In Portugal, Thomas Pieters won his first victory since 2019. He won with two strokes ahead of Bjerragaard, Hojgaard and Pavon and added the Portugal Masters to his list.

Thomas Pieters winner of the Portugal Masters - Credits: twitter @EuropeanTour

Thomas Pieters winner of the Portugal Masters - Credits: twitter @EuropeanTour

At the beginning of November, this week we meet the European Tour in Portugal on the occasion of the Portugal Masters. The players were therefore able to play at the superb Dom Pedro Victoria Golf Course in Vilamoura in the Algarve region.

Co-leader at the start of the last lap, Thomas Pieters started his day with a bogey on hole 1. An eagle on par 5 of hole 5 and a birdie on hole 8 allowed him to come back to a stroke from Mathieu Pavon, leader at this point in the tournament. Hole 12 was the turning point of this mano to mano: Pavon appeared on tee 12 with two strokes in advance, he signed a triple bogey while the Belgian landed a birdie. Pieters comes out of the hole two strokes ahead.
He will keep his two moves ahead until the end of the tournament to win the Portugal Masters.

We notice a glaring statistic this Sunday on the card of Thomas Pieters, he plays -4 on par 5 thanks to two birdies and an eagle.
It is on these same par 5 that Mathieu Pavon was left behind: +3, a birdie, a bogey and a triple bogey.

This is Thomas Pieters' first victory since 2019 and his success at the D + D Real Czech Masters.
Thanks to this victory, he moved from 129th to 74th place in the world ranking.

Despite his triple bogey on hole 12, Mathieu Pavon still returned one last card under the par in 70 (-1). This second place allows him to score important points for the end of the season and to gain places in the Race to Dubai: he is now 70th (29 places gained).

The ranking of the French:

With an ultimate card of 65 (-6), Victor Perez finished in the top 10 of this Portugal Masters: 8th at -11. This is his first top 10 since the world match-play championships where he finished fourth.

Benjamin Hébert finished in 22nd place at -8.

Romain Langasque ends a blow. behind at -7, he is 26th.

Alexander Levy and Antoine Rozner rank 36th at -4.

By Baptiste Laurensou.

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