French Open – remaining spherical
-20 M Fitzpatrick (Eng); -17 A Hidalgo (Esp); -15 M Pavon (Fra), T Vaillant (Fra), Ok Reitan (Nor), E Lopez-Chacarra
Chosen others: -12 L Aaberg (Swe); -10 E Ferguson (Sco), D Bradbury (Eng); -7 E Molinari (Ita), V Hovland (Nor)
England’s Matt Fitzpatrick secured his fourth title of the season with a three-shot win on the French Open in Paris.
Fitzpatrick carded a one-under-par 70 to carry off the problem of Spain’s Angel Hidalgo at Le Golf Nationwide.
The 32-year-old has already received the Valspar Championship and RBC Heritage titles on the PGA Tour this yr, in addition to the Zurich Traditional workforce occasion in New Orleans alongside youthful brother Alex.
He led by 5 photographs going into the ultimate day, however a run of 12 successive pars allowed the chasing pack to chop that benefit to 2.
Nonetheless, essential birdies on the thirteenth and fifteenth pushed Fitzpatrick additional clear and even a bogey on the final couldn’t deny him an eleventh European Tour title.
“Delighted to get it over the road, it was undoubtedly a battle in the present day,” he mentioned.
“I did not have my finest stuff for the primary 12 holes after which managed to search out a few of my finest stuff.
“In a approach I used to be fairly fortunate – I left myself in some good spots the place you may nonetheless rise up and down from, however I totally took benefit of that and did very well.”
Matthieu Pavon shot the perfect spherical of the day, with a seven-under 64 guaranteeing he completed tied for fourth alongside French compatriot Tom Vaillant, Spain’s Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra and Norway’s Kristoffer Reitan.
