Nacho Elvira could not finally come out on top with victory in the Genesis Championship, a DP World Tour tournament held in South Korea, which was surpassed by the local Junghwan Lee, who completed a surprising final round to win the first title on the European circuit.
Lee Junghwan, results
The Spanish golfer, who aspired to the third triumph in his palmars, left the leader empathized with his successor Mikael Lindberg, but his performance in the last 18 hours was not good - three 'birdies' and three 'bogeys' - and he missed the par of the course, insufficient to save contain Lee, who faced the last day with four more coups than the Cantabrian player.
In a session marked by rain, the Korean golfer, anointed 'Hombre de hierro' on the Asian circuit for his solid play with the 'putt', scored a goal of 64 shots, with two 'birdies' and a 'bogey'.
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On solid performance he placed him with a total of -11, three fewer than Elvira and the Englishman Laurie Canter, who ended up in second place with -8.
Lee, 34 years old and 451 in the world rankings, achieved his first victory on the DP World Tour with only five tournaments played, having achieved his first victory on the Asian Tour, where his best achievement was a tenth.
Elvira, 38 years old and 92 years old on the European circuit, landed her last two hoyos on the Woo Jeong Hills course, in the city of Cheonan, with fewer options, but two consecutive 'birdies' prevented her from going to the Korean.
On the last day, he attempted a wide coup to achieve the goal of an 'eagle', but on his way he was at the lagoon and his last hopes of forcing the defeat were taken up.
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The next Spanish player on the table was ngel Ayora, who took the seventh position with a total of -6, which keeps him alive with the possibility of being able to aspire to achieve the target that allows him to play the next time on the PGA Tour, the European circuit.
Rafael Cabrera Bello and Jorge Campillo finished with -5 and Eugenio Lpez-Chacarra hit him with -3, with whom they won their presence in the two final tournaments of the DP World Tour that will be played in Abu Dhabi and Dubi in the first five-year period in November.
