An emotional Ewen Ferguson clinched a spot on the Open Championship after successful the DP World Tour’s BMW Worldwide Open in Germany.
Scottish participant Ferguson’s two-stroke stroke victory in Munich left him as one of many highest 5 gamers within the prime 20 on the Race to Dubai – alongside Jesper Svensson, Laurie Canter, Nacho Elvira and Matteo Manassero – who weren’t in any other case exempt for the 152nd Open at Troon between July 18-21.
The 28-year-old completed on 18 underneath par after a four-under 68 on Sunday, with England’s Jordan Smith – who shared the lead with Ferguson after three rounds – and Australia’s David Micheluzzi tied for second on 16 underneath.
Ferguson, who revealed after his second spherical that he was glad merely to be taking part in once more following current bouts of vertigo, instructed Sky Sports activities in a teary interview: “I honestly can’t believe it.
“The final 4 holes I felt like I used to be in a dream, I simply did not assume this was really taking place. It was loopy. I used to be hitting it so properly, hitting it a lot additional than standard.
“I needed to do it for my dad, my mum, my sister, my brother at dwelling. I like them a lot and each shot I hit was with them in thoughts.
Ferguson now has three wins on the DP World Tour
“It is such a tough sport. I have been moaning like mad the final two months with additionally being sick. [This win] is a lot weight off my shoulders. I am so joyful.
“The Open Championship is a tournament that everyone wants to play in and I feel like I could do well there and the Scottish Open next week too. It’s such an exciting time for me.”
Ferguson hopes to follow with Fleetwood forward of Open
Ferguson later revealed that he had been planning to contest closing qualifying for the Open Championship on Tuesday, however felt he was taking part in properly sufficient to safe a spot both in Munich or by way of the Genesis Scottish Open.
He added: “I didn’t want to tire myself out. I felt like I could maybe win this week or maybe finish in the top 10 in Scotland and get my own spot that way, so we decided to pull out of Open qualifying.
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“It’s obviously a really good decision. It kept me fresh and I’m here with the trophy. I actually got a text from Tommy Fleetwood saying well done so I said to him, let’s get a practice round in [at the Open] so I’m looking forward to that.”
Ferguson’s victory was his third on the DP World Tour and first for the reason that ISPS Handa World Invitational in August 2022, which got here 5 months after his maiden triumph at that yr’s Industrial Financial institution Qatar Masters.
Micheluzzi completed birdie, birdie, eagle to earn his share of second spot alongside Smith, whose title hopes have been successfully ended when he discovered the water off the sixteenth tee as he tried to drive the inexperienced.
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Matthew Southgate made an outstanding eagle through the BMW Worldwide Open, following his namesake Gareth Southgate’s success in main England to the Euro 2024 semi-finals in Germany
Scotland’s Connor Syme and England’s Matthew Southgate completed in joint fourth on 14 underneath with Southgate making an eagle on the sixth gap.
Watch the Genesis Scottish Open reside on Sky Sports activities Golf from 8.30am on Thursday July 11. Then catch the 152nd Open Championship reside on the identical channel from 6.30am on Thursday July 18.
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