Olesen stretches clear to win Ras Al Khaimah Championship – Golf Information

Thorbjørn Olesen claimed his eighth DP World Tour title in dominant style as he gained the Ras Al Khaimah Championship by six strokes.

The 34-year-old Dane overcame a nervy begin at Al Hamra Golf Membership as he went on to card a 5 underneath par last spherical, ending six strokes away from compatriot Rasmus Højgaard and successful his second title in lower than 12 months.

His four-stroke in a single day lead over Højgaard was slowly chipped away as he carded a double bogey on the second, cancelling out birdies on the primary and third, with Højgaard drawing degree on 22 underneath par after he carded 4 birdies on his opening seven holes.

EAGLE AT THE 8TH CALMS NERVES

However the teen’s momentum was halted after a bogey on the eighth, with Olesen placing a chic 5-wood to arrange a six-foot eagle putt, which he transformed for a three-stroke swing and a three-shot lead on the flip.

He restored his benefit to 4 after a birdie on the tenth and two additional features on 14 and 18 noticed him end six away from Højgaard, who carded a last spherical 69 for a 21 underneath par complete, with Frederic Lacroix of France recording a career-best end result on the DP World Tour, ending one stroke additional again on 20 underneath.

In a share of fourth place on 17 underneath par have been the German pair of Max Kieffer and Yannik Paul, Japan’s Keita Nakajima, Brandon Stone and first spherical chief Callum Shinkwin.

Olesen, whose final win got here on the Thailand Basic 11 months in the past, stated: “That is very particular. It bought shut, and I knew it was going to be robust, however I performed some good golf coming in and holed the fitting putts on the proper time.

“I didn’t get off to the very best of begins. You’re at all times going to have some dangerous stretches in tournaments. I had it there and I used to be simply attempting to be affected person and hopefully begin hitting some good pictures. That 5-wood on eight was very particular and with the ability to gap the putt additionally put me in a great place.

“I stated a few days in the past that I’ve been placing very well of late. I had a couple of days the place just about all the things went in. Then on 17 it might have simply been a two-shot swing, however I managed to gap that putt. I want to simply hold rolling it like this.”

The win will take Olesen again inside the highest 60 on this planet rating for the primary time since 2019, the yr he was suspended from the European Tour following a drunken incident on a flight again from America. He was later cleared of all fees.

Ultimate Scores:
261 T OLESEN (DEN) 69 62 63 67,
267 R HOJGAARD (DEN) 66 64 68 69,
268 F LACROIX (FRA) 65 69 66 68,
271 M KIEFFER (GER) 69 67 69 66, Okay NAKAJIMA (JPN) 72 66 66 67, C SHINKWIN (ENG) 62 69 72 68, Y PAUL (GER) 67 68 68 68, B STONE (RSA) 64 70 67 70,