Adrian Meronk produced an excellent scoring burst to say the Horizon Irish Open and grow to be the primary Polish winner within the historical past of the DP World Tour.
Meronk birdied the fifteenth and sixteenth after which holed from 25 toes on the par-five seventeenth for an eagle as he carded a closing 66 to complete 20 underneath par at Mount Juliet, three pictures away from New Zealand’s Ryan Fox.
South Africa’s Thriston Lawrence completed third on 16 underneath, with Scotland’s David Legislation, American John Catlin and Paraguay’s Fabrizio Zanotti sharing fourth on 15 underneath to say the three locations on provide within the one hundred and fiftieth Open Championship at St Andrews.
“It’s such a aid, to be sincere,” admitted Meronk, who had recorded three top-three finishes in his final six begins.
“I’ve been coming fairly shut a few instances this 12 months and to lastly open the door is only a dream come true. That’s why we observe day by day and I’m tremendous completely satisfied.”
Requested about being a job mannequin to a era of Polish gamers, Meronk added on Sky Sports activities: “I find it irresistible, I find it irresistible.
“I’m not stopping, I’m gonna hold going ahead and it’s simply one other step for me. I’m tremendous excited (to win) right here in Eire, such an ideal historical past. I can’t describe it.
“I used to be imagining this image yesterday, what it would appear to be and it seemed precisely how I imagined it and it was an unbelievable feeling. To hit such a very good shot on the final gap, I’m tremendous pleased with myself and my caddie.”
Fox had earlier set the clubhouse goal after a closing 64, the in-form Kiwi following 4 birdies on the again 9 with an eagle on the seventeenth to briefly get pleasure from a two-shot lead, solely to bogey the final after firing his strategy over the inexperienced.
“The shot on 18 was just about the one dangerous shot I hit in the present day,” Fox mentioned. “Occurred to be in between golf equipment, went for a draw and pulled it somewhat bit.
“It’s been a bizarre week actually; shot 64 within the first spherical, didn’t miss a shot, after which the identical in the present day with somewhat little bit of scrappiness within the center.
Poland’s Adrian Meronk gained the Horizon Irish Open at Mount Juliet (Donall Farmer/PA)
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“I obtained off to somewhat little bit of a sluggish begin in the present day, made a few good birdies on 4 and 5 after which obtained scorching with the putter on the again 9.”
Talking about securing his place within the Open, Legislation mentioned: “Unbelievable. It’s a dream come true. I’ve by no means performed a significant earlier than. To have my first one at St Andrews shall be a bit superb.
“I feel my mother and pop even have a vacation booked that week. Whether or not that will get cancelled or they go or what (I don’t know), however it is going to be a dream come true to play, particularly on the dwelling of golf.”
Former Open champion Shane Lowry, who birdied the final 4 holes on Friday to make the lower with a shot to spare, carded weekend rounds of 68 and 67 to complete in a tie for ninth.
Three-time main winner and newly-crowned US Senior Open champion Padraig Harrington started his remaining spherical with 5 straight birdies and went to the flip in 30, however took seven on the tenth and finally signed for a 69 to complete joint thirtieth.
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