Golf News | European Tour Title Conditions Favour Brits

Damien McGrane speaks about fulfilling a childhood dream by winning his first European Tour title. The 37-year-old Irishman took the title at the Volvo China Open with an impressive nine-stroke margin over his competitors.

The conditions in Beijing were not ideal and yet the wet and windy conditions, had little effect on Mcgrane’s game and attitude. Those who witnessed hi emphatic performance have commented that he thrived to go onto card a one-over-par 73 in the final round. McGrane remained focused and unshaken by the weather as his struggling competitors incurred bogey after bogey as they desperately clambered to close in on his lead.

McGrane’s turning point came on the par-five ninth, on his third shot he hit a seven iron just short of the green. Which he then went on to convert into a birdie by to chipping on and nicely rolling the golf ball towards the hole. That gave McGrane a four-stroke lead at the turn and he never looked back, carding a birdie on the 11th and a bogey on the last.

English competitor Simon Griffiths was also well adapted to the conditions seen on the field and climbed to an impressive shared second place. He held this spot alongside Wilson and Michael Lorenzo-Vera. Mark Brown however shot a triple bogey on the 18th losing him all hope of a second place finisher, his complete game delivering his a respectable third place.

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