Victor Perez put on a fantastic showcase of grip putting to overcome Ryan Fox in a play-off and win his second DP World Tour title at the 2022 Dutch Open.
The Frenchman who entered the day at Bernardus Golf in a portion of the lead however was three shots back remained on the seventeenth tee as the in-structure Fox put on a great presentation.
A twofold intruder on the last from the Kiwi saw him sign for a 68 and leave the entryway slightly open, notwithstanding, and Perez birdied the penultimate opening to head down the standard five eighteenth back in an offer.
The 29-year-old had six feet to take the title on the last green yet missed his putt to remain at 13 under after a 69 and we made a beeline for additional openings for the third time in five occasions.
A 20-footer kept him in it as the two men made a birdie on the main outing back up the eighteenth and after a couple of standards at the subsequent endeavor, Perez made one more extended putt for an increase.
Yet, he was not done there, holing from north of 40 feet at the seventeenth on the fourth play-off opening to seal triumph with a birdie.
Perez likewise procures himself a spot at The 150th Open Championship this late spring close by Fox and Pole Adrian Meronk, with the main three players in the main ten not excluded making a beeline for St Andrew's.
Meronk completed a shot out of the play-off after a 68, a score matched by German Marcel Schneider who completed at 11 under.
Swede Sebastian Soderberg and England's Matt Wallace were at ten under, two shots in front of one more Swede in Alexander Björk and Portugal's Ricardo Gouveia.
Since winning his lady DP World Tour title at the 2019 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, Perez has completed second in three Rolex Series occasions and in the main five at two World Golf Championships.
This subsequent triumph moves him to 24th on the DP World Tour Rankings in Partnership with Rolex and could move him back into the main 100 on the Official World Golf Ranking.
"There was a decent lot of fortune, I must be straightforward with myself, holing out those long putts in the play-off," he said.
"I just attempted to zero in on me the entire day, that is everything I can do, is attempt to keep a hero outlook and hit great shot after great shot.
"The chips planned to fall where they planned to fall, it's remarkably difficult to foresee what will occur in golf: folks appear unexpectedly and win competitions and folks take tremendous leads. You simply need to zero in on you and not take a gander at the board and I was only lucky to fall on the right side today."
In guideline, Fox birdied the first from 11 feet to join the lead and afterward made a two-putt birdie on the standard five fourth to stir things up around town all alone.
Perez likewise made his benefit on the standard five as he got all over and he followed it with a 38-footer on the following, broadening his lead at the standard five seventh with the assistance of a lovely pitch subsequent to laying up.
Fox contributed at the eleventh to manage the lead to one and it was all change on the following as the 35-year-old holed a 80-footer from simply off the green at the twelfth for a hawk and the lead.
Perez then dropped a shot on the 10th and when Fox holed from 46 feet on the fourteenth, he drove by three.
Fox had seemed to be in voyage control, however he took a drop after nearly tracking down the water on the last, missed the green with his third and tracked down sand with his fourth, giving up a twofold intruder and welcoming Perez's dramatic finale.
Meronk was sans intruder as he got shots on the fourth, fifth, twelfth and sixteenth however his feature was a fantastic standard on the eighth as he played his ball from shallow water, tracked down the green and holed a 47-footer.
Schneider recuperated from an initial intruder with five birdies in his round, while Soderberg endorsed for a 71, and Wallace, Björk and Gouveia all checked level-standard rounds of 72
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