Crans-Montana (Switzerland) (AFP)
Sweden's Sebastian Söderberg won the European Masters Golf Championship by beating four players, including Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy, on Sunday at the Crans-Montana course.
Söderberg finished with a total of -14 as did McIlroy, Italy's Lorenzo Gagli, Andrés Romero of Argentina and Finland's Kalle Samooja. He won the first hole in the jump with a birdie and a ten-meter putt to take away the first trophy of his career. "It's amazing, playing with Rory, with so many people all around, has spiked the game," said the 28-year-old.
For his part, McIlroy, N.2 world, was still beaten in play-off as in 2018.
The best Frenchman, Michael Lorenzo-Vera, took the 6th place, at one stroke of the leading group.
Final ranking (by 70):
1. Sebastian Söderberg (SWE) -14 (64-70-66-66)
2. Lorenzo Gagli (ITA) -14 (64-68-67-67)
. Rory McIlroy (NIR) -14 (67-63-69-67)
. Andrés Romero (ARG) -14 (69-61-66-70)
. Kalle Samooja (FIN) -14 (66-71-62-67)
6. Adrià Arnaus (ESP) -13 (66-67-70-64)
. Michael Lorenzo-Vera (FRA) -13 (63-72-67-65)
8. Tommy Fleetwood (ENG) -12 (65-65-68-70)
. Lucas Herbert (AUS) -12 (70-67-67-64)
. Wade Ormsby (AUS) -12 (66-64-67-71)
. Matthias Schwab (AUT) -12 (63-67-70-68)
...
23. Sergio Garcia (ESP) -9 (66-68-66-71)
. Miguel Angel Jimenez (ESP) -9 (67-66-69-69)
28. Lee Westwood (ENG) -8 (67-72-64-69)
43. Victor Dubuisson (FRA) -5 (69-69-64-73)
48. Romain Langasque (FRA) -4 (72-67-65-72)
75. Clément Sordet (FRA) 5 (68-70-77-70)
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