England’s Tyrrell Hatton survived a late scare earlier than securing a report third Alfred Dunhill Hyperlinks Championship title at St Andrews.
Hatton, 32, had equalled the course record on Saturday to carry a one-shot lead going into the ultimate day and he went three forward due to 4 birdies in his first 11 holes.
Nevertheless, a double bogey on the thirteenth and a bogey on the 14th enabled Nicolas Colsaerts to seize a share of the lead with three holes remaining.
However the 2016 and 2017 champion birdied the final gap from three ft to complete on 24 beneath – one shot forward of his Belgian rival who left a protracted eagle putt from the Valley of Sin eight ft under the opening and was unable to transform the birdie try.
Hatton additionally completed second within the crew occasion alongside his father Jeff, the pair ending two photographs behind Denmark’s Thorbjorn Olesen and Irish businessman Dermot Desmond.
“It is the primary time I’ve really received the event with my dad right here so it means lots and to do it on the dwelling of golf is basically particular,” mentioned Hatton, who has been a part of two profitable Ryder Cup groups.
“I am attempting to not cry, to be trustworthy. I am a bit misplaced for phrases.”
The win ensures he will likely be on the DP World Tour’s season-ending occasion in Dubai and means he also can attend the upcoming wedding ceremony of Ryder Cup team-mate Matt Fitzpatrick.
He went on: “I used to be meant to be going to Fitzy’s wedding ceremony the week of Spain [the Andalucia Masters] and I needed to message him a number of weeks in the past to say if I do not earn sufficient factors I may not be capable of go, and I felt so dangerous about that.
“I suppose having a bit bit of additional motivation to play effectively and be capable of be there for his or her special occasion [was good].”