Scotland's Grant Forrest won the Spanish Open by holding off home favourite Eugenio Chacarra. With Chacarra in the clubhouse at 13 under, Forrest and playing partner Victor Perez needed birdies at the 18th. After Perez missed, Forrest sank his putt to seal his third DP World Tour title and a first professional win outside Scotland. "I'm in pure shock just now," Forrest said. "It's been such a tough year...
To do it is unbelievable." The victory earned him spots at The Open and the Masters next year. "That's fairytale stuff... to be going to Augusta, I just can't get my head round it," he added. Forrest shared the lead with England's Joe Dean at 13 under after the third round. He birdied the fourth but bogeyed the third, sixth, and eighth.
He showed resilience on the back nine with three birdies and a bogey in five holes, finishing with a tidy up-and-down at the last to card a closing one-under 70 and win the £480,000 first prize.
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