Englishman Matt Wallace beat Alfredo García Heredia this Sunday in the first playoff hole to decide the European Masters, added his fifth victory in the DP World Tour and deprived the Spaniard of his first victory, at the age of 42, on the European circuit.
The two players finished the four rounds at the Swiss club in Crans sur Sierre tied at 269 strokes (11 under par), forcing them to play a tiebreaker, resolved at the first extra hole in favor of the English player . Alfredo García Heredia shined on the last day in Crans Montana, which was marked by rain and even fog, with 66 strokes. He started poorly, with bogeys on 1 and 4, but he corrected the course with six birdies (holes 6, 9, 12, 14, 15 and 18).
Final birdies allowed the man from Gijón to overtake Wallace for the lead and extend the tournament into a playoff, played again on the 18th hole and where the Englishman settled for a birdie for the Spaniard’s par, that, At 42 years old, he wishes to finally add to his first victory on the continental circuit.
Matt Wallace, 34 years old and who this Sunday made par (70) in the fourth round, signed his twelfth professional victory and fifth on the DP World Tour, where he won the Portuguese Open in 2017, and in 2018 the Open of India. , BMW International and Made in Denmark. Behind Matt Wallace and Alfredo García Heredia he finished, with -10, also English Andrew Johnston, third alone. The Swiss Cedric Gugler and the Australian Jason Scrivener made it three shots from the head. who shared fourth place.