Sandelin Jarmo wins Farm-foods British Par 3 Championship in Style

Last Updated on August 9, 2019 by Daniel

Sweden’s Jarmo Sandelin has won the current year’s Farmfoods British Par 3 Championship following a sensational last day at Nailcote Hall, where he likewise made an opening in-one.

Sandelin won the occasion with an absolute score of eight-under-standard on the Cromwell Course to secure triumph and the €50,000 prize that accompanies it.

A year ago’s hero Steven Tiley was the medium-term pioneer on – 5, two strokes in front of Gary Wolstenholme. The pair started the round neck and neck after Wolstenholme scored three successive birdies yet fell away subsequent to recording intruders on 13 and 18.

Steve Tiley put in an intense offer to win his second Par 3 title yet needed to make do with tied second behind Jarmo Sandelin

Tiley put in a predictable execution and, for a period, it looked just as he may turn into the principal player to ever shield his Par 3 Championship crown. However, the energy swung Sandelin’s way after he had a noteworthy opening in one-on the eighth.

Finishing his round as pioneer this implied Tiley required two birdies in his last two openings to win the challenge through and through. Figuring out how to birdie his penultimate opening, he expected to rehash the accomplishment on the last gap to leave with the title or make a standard for a play-off. Tragically for Tiley he couldn’t do as such and completed with an intruder, giving triumph to Sandelin, who turned into the occasion’s first-ever non-British victor.

1999 Open boss Paul Lawrie likewise put on an awesome last round, completing on – 7 in joint second spot with Tiley. While Austrian Markus Brier made six birdies to end a stroke behind on – 6.

Talking after his first expert success of any sort in 18 years, Sandelin stated: “I’m incredibly satisfied with my exhibition today. I figured out how to keep my nerve and win my first competition since 2001, so I’m extremely cheerful. I made an opening in-one which I’m pleased with and the sentiment of prevailing upon a competition your expert partners is staggering. I’m large and in charge.”

One more of the day’s features saw European Tour star Lee Slattery record a gap in-one on the fourth opening.

The Norma C Herd Silver Salver, which is exhibited to the occasion’s best performing beginner, went the method for Matt James, scoring +6, two superior to a year ago’s victor David Nelson who completed on +8.

In the group rivalry, Sandelin and Penny Dawson took the title with a score of – 14, equivalent to second-put Paul Lawrie and Farmfoods’ CEO Eric Herd. Sandelin and Dawson have delegated champs on countback.

The victor of the Super Senior challenge was Carl Mason, who proved to be the best with an aggregate of +2, a stroke in front of Ian Woosnam and Costantino Rocca. This triumph denotes the 6th time Mason has won this prize.

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