even further back at 173rd on the Race to Dubai Rankings, boosted his chances of retaining his card with a closing 67, aided by an eagle on the 17th.
The Dane, who was 114th on the Race to Dubai Rankings and battling to save his card when he arrived at Dom Pedro Victoria Golf Course, fired eight birdies in a closing 65 to finish 20 under par and four clear of Scotland’s Marc Warren.
This was the third time in his career that the 26 year old Bjerregaard was at the top of the leader board going into the final day, and this time he made it count after ultimately losing out at the 2015 UBS Hong Kong Open and the 2016 Volvo China Open.
A lovely pitch to eight feet set up a gain on the fourth for Bjerregaard, and he went back-to-back by getting up-and-down from a bunker on the par five fifth before holing from 25 feet on the eighth.
He overshot his approach to the ninth and then miscued his chip, with the subsequent bogey seeing his advantage halved as South Africa’s George Coetzee and Graeme Storm of England applied some pressure.
Back-to-back birdies at the tenth and 11th sent him clear again, and although Bjerregaard dropped another shot on the 14th after finding sand off the tee, he picked up his seventh and eighth gains of the day on the 15th and 17th to complete a commanding victory which earned him 333,330 euros
Warren, who came into the week even further back at 173rd on the Race to Dubai Rankings, boosted his chances of retaining his card with a closing 67, aided by an eagle on the 17th.
He earned 222,220 euros for finishing in outright second place after Coetzee found water at the last and ran up a triple bogey.
Storm and fellow Englishman Eddie Pepperell tied for third on 15 under par, with home favourites Ricardo Gouveia and José-Filipe Lima a shot further back.
Scot Connor Syme (Drumoig), on his debut as a professional, did well to finished joint 12th, breaking 70 in each of the four rounds with an aggregate of 12-under-par 272. Syme earned 29,050 euros.
Scott Jamieson, who tied for 20th place, earned 22,640 euros.
Russell Knox and Paul Lawrie, who tied for 34th place, each earned 14,000 euros.
Storm and fellow Englishman Eddie Pepperell tied for third on 15 under par, with home favourites Ricardo Gouveia and José-Filipe Lima a shot further back.
Scot Connor Syme (Drumoig), on his debut as a professional, did well to finished joint 12th, breaking 70 in each of the four rounds with an aggregate of 12-under-par 272. Syme earned 29,050 euros.
Scott Jamieson, who tied for 20th place, earned 22,640 euros.
Russell Knox and Paul Lawrie, who tied for 34th place, each earned 14,000 euros.
Player quotes
Marc Warren:“I didn't look at the leaderboard. I knew on the middle of the back nine Lucas was a few in front, so I was just trying to finish as best as I could. You know, trying not to go chasing it, stay patient.
“I knew going out today that I obviously needed a good round. You know, you’re in contention and conditions were favourable again. The wind was a little bit less than yesterday. Greens seemed a little bit softer, as well, which helps approach shots. “It's just nice to be pretty much 100 percent fit again. Driving the ball as well as I have done, if I keep the driving stats up, the short game is pretty good, I think we can have a good, strong finish to the season.”
FINAL TOTALS
par 284 (4x71)
264 L Bjerregaard (Denmark) 66 65 68 65
268 M Warren (Sco) 67 64 70 67
269 G Storm (Eng) 67 66 69 67, E Pepperell (Eng) 66 67 68 68
270 J Lima (Por) 69 66 68 67, R Gouveia (Portugal) 69 67 69 65
271 S Soderberg (Swe) 68 71 64 68, D Burmester (SAf) 66 67 72 66, A Wu (China) 65 70 67 69, N Elvira (Spn) 66 68 68 69, G Coetzee (SAf) 64 69 67 71, 272 N Bertasio (Ita) 65 65 71 71, V Dubuisson (Fra) 68 68 69 67, J Stalter (Fra) 70 67 68 67, J Luiten (Ned) 64 68 70 70, P Khongwatmai (Thailand) 69 68 66 69, C Paisley (Eng) 70 65 67 70, N Colsaerts (Belgium) 69 70 64 69, C Syme (Sco) 68 69 68 67
273 T Detry (Bel) 69 65 68 71, R Sterne (RSA) 66 70 70 67, D Lingmerth (Swe) 67 69 70 67, S Jamieson (Sco) 68 68 69 68, M Armitage (Eng) 71 66 68 68
274 M Siem (Ger) 70 66 68 70, P Harrington (Ire) 67 67 71 69, H Li (China) 70 69 69 66, J Thomson (Eng) 69 67 68 70
275 J Campillo (Spn) 67 71 68 69, S Lowry (Ire) 69 64 70 72, A Knappe (Ger) 68 68 69 70, J Scrivener (Australia) 65 67 73 70, D Perrier (Fra) 68 70 72 65, 276 T Olesen (Denmark) 69 69 71 67, P Lawrie (Sco) 69 69 71 67, W Ormsby (Australia) 70 68 69 69, S Heisele (Ger) 72 66 66 72, R Knox (Sco) 69 69 67 71
277 E De La Riva (Spn) 69 67 70 71, P Waring (Eng) 73 66 71 67, T Lewis (Eng) 69 70 69 69, G Havret (Fra) 65 72 71 69, M Pavon (Fra) 70 68 70 69, R Langasque (Fra) 71 67 69 70, M Wallace (Eng) 69 68 69 71
278 M Korhonen (Finland) 72 65 74 67, T Aiken (SAf) 73 63 70 72, M Jonzon (Swe) 66 71 74 67, C Shinkwin (Eng) 65 73 72 68, B Dredge (Wales) 68 70 70 70, R Echenique (Arg) 71 66 71 70
279 T Sinnott (Australia) 71 67 73 68, A Karlsson (Swe) 69 70 71 69, A Hansen (Denmark) 67 70 71 71, J Winther (Den) 69 68 71 71, B Evans (Eng) 69 70 67 73, A Rai (Eng) 69 69 72 69, A Chesters (Eng) 67 71 68 73
280 A Cañizares (Spn) 66 69 74 71, S Webster (Eng) 70 69 69 72, S Horsfield (Eng) 71 67 73 69
281 A Quiros (Spn) 68 67 77 69, G Stal (Fra) 74 64 72 71, O Fisher (Eng) 67 71 74 69
282 D Dixon (Eng) 70 66 74 72, L Slattery (Eng) 69 69 76 68, J Rutherford (Eng) 69 70 70 73
283 F Aguilar (Chile) 69 68 68 78, D Willett (Eng) 71 65 75 72, R Kakko (Fin) 70 69 70 74, L Canter (Eng) 66 70 75 72
284 N Kimsey (Eng) 73 65 73 73
285 D Brooks (Eng) 70 69 74 72
286 T Pieters (Bel) 69 70 73 74
287 J Edfors (Swe) 71 68 72 76
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