(Reuters) – Denmark’s Jeff Winther clinched his first European Tour crown with a one-shot victory on the Mallorca Open, holding his nerve in a closely-fought ultimate spherical hours after unintentionally locking himself within the lavatory earlier on Sunday.
Winther started the day with a two-shot lead and recorded a closing 70 to complete at 15-under total, securing victory forward of Sweden’s Sebastian Soderberg and residential favourites Pep Angles and Jorge Campillo who had been in a three-way tie for second.
The Dane, who shot 62 twice on the par-70 course, virtually missed tee-time when he locked himself within the lavatory on Sunday morning and had his six-year-old daughter to thank for coming to his rescue.
“It is unbelievable, it isn’t sinking in. I could not have a greater week. I am overwhelmed,” stated Winther, whose maiden title on the Tour got here in his 129th look.
“After breakfast I went to have a bathe and my spouse got here in to make use of the lavatory as nicely. The door closed, and there is no lock, however we locked ourselves in… Our little woman Nora needed to go and discover guys at reception to interrupt down the door.
“We had been in there for 45 minutes I feel. I assumed, ‘Jeez not at present, not Sunday, you are main the freaking occasion. May not get there to your tee time.’ What a morning.”
Angles and Campillo carded 67 and 69, respectively, to complete at 14-under with Soderberg, who additionally completed runner-up eventually week’s Andalusia Masters.
England’s Laurie Canter fired the bottom spherical of the day with a 64 to complete 12-under alongside Spaniard Sebastian Garcia Rodriguez.
(Reporting by Hritika Sharma in Bengaluru, enhancing by Pritha Sarkar)
