Tyrrell Hatton made history for his second straight victory at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, something that has never been achieved before but had to share some of the glory with Ross Fisher, who broke the Old Course record with an incredible 61 (-11) card.

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Hatton started the final round with a five-point lead and played a flawless (-6) par 66 to win three strokes ahead of Fisher. His winning score of (-24) is the lowest in the Alfred Dunhill Links. His game was so solid that he didn't have a single bogey in the last three laps.

He stated: “It was the first time I defended a title or had the challenge of trying to do so. It felt a lot harder today than it was last year. I am so happy that I managed to overcome the line. "

“I haven't seen a scoreboard from the back nine to the 16th, when I saw Fish was 21 under the par, I thought about how well he was holding up today. It was an incredible round of golf, and he certainly pushed me hard. "

Grand Dubuisson

(source: Sébastien Cachard-Berger / ffgolf)

Bluffing on the Saint Andrews course (63, -9), Victor Dubuisson took 3rd place in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. Grégory Bourdy and Alexander Levy also finish in the top 10.

New record holder on the Old Course, Fisher erases Victor Dubuisson's mark established in 2012. But the Frenchman almost put his name back on it over an incredible Sunday. In fusion during this last lap, Dubush 'missed nothing or almost. After eleven holes, he was already at -8 before, for the first time of the day, to string together two consecutive pars. It was to better resume his forward march with his ninth and tenth birdies at 14 and 15. Climbing up to third in the tournament, the double winner on the Tour then made his only mistake of the day on the 16. A bogey who dropped back to -9 for the day.

“It's very special to sign 63 (-9) in a last round of Dunhill Links in St Andrews, he confided to the European Tour at the end of the game. I played really well all week, but this Sunday it was my putting that made all the difference. All my putts below 3m have fallen. I have the 59 in mind at the end of the game yes… But at the 16, I play a wedge that I thought was good and that stole a little too much, followed by a 3-putts. But that's really not important in the end. "

With this card, he won nine places on the leaderboard (3rd, -17), recorded his second top 10 of the season (4th in the Hassan II trophy), and above all pocketed a check more than welcome at the end of the season. Not yet sure to keep his playing rights on the European Tour before the start of the week, he is now 63rd in the Race to Dubai and can now aim to participate in the final of the Race reserved for the top 60.

Bourdy and Levy in the top 10

In the last part alongside Tyrrell Hatton, Grégory Bourdy stuck where Dubuisson shone: in putting. Perfectly in line but too short on several occasions on the immense greens of St Andrews, the Bordelais could not do better than three birdies (1,3 and 7). Definitively removed from the title race with the strong start of his partner of the day, he then abandoned the podium by conceding two bogeys on the return. With a card of 71 (-1), Bourdy finally took 4th place (-14). 90th in the Race last Thursday, he still took the opportunity to climb to 62nd rank, also within reach of the famous top 60.

Alexander Levy has long validated his ticket to Dubai and aims instead for the top 20 of the Race. With its last lap in 68 (-4), the French number 1 took a step in this direction. He took 7th place in the tournament (-13) and placed 17th in the European Tour.

Behind, Romain Wattel took 15th place (-11) after a last lap in 69 (-3). The winner of the last KLM Open is ahead of Gary Stal, (25th, -11) and Grégory Havret (36th, -1). Raphaël Jacquelin follows in 47th row (-8), ahead of Michaël Lorenzo Vera and Julien Quesne (56th, -7). Benjamin Hébert closes the march in 63rd place (-4).

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