England’s Greg Owen made a clutch birdie on the 18th gap at Constance Belle Mare Plage to pip Jeev Milkha Singh and Darren Fichardt to the MCB Mauritius Legends title by one stroke.
Owen was in command of the match when he made the ninth birdie of his remaining spherical to get to twenty beneath par after 14 holes, however double-bogeyed the fifteenth with a four-putt and dropped an additional shot on the seventeenth.
These errors mixed with Milkha Singh’s birdie on the 18th meant Owen wanted no worse than a 4 down the par-five closing gap to clinch his maiden Legends Tour title within the circuit’s 2025 season finale.
The 53-year-old from Mansfield hit an ideal drive however was being made to attend to play his second by enjoying companion Craig Farrelly’s travails among the many volcanic rocks on the suitable.
Owen, who loved a wonderful profession on the PGA Tour, known as over to the rookie that he would play first and drilled an extended iron to the center of the inexperienced.
It gave him an opportunity of an eagle and made birdie nearly sure – however the drama was not over, as a result of Fichardt might nonetheless tie with him if he might roll in his eagle putt.
The South African arrowed an iron shot to inside 10ft however his eagle putt burned the sting of the opening, that means Owen had two putts for the win.
He made no mistake, tapping in for a closing birdie that gave him a seven-under-par closing 65 to comply with his opening 65 and second-round 68 for an 18-under mixture for the week.
That was one higher than Fichardt – who compiled matching halves of 33 for his six-under 66 on a sweltering Sunday in Mauritius – and Milkha Singh, the primary Indian to win on the DP World Tour.
Owen – who agonisingly missed out on profitable the PGA Tour’s 2006 Bay Hill Invitational when he took three putts from three toes on the seventeenth gap – started the day with 4 consecutive birdies.
5 extra adopted between the sixth and 14th as he regarded set to cruise to victory – earlier than his placing aberration on the fifteenth and bogey on 17.
“For 16 holes it was in all probability the perfect I’ve ever performed,” stated Owen. “I am simply glad I did not have to gap that final one.
“My youngsters do not actually like golf however I hope they’re proud. It has been a tricky yr however that is good and I wish to win extra.
“I did not recover from the road with a PGA Tour win so this helps and I can at the least really feel prefer it’s price all of the exhausting work getting back from damage and divorce.”
Peter Baker picked up 4 pictures within the remaining six holes of the again 9 to boost the prospect of a hat-trick of victories within the occasion however recorded back-to-back bogeys to derail his hopes and he completed fourth.
Michael Campbell accomplished a sensational weekend by capturing a seven-under-par 65 following his Saturday 66.
The 2005 US Open champion’s glowing weekend took him to a tie for fifth alongside Stephen Gallacher of Scotland – who made six birdies but in addition two bogeys in his 68 – England’s Andrew Marshall and Farrelly.
Welshman Jamie Donaldson, who holed the profitable putt within the 2014 Ryder Cup, bounced again from his disappointing one-over second spherical with a wonderful six-under 66.
