DS Automobiles Italian Open R4

Italian Open 2021 R4
September 02-05
Marco Simone GC, Rome, Italy
€3,000,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 3

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20-year-old Dane Nicolai Højgaard, playing on the final invitation, signed for a 71 to reach 13-under and win the DS Automobiles Italian Open by one shot.

He and his twin, Rasmus, become the first brothers to win back-to-back tournaments on the European Tour following Rasmus’ victory at the Omega European Masters last week.

Italian Open 2021 R4

“It’s crazy to think of (being last man in). I had a bad foot before coming here and to get it done, it’s quite a good story. I didn’t see the back nine before the first round, so it’s been a crazy week.

“It means a lot. I’ve been grinding for a long time and seeing Rasmus win three times made me want to do it even more. And to finally get it done is very special and it’s been a great week here so I’m just very happy to get it done.”

Italian Open 2021 R4

Nicolai started the final round with a one shot lead and had increased it to two by the turn but bogeys at the 14th and 15th allowed Englishman Tommy Fleetwood and Adrian Meronk of Poland to join him in the lead.

He needed a birdie at the 18th to win and holed a three-foot putt to win his maiden title.

Italian Open 2021 R4

“It’s hard actually to make birdies when you’re in front but you just have to grind. Everyone’s going to struggle at some point. You’ve just got to keep grinding – that’s what my caddie Christian told me.

“That’s what we talked about all day – keep going, we know the birdies will come. There weren’t many birdies but one came at the last and it was very important, so I’m really pleased for that.”

Italian Open 2021 R4

Fleetwood (71) and Meronk (66) tied for second place at 12-under.

“I hit a couple of bad shots at the wrong time but overall felt like I played well today,” said Fleetwood. “Especially on the front nine I felt as comfortable as I’d felt all week, long game wise, and just didn’t putt like I had done throughout the first three days. I eventually got that going.

“It’s always great coming down the stretch in contention. I took shots on, hit a couple of bad shots – especially like 16. And yeah, there are things that I’d like to put right but at the end of the day I haven’t been around much this year, I haven’t been in contention a lot.

Italian Open 2021 R4

“I played a lot better this week and again I take a lot of heart from those two shots on the 18th – the wedge in and holing the putt.”

Leading Italian Francesco Laporta closed with a 68 to finish fourth at 11-under one stroke ahead of compatriot Edoardo Molinari (69) who tied for fifth alongside England’s Richard Bland (67) and Japan’s Masahiro Kawamura (66).

Italian Open 2021 R4

Pos.	Player	To Par	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
1	Nicolai Højgaard	-13	66	69	65	71	271
T2	Tommy Fleetwood	-12	66	68	67	71	272
T2	Adrian Meronk	-12	70	69	67	66	272
4	Francesco Laporta	-11	66	70	69	68	273
T5	Richard Bland	-10	70	69	68	67	274
T5	Masahiro Kawamura	-10	67	70	71	66	274
T5	Edoardo Molinari	-10	65	70	70	69	274
T8	Scott Jamieson	-9	70	67	71	67	275
T8	Mikko Korhonen	-9	68	66	68	73	275
T8	Pablo Larrazabal	-9	70	70	70	65	275
T8	Johannes Veerman	-9	67	67	72	69	275
T12	Adri Arnaus	-8	66	68	72	70	276
T12	Min Woo Lee	-8	64	68	71	73	276
T12	Shubhankar Sharma	-8	75	66	69	66	276
T15	Sam Horsfield	-7	69	73	69	66	277
T15	Matthew Jordan	-7	71	67	72	67	277
T15	Henrik Stenson	-7	64	71	73	69	277
T18	Sean Crocker	-6	72	67	68	71	278
T18	Oliver Farr	-6	69	68	67	74	278
T18	Rasmus Højgaard	-6	72	70	68	68	278
T18	Joost Luiten	-6	71	66	70	71	278
T18	Victor Perez	-6	70	67	67	74	278
T18	Thomas Pieters	-6	70	69	69	70	278
T24	John Catlin	-5	72	70	70	67	279
T24	Ashley Chesters	-5	70	70	72	67	279
T24	Gavin Kyle Green	-5	69	69	70	71	279
T27	George Coetzee	-4	72	68	67	73	280
T27	Victor Dubuisson	-4	70	68	71	71	280
T27	David Horsey	-4	69	71	67	73	280
T27	Maximilian Kieffer	-4	69	70	72	69	280
T27	Tapio Pulkkanen	-4	72	70	66	72	280
T27	Fabrizio Zanotti	-4	72	69	70	69	280
T27	Daniel van Tonder	-4	70	65	66	79	280
T34	Dean Burmester	-3	70	71	70	70	281
T34	Ross Fisher	-3	67	71	67	76	281
T34	Grant Forrest	-3	72	70	73	66	281
T34	Calum Hill	-3	75	65	75	66	281
T34	Alexander Levy	-3	69	66	69	77	281
T34	Guido Migliozzi	-3	72	69	68	72	281
T34	Adrian Otaegui	-3	71	71	68	71	281
T34	Julien Quesne	-3	70	72	67	72	281
T34	Marcel Siem	-3	72	69	70	70	281
T34	Matthew Southgate	-3	70	70	72	69	281
T44	Julien Guerrier	-2	69	73	70	70	282
T44	Adrien Saddier	-2	67	75	70	70	282
T46	Dave Coupland	-1	70	69	72	72	283
T46	Eddie Pepperell	-1	65	71	74	73	283
T46	Callum Shinkwin	-1	69	71	74	69	283
T46	Julian Suri	-1	68	73	69	73	283
T46	Sami Valimaki	-1	70	71	74	68	283
T46	Bernd Wiesberger	-1	69	70	72	72	283
T52	Wil Besseling	E	73	66	74	71	284
T52	Darren Fichardt	E	72	69	70	73	284
T52	Scott Hend	E	65	74	70	75	284
T52	Francesco Molinari	E	69	69	71	75	284
T52	Antoine Rozner	E	71	69	72	72	284
T57	Steven Brown	+1	67	71	71	76	285
T57	Jonathan Caldwell	+1	71	68	72	74	285
T57	Benjamin Hebert	+1	67	74	71	73	285
T60	Jean Baptiste Gonnet	+2	71	71	76	68	286
T60	Kalle Samooja	+2	64	74	77	71	286
62	Paul Waring	+3	70	72	70	75	287
T63	Joakim Lagergren	+4	71	69	75	73	288
T63	Robin Roussel	+4	68	73	77	70	288
65	Dale Whitnell	+7	69	70	78	74	291
CUT	Marcus Armitage	+1	70	73			143
CUT	Alexander Björk	+1	73	70			143
CUT	Jorge Campillo	+1	69	74			143
CUT	David Drysdale	+1	71	72			143
CUT	Garrick Higgo	+1	70	73			143
CUT	Romain Langasque	+1	72	71			143
CUT	Wilco Nienaber	+1	69	74			143
CUT	Wade Ormsby	+1	72	71			143
CUT	Andrea Romano (a)	+1	72	71			143
CUT	Joel Sjoholm	+1	75	68			143
CUT	Justin Walters	+1	72	71			143
CUT	Oliver Wilson	+1	73	70			143
CUT	Jamie Donaldson	+2	72	72			144
CUT	Gonzalo Fernandez-Castaño	+2	71	73			144
CUT	Stephen Gallacher	+2	73	71			144
CUT	Daniel Gavins	+2	71	73			144
CUT	Joachim B. Hansen	+2	72	72			144
CUT	Marcus Kinhult	+2	73	71			144
CUT	Michael Lorenzo-Vera	+2	69	75			144
CUT	Thorbjørn Olesen	+2	72	72			144
CUT	Brandon Stone	+2	68	76			144
CUT	Lucas Bjerregaard	+3	73	72			145
CUT	Filippo Celli (a)	+3	70	75			145
CUT	Nicolas Colsaerts	+3	77	68			145
CUT	Matt Fitzpatrick	+3	72	73			145
CUT	Gregory Havret	+3	74	71			145
CUT	Andrew Johnston	+3	72	73			145
CUT	Martin Kaymer	+3	75	70			145
CUT	Søren Kjeldsen	+3	73	72			145
CUT	Ross McGowan	+3	75	70			145
CUT	Darius van Driel	+3	73	72			145
CUT	Luke Donald	+4	74	72			146
CUT	Ignacio Elvira Mijares	+4	69	77			146
CUT	Sebastian Garcia Rodriguez	+4	72	74			146
CUT	Justin Harding	+4	73	73			146
CUT	Matthieu Pavon	+4	71	75			146
CUT	Richie Ramsay	+4	75	71			146
CUT	Sebastian Soderberg	+4	73	73			146
CUT	Matt Wallace	+4	73	73			146
CUT	Jeff Winther	+4	76	70			146
CUT	Chris Wood	+4	72	74			146
CUT	Laurie Canter	+5	72	75			147
CUT	Thomas Detry	+5	72	75			147
CUT	Oliver Fisher	+5	75	72			147
CUT	Rikard Karlberg	+5	71	76			147
CUT	Sihwan Kim	+5	76	71			147
CUT	David Law	+5	75	72			147
CUT	Renato Paratore	+5	71	76			147
CUT	Andy Sullivan	+5	70	77			147
CUT	Aaron Cockerill	+6	76	72			148
CUT	Chris Paisley	+6	75	73			148
CUT	Alvaro Quiros	+6	72	76			148
CUT	Ricardo Santos	+6	76	72			148
CUT	Jordan Smith	+6	73	75			148
CUT	Jacopo Vecchi Fossa (a)	+6	70	78			148
CUT	Nino Bertasio	+7	75	74			149
CUT	Pietro Bovari (a)	+7	74	75			149
CUT	Sebastian Heisele	+7	76	73			149
CUT	Zander Lombard	+7	73	76			149
CUT	Stefano Mazzoli (a)	+7	77	72			149
CUT	Richard McEvoy	+7	75	74			149
CUT	Robert Rock	+7	76	73			149
CUT	Graeme Storm	+7	77	72			149
CUT	Davide Buchi	+8	75	75			150
CUT	Ryan Fox	+8	76	74			150
CUT	Miguel Angel Jiménez	+8	77	73			150
CUT	Haydn Porteous	+8	70	80			150
CUT	Garrick Porteous	+8	72	78			150
CUT	Jack Senior	+8	77	73			150
CUT	Cormac Sharvin	+8	78	72			150
CUT	Joel Stalter	+8	71	79			150
CUT	Aron Zemmer	+8	78	72			150
CUT	Lorenzo Gagli	+9	75	76			151
CUT	Kyong-Jun Moon	+9	74	77			151
CUT	Lorenzo Scalise	+9	76	75			151
CUT	Gregorio De Leo	+10	76	76			152
CUT	Enrico Di Nitto	+10	77	75			152
CUT	James Morrison	+11	77	76			153
CUT	Federico Maccario	+12	79	75			154
CUT	Giovanni Manzoni (a)	+12	75	79			154
CUT	Connor Syme	+12	77	77			154
CUT	Raphael Jacquelin	+14	81	75			156
CUT	Luca Cianchetti (a)	+15	77	80			157
CUT	Marc Warren	+16	86	72			158
CUT	Andrea Pavan	+18	80	80			160
CUT	Tommaso Perrino	+19	81	80			161
RETD	David Howell	+6	76	44			120
RETD	Tae Hee Lee	+7	71	43			114
RETD	Thomas Aiken	+11	77	45			122
RETD	Jazz Janewattananond	+7	75	33			108
RETD	Maverick Antcliff	E	69	69	39		177