England’s Laurie Canter claimed the second DP World Tour title of his profession in a three-player playoff on the Bapco Energies Bahrain Championship after Pablo Larrazabal had dramatically squandered his personal victory probability.
Spain’s Larrazabal had appeared set to take the tenth tour win of his profession as he got here down the 18th of the ultimate spherical holding a one-shot lead over the English duo of Canter and Dan Brown.
However regardless of discovering the inexperienced together with his second shot into the par-four last gap, the 41-year-old appeared to let nerves get the higher of him as he inexplicably three-putted from 41 ft to report his solely bogey of the spherical and drop right into a playoff.
To compound his distress, Larrazabal then discovered the right-hand facet water together with his drive when again on the 18th tee on the primary additional gap, all however ending the 41-year-old’s hopes of the title there after which.
That wayward tee shot opened the door to the Brits, with Canter the one to take benefit due to a picture-book drive down the 437-yard gap after which an excellent 9-iron into the inexperienced which noticed the ball backspin off the again edge and end inside two ft of the pin.
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To his credit score, Larrazabal produced his personal very good method after taking his one-shot penalty drop from the water, however an extra subsequent missed par putt meant Canter in the end had the luxurious of realizing he had two makes an attempt with the putter for the title. He in the end solely wanted one.
Brown was by no means in competition, in the meantime, on the playoff gap after discovering bunkers together with his first two photographs and likewise recorded a bogey.
Canter had shot 69 within the last spherical whereas Larrazabal and Brown each had 70s. The trio completed on 14-under par for the week, one stroke forward of David Puig – who recorded Sunday’s greatest spherical of 64 – Scotland’s Richie Ramsay (68), Ivan Cantero (69) and Martin Couvra (70).
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