Commercial Bank Qatar Masters: Jorge Campillo Wins In Playoff

Qatar Masters: Jorge Campillo wins in a playoff

DOHA, QATAR – MARCH 08: Jorge Campillo of Spain poses for a photograph with the trophy following victory during Day 4 of the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters at Education City Golf Club on March 08, 2020 in Doha, Qatar. (Photo by Warren Little/Getty Images) /

Spaniard Jorge Campillo is the 2020 Commercial Bank Qatar Masters champion after winning the event on the fifth extra hole of a two-man playoff.

Jorge Campillo took home the win at the Qatar Masters, earning the second victory of his European Tour career in the process. He claimed his maiden victory at the Trophee Hassan II last season.

He had to go through five playoff holes to take the win, though, as he battled it out with Scotland’s David Drysdale down the 18th hole at Education City GC again and again.

The pair birdied the first two attempts to separate them, before then both scoring par on the 75th and 76th holes of the competition. A Campillo birdie was enough on the fifth extra hole to give him the Qatar Masters victory, his second on Tour.

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Neither man went into the extra holes having shot under-par on the final day. The Spaniard shots a 72, while Drysdale, who was looking for his first-ever European Tour win in his 498th start, carded a level-par 71, as he fell just short once again.

Sweden’s Niklas Lemke carded the lowest round of the day, as his six-under-par 65 saw him make the move into a tie for 3rd, alongside Finland’s Kalle Samooja and Denmark’s Jeff Winther.

Alexander Björk made it two Swedes inside the top six, thanks to a level-par round of 71. He finished two shots off the playoff, while Alfred Dunhill Championship winner Pablo Larrazabal missed out on becoming the first two-time winner of the season, after a final round of 72. He finished the event in T7, alongside George Coetzee, Marcus Kinhult, Nino Bertasio, and Chris Paisley.

Malaysia’s Gavin Green shot a 65 to move to T12 alongside Adrien Saddier, Lorenzo Gagli, Scott Jamieson and Marcus Armitage, with Denmark’s Benjamin Poke down in T17, following a four-over-par 75 on the final day.

2019 Commercial Bank Qatar Masters champion Justin Harding finished at -6, seven shots off the eventual winner, in a tie for 28th, while last week’s Oman Open champ, Sami Valimaki, finished a shot further back in a tie for 38th.

Nicola Højgaard, the Dane who led at the end of the opening round, finished the week at -2, five shots worse off than on Thursday evening. 65 players finished the event under-par, with Robert MacIntyre among the last few of those.

Back at the top though, and it is Jorge Campillo that has taken a second European Tour title, and with it, he moves inside the top 15 on the Race to Dubai leaderboard for the 2020 season.

The European Tour schedule now has a week off, following the postponement of the Magical Kenya Open presented by Absa. The next tournament will now be the Hero Indian Open, which takes place in New Delhi from March 19-22.

Leaderboard:

1 (-13, PLAYOFF WIN): Jorge Campillo (ESP)

2 (-13): David Drysdale (SCO)

T3 (-12): Niklas Lemke (SWE), Kalle Samooja (FIN), Jeff Winther (DEN)

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Selected Others:

6 (-11): Alexander Björk (SWE)

T7 (-10): Pablo Larrazabal (ESP), Nino Bertasio (ITA), Marcus Kinhult (SWE)

T12 (-9): Gavin Green (MAS), Scott Jamieson (SCO), Marcus Armitage (ENG)

T17 (-8): Benjamin Hebert (FRA), Benjamin Poke (DEN)

T21 (-7): Joost Luiten (NED), Andy Sullivan (ENG), Thomas Pieters (BEL)

T28 (-6): Justin Harding (RSA), Zander Lombard (RSA)

T38 (-5): Sami Valimaki (FIN), Romain Langasque (FRA)

T47 (-3): Oliver Fisher (ENG), Haydn Porteous (RSA), Renato Paratore (ITA)

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