Scotland’s Greig Hutcheon got here storming by way of the sector with a surprising course document 64 to win the Legends Open de France by two pictures.
Beginning the ultimate spherical 4 pictures off the lead, Hutcheon made 9 birdies on his technique to the perfect spherical of the week and a -13 complete that was sufficient to see off in a single day chief Simon Khan and Scott Hend, who completed tied second on -11.
It was a birdie-fest on the La Forêt course at Le Touquet, particularly on the entrance 9, and as many as 15 gamers had a real probability of successful as a dramatic remaining spherical unfolded in northern France.
Hutcheon made an excellent begin with birdies on the 1st and third holes. He dropped a shot on the par-5 fifth however bounced straight again with a birdie two on the sixth. He thrust himself into competition with a birdie barrage of 4 in a row from the ninth that acquired him right into a share of the lead.
Three pars adopted earlier than he broke clear with back-to-back birdies at 16 and 17. He burned the sting for birdie from 20 toes on the ultimate gap, however his magnificent 64 set the clubhouse goal at -13.
Khan, Hend and Robert Coles had an opportunity to catch him, however they couldn’t discover sufficient late birdies to pressure a play-off.
“I’m completely delighted,” stated the three-time Problem Tour winner. “It’s a lesson in perseverance and simply form of battling on by way of fairly a number of accidents, and so forth. So yeah, I believe it’s dedication that has acquired me right here.”
Hutcheon completed eighth on the MCB Highway to Mauritius in his rookie season final 12 months, and his first win on the circuit takes the 51-year-old to seventh on this 12 months’s standings.
