American Chris Gotterup impressively “hung in there like a champ” to hold off Rory McIlroy and the chasing pack for the biggest win of his career with a remarkable Scottish Open success.The world number 158, who began the final round tied for the lead with McIlroy, displayed admirable nerve to register a closing 66 and triumph by two shots on 15 under at the Renaissance Club.McIlroy’s challenge faltered on the back nine and Ele compartilhou o segundo lugar com o Marco Penge da Inglaterra. Além de lucrar 1,2 milhão de libras e seu segundo título da PGA Tour, Gotterup, de 25 anos, garantiu uma aparição de estréia no The Open no Royal Portush na próxima semana.Gotterup lutou contra as lágrimas ao manifestar: “Eu unicamente fiquei com força e tentei mantê-lo junto.” É incrível. Tudo está me atingindo. É tão lítico. I played really well this week and I knew today was going to be tough.”It was a pleasure to be out there with Rory and obviously all the support he gets is amazing, but it was nice to kind of ruin that a little bit.”Matt Fitzpatrick finished three shots off the top alongside Nicolai Hojgaard, while Justin Rose was one further back after posting the lowest round of the day with a bogey-free 63.Xander Schauffele, who begins his Claret Jug A resguardo na quinta -feira, terminou em nove inferior do mundo Scottie Scheffler e Ludvig Aberg.

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