Clark Dennis fired a closing spherical 66 to assert the sixth European Senior title of his profession in type with victory on the Costa Navarino Legends Tour Trophy in Greece.
The 58-year-old American carded three successive rounds of 66 over Costa Naarino’s Worldwide Olympic Academy Golf Course to register a rating of 17 underneath par and win the title by 4 pictures from Scott Hend.
Clark was within the closing group, beginning the day one shot behind the 36-hole chief Mikael Lundberg, and made a solitary birdie on the entrance 9 to achieve the flip in 35.
Nevertheless, Clark put his foot on the gasoline after that with birdies at 11 and 12, earlier than ending with a flourish of three birdies within the closing 4 holes, notching his closing birdie with a 20-foot putt on the final.
Clark’s victory was made all of the sweeter by having his youngest son Philip on the bag, whereas spouse Vickie was additionally supporting him from the sidelines all through the 54-hole occasion.
“We’ve had a good time this week,” stated Clark, whose final Senior Tour victory got here on the 2019 WINSTONgolf Senior Open in Germany. “It’s in all probability the most effective venue the Legends Tour has been to since I’ve been on the Tour, and that’s eight years now. We don’t know what number of of those we’re going to have left and to have my son and my spouse with me has been wonderful.
“That again 9 was simply pretty much as good as I can play, however I noticed that I had a three-shot lead and it form of shook me as a result of I actually didn’t know the place I used to be. I used to be like, wait a minute, I’ve obtained three pictures? To get the sixth win is actually good and I’m wanting ahead to the remainder of the 12 months now!”
In a single day chief Mikael Lundberg shot a closing spherical of 73 to drop right down to a share of third, with the Swede enduring 4 dropped pictures in his closing spherical. Scott Hend, who completed second. began his week with a 60 on the Bay Course and signed off with a Sunday 66, nevertheless it was the spherical of 76 in spherical 2 which did all of the harm to his title hopes. 4 bogeys and two double bogeys ruined his card and regardless of a robust end to the week, he was left to rue what had gone the day earlier than.
“I discovered it very laborious to regulate yesterday after taking part in the Bay Course within the first spherical after which shifting to the Olympic course for the second. I misplaced my swing a little bit bit and tried to push the boundaries and obtained punished for it, I misplaced 4 balls yesterday, so it wasn’t the perfect second spherical, however a minimum of I got here again at present and tried to reposition myself to complete excessive up within the subject.”
