Frederic LaCroix stormed to a maiden DP World Tour title after a surprising four-shot victory on the Danish Golf Championship, as Lucas Bjerregaard light on the ultimate day.
The Frenchman overturned a four-stroke deficit throughout an eventful Sunday at Lübker Golf Resort, the place a superb bogey-free 65 noticed him end on 14 underneath and declare the most important win of his profession.
LaCroix pulled clear in a single day chief Bjerregaard, who missed out on a primary DP World Tour title in six years, with the Dane ending the week tied-second on 10 underneath alongside Romain Langasque.
“I’m very happy with what that today,” LaCroix stated. “I’ve been close a few times, especially this year, and I’ve just been improving slowly but steadily over the last few years. I’ve kept doing my thing and it’s nice to see it all coming together with a win today.”
Bjerregaard began the day two forward and opened with a birdie on the par-five first, solely to fail to stand up and down from off the inexperienced on the second and three-putt from long-range on the subsequent to card back-to-back bogeys.
The Dane holed from the perimeter to birdie the fifth however missed from six ft to save lots of par on the subsequent, then racked up a double-bogey on the par-four eighth after discovering bushes off the tee and having to take a penalty drop.
LaCroix – enjoying within the group forward – charged up the leaderboard by making the most of the opening gap, birdieing the fifth and firing his tee shot on the par-three seventh to tap-in vary, placing him one forward of compatriots Langasque and David Ravatto on the flip.
The world No 213 holed from the perimeter on the par-five tenth to start out his again 9 with a birdie, took benefit of the driveable twelfth and rolled in from 15 ft on the fifteenth to increase his benefit, earlier than closing out the most important win of his profession with three straight pars.
Langasque had reached the flip in level-par and added one birdie with one bogey on the again 9, whereas Bjerregaard made back-to-back birdies from the twelfth earlier than dropping a shot on the sixteenth to put up a final-round 73.
Ravatto’s four-under 67 lifted him to fourth spot, whereas England’s Joe Dean jumped right into a share of fifth after matching his whole to finish the week six strokes again.
What’s subsequent?
The DP World Tour heads to the UK for the Betfred British Masters hosted by Sir Nick Faldo, with the opening occasion of the “Back 9” schedule at The Belfry additionally marking the beginning of the race to qualify for Staff Europe’s subsequent Ryder Cup crew.
Watch the opening spherical stay on Thursday from 12.30pm on Sky Sports activities Golf, with the Tour Championship, KPMG Girls’s Irish Open, FM Championship and Curtis Cup additionally stay on sky Sports activities. Stream the DP World Tour, PGA Tour and extra sport with NOW.
