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Eighth Saturday evening three shots behind the leader, the South African Casey Jarvis, Yuto Katsuragawa, 25 years old, member of the Japan Golf Tour, won brilliantly thanks to a final immaculate card of 63 (-7), equaled course record . At -17 (263), the Japanese is three lengths ahead of the Swede Sebastian Söderberg. Despite a final round completed in par (70), Tom Vaillant holds a very good 7th place at -11 (269). This is his best result on the European Tour that he discovers this season!
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For the third time this season, a Japanese golfer wins in style on the DP World Tour. After Rikuya Hoshino on February 11 in Qatar, after Keita Nakajima on March 31 in India, it is the turn of Yuto Katsuragawa to make the colors of Japanese golf fly very high. We could add to this impressive series Ryo Hisatsunevictorious at the end of last September at the Cazoo Open de France, Golf National.
This success, his first on the European Tour, his second on the Japan Golf Tour after that of 2022 in this same tournament, Yuto Katsuragawa did not steal it. Eighth on Saturday evening, three lengths behind leader Casey Jarvis, he quickly stormed the very tough par 70 of the Gotemba Course with two successful birdies at holes 3 and 6.
Another Yuto Katsuragawa birdie 🙌
He now leads by three shots.#ISPSHandaChampionship pic.twitter.com/OkJVG8GHcX
— DP World Tour (@DPWorldTour) April 28, 2024
Despite the wind being stronger than the previous days, the 434th player in the world (who should make a giant leap in the next ranking) then demonstrated great mastery while around him, the ” road exits » have multiplied.
Pavon unscrews
Like for example the last group, that of leaders, made up of Casey Jarvisfrom German Yannik Paul and Chinese Haotong Li. Between them, they only recorded one… single birdie throughout these last eighteen holes, respectively posting cards of 74 (+4), 76 (+6) and 72 (+2) at the finish. ). Terrible !
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Sunday to forget also for Matthew Pavon, yet in the running for the win at the start of this last round since only three shots from the lead (like Katsuragawa) after his excellent Saturday. But the Bordelais, weighed down by a first leg in 39 (+4), could not do better than a 73 (+3) and finished 30th (as Julien Brun) to -7 (273).
Vaillant and Ko, side by side…
The hope of a hypothetical French Sunday rested above all on the shoulders of Tom Vaillant, long installed at the forefront at -11 before cracking at 10 then at 11 after several failed attempts with putter in hand. His two birdies at holes 15 and 18, however, allowed him to finish in 7th position at -11 (269) and at the same time validate his best performance on the DP World Tour, him the rookie coming straight from Challenge Tour.
The student of Jean-François Lucquin suddenly ahead Jeong Weon Ko, eleventh at -10 after a final 69 (-1). Following his solid 5th place in India at the end of March, he continues to move up very valuable ranks in the Race. Here he is now 56th before joining China and Shenzhen for the Volvo China Open (May 2-5).
I can now play on the DP World Tour, and that’s really great. I am very happy about it. I also plan to become a PGA Tour member in the future.
Yuto Katsuragawa
For Yuto Katsuragawa, author of a magnificent 63 (tied course record) without bogey, it is on the other hand a new life that is beginning. This victory on his land opens wide the doors of the European Tour and, who knows, a gateway to the PGA Tour. The one that his compatriot Ryo Hisatsune took at the end of last year by clinching one of the ten spots put into play via the Race. Will he take up the challenge? Apparently yes !
« I worked a lot, I didn’t count my hours in training to reach this levelhe explains just after his triumph. I can now play on the DP World Tour, and that’s really great. I am very happy about it. I also plan to become a PGA Tour member in the future. To win here, very close to Mount Fuji, to win on such a difficult course, it’s something powerful. »
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