Scott Jamieson ended a 14-year wait to file his second victory on Europe’s high tier tour after the 42-year-old Scot received the Nexo Championship held on native soil at Trump Worldwide Golf Hyperlinks in Aberdeenshire.
A closing spherical of 67 noticed Jamieson attain 11 underneath par on the testing Scottish hyperlinks and end two strokes away from England’s Matthew Jordan.
Jamieson, who started the day three pictures again from in a single day chief Shaun Norris, rapidly made up floor on Sunday, carding three birdies throughout his opening 9 holes.
PENALTY RULING
A two-stroke penalty for Norris after was adjudged to have moved a free obstacle within the form of a misplaced divot – noticed the Scot take the outright lead across the flip, earlier than he opened his again 9 with an additional two positive aspects.
Jamieson’s solely bogey of the day got here on the thirteenth, however a birdie on the following gap noticed him reinstate his lead, earlier than a dropped shot from Jordan on the seventeenth noticed the house hope pull three pictures clear.
A secure par on the final meant the dream of victory on house soil grew to become a actuality, the win coming 5,005 days after his maiden title on the Nelson Mandela Championship in South Africa all the best way again in 2012.
TOIL ENDS ON HOME SOIL
“It’s been a very long time since my final win, so to do it right here in Scotland is additional particular,” mentioned the winner, who picked up a primary place prize of €435,000. “I’ve managed to maintain my card for 16 years now. Yearly, you’re all the time working in direction of one thing, and hopefully all these little issues add as much as wins now and again, so I’m delighted that it occurred this week.
He added: “The grind’s worse than making an attempt to win – making an attempt to win is pleasurable. I used to be nervous coming down the stretch. I used to be positive up till I went three forward by means of 11, and didn’t hit an important tee shot on the following.
“I simply had a bit phrase with myself and mentioned: ‘come on, there’s nonetheless an extended method to go’. Nothing is assured at that time, however everybody else is nervous too – you simply should attempt your finest.”
The outcome sees Jamieson leap from one hundred and thirty fifth to forty second on the DP World Tour’s Race to Dubai Rankings, and safe his DP World Tour card for 2 extra years, a incontrovertible fact that was not misplaced on him.
“I used to be beginning to get to the enterprise finish of the season and didn’t have numerous factors on the board, so to win and get a pair years of free golf is good,” he mentioned.
Jordan’s birdie on the final noticed him end at 9 underneath par for the week, and declare outright second, whereas South African Norris was an additional two pictures again in third.
In the meantime, Richard Mansell produced one of the best spherical of the day to set a brand new course file at Trump Worldwide Golf Hyperlinks. The Englishman’s seven underneath 65 noticed him declare a $10,000 prize for setting a brand new low rating on the course, and end in a share of seventh.
