Ethe fact that Nacho Elvira started with four shots ahead of his immediate pursuers at the beginning of the last day of the Soudal Open, did not mean that signing the victory was going to be an easy task. We had to wait until the end to release tensions. In the 18th, Nacho hit his second shot from the rough next to the fairway and put it seven meters from the flag. He almost holed out for birdie, but luckily making the par was enough for him, as his match partner, the Dane Niklas Nørgaard, was not able to make the birdie to tie it.
Thus, in the middle of a downpour for much of the day, the 37-year-old Spaniard certified the second win of his career on the DP World Tour. The previous one had arrived in Cazoo Open the 2021. This success adds to that of Adrián Otaegui in the China Open as the second Spanish victory in the course.
The golfer trained in Texas A&M university finished at par (71) on the last day, but his 266 hits (-18) in the accumulated were enough to beat the trio that finished in second position (Noorgard, Langasque and Pieters). Sebastian Garcia (269) also flirted with victory and was one behind his compatriot in the final stretch.
For Elvira the task was not easy because, although she was solid and started with a birdie, the beginning of Thomas Pieters, García o Joe Dean They put him under some pressure. In addition, he broke his 2 iron in the warm-up and had to play without a club that had been using him a lot all week. Finally he played it with Noorgard who came from behind. In any case, the man from Santander never lost first place. From the 9th hole onwards, some problems arose from the tee, but after bogey on 10 he reacted immediately with a birdie that gave him some calm. Nacho recovered very well and his income was enough to survive on a peer basis.
“I’m very happy. I was a little excited because I know all the hard work I put in and sometimes it doesn’t show. “I couldn’t ask for anything better,” commented the Spaniard after finishing. Nacho added: “I didn’t feel comfortable off the tee today, my drive was a little bad and you really need to put it right on this course.”
With her victory, Elvira creates an opportunity to reach the Games, a qualifying phase that ends the third week of June at the end of the US Open, and for the moment Jon Rahm has David Puig as his companion. However, its tightness suggests that everything will be decided in the events in Germany, which hosts the European Open this week, and the Volvo Scandinavian in two weeks. In addition to the Catalan, Otaegui, Campillo and Larrazabal are competing for that place.
