October 29 - November 01
Aphrodite Hills Resort, Kouklia, Paphos, Cyprus
โฌ1,000,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 3
Callum Shinkwin defeated Kalle Samooja in a play-off to win his first European Tour title after a dramatic final day at the 2020 Aphrodite Hills Cyprus Open.
"It's something I've always wanted to do (win on the European Tour), and now I have. It's been a bit of a shock, but it feels great."
The Englishman was two shots behind the Finn as he stood on the17th tee in regulation and while a birdie there edged him closer, his chances of victory looked slim when he found rough off the tee at the par five last.
From 54 feet 😲
— The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) November 1, 2020
Callum Shinkwin sets the clubhouse lead at 20 under with an eagle on the 18th. #CyprusOpen pic.twitter.com/q9QBI9y2aa
His second shot over the water took him to the edge of the putting surface and he holed an incredible 54-foot putt for eagle to take a one shot lead at 20 under par after a closing course-record 63.
Samooja left himself an eagle chance from almost exactly the same spot but a two-putt birdie meant it was extra holes at Aphrodite Hills Resort.
Shinkwin found the greenside bunker with his second shot at the first trip back up the last but got up and down for a birdie, with Samooja's three putt from the fringe sealing Shinkwin's first win in his 112th European Tour event.
"I felt relaxed all day, I felt great to be fair. 15 and 16 were playing me up all week. I was more nervous playing those two holes just to get through them than in the play-off or on the 18th. I managed to get through them really well and I felt great.
"I've had to trust myself more than anything. I had to make a few changes and obviously it's worked out for the best. Dug deep in 2019 and got my card back, and this year obviously with what has gone on, I'm happy to win.ย
Callum Shinkwin is a European Tour winner!#CyprusOpen pic.twitter.com/svKxkJ4nX8
— The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) November 1, 2020
The victory heralds a return to form for the 27-year-old, who lost his card in 2018 after coming close to becoming a Rolex Series winner the previous season, missing out in a play-off to to Rafa Cabrera Bello at the Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open when a par on the 72nd hole would have handed him the title.
Welshman Jamie Donaldson, South African Garrick Higgo and Scot Robert MacIntyre finished two shots out of the play-off places on 18 under par, one clear of Australian Jason Scrivener, Finn Sami Vรคlimรคki and England's Dale Whitnell.
Pos. |
Player | To Par |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
R4 |
Total |
1 |
Callum Shinkwin | -20 |
67 |
66 |
68 |
63 |
264 |
2 |
Kalle Samooja | -20 |
70 |
66 |
64 |
64 |
264 |
T3 |
Jamie Donaldson | -18 |
65 |
65 |
69 |
67 |
266 |
T3 |
Garrick Higgo | -18 |
68 |
66 |
67 |
65 |
266 |
T3 |
Robert MacIntyre | -18 |
68 |
67 |
66 |
65 |
266 |
T6 |
Jason Scrivener | -17 |
70 |
66 |
67 |
64 |
267 |
T6 |
Sami Välimäki | -17 |
65 |
67 |
68 |
67 |
267 |
T6 |
Dale Whitnell | -17 |
68 |
68 |
66 |
65 |
267 |
9 |
Adrien Saddier | -16 |
67 |
69 |
66 |
66 |
268 |
T10 |
Thomas Detry | -15 |
66 |
67 |
67 |
69 |
269 |
T10 |
David Drysdale | -15 |
65 |
67 |
68 |
69 |
269 |
T12 |
Marcus Armitage | -14 |
66 |
64 |
70 |
70 |
270 |
T12 |
Matthew Jordan | -14 |
69 |
67 |
68 |
66 |
270 |
T14 |
Aaron Cockerill | -13 |
69 |
66 |
70 |
66 |
271 |
T14 |
Shubhankar Sharma | -13 |
67 |
66 |
69 |
69 |
271 |
T14 |
Jeff Winther | -13 |
68 |
68 |
65 |
70 |
271 |
T17 |
Wil Besseling | -12 |
67 |
67 |
72 |
66 |
272 |
T17 |
Maximilian Kieffer | -12 |
69 |
67 |
68 |
68 |
272 |
T17 |
Mikko Korhonen | -12 |
68 |
70 |
66 |
68 |
272 |
T17 |
Matthew Southgate | -12 |
68 |
69 |
71 |
64 |
272 |
T21 |
Dave Coupland | -11 |
69 |
68 |
70 |
66 |
273 |
T21 |
Gregory Havret | -11 |
69 |
69 |
68 |
67 |
273 |
T21 |
Antoine Rozner | -11 |
71 |
66 |
70 |
66 |
273 |
T21 |
Matthias Schwab | -11 |
67 |
67 |
68 |
71 |
273 |
T21 |
Jordan Smith | -11 |
67 |
66 |
68 |
72 |
273 |
T21 |
Julian Suri | -11 |
70 |
65 |
73 |
65 |
273 |
T21 |
Paul Waring | -11 |
68 |
69 |
69 |
67 |
273 |
T28 |
Sebastian Heisele | -10 |
68 |
68 |
68 |
70 |
274 |
T28 |
Romain Langasque | -10 |
70 |
69 |
67 |
68 |
274 |
T28 |
James Morrison | -10 |
68 |
69 |
66 |
71 |
274 |
T28 |
Thorbjørn Olesen | -10 |
69 |
69 |
65 |
71 |
274 |
T28 |
Robin Sciot-Siegrist | -10 |
69 |
67 |
70 |
68 |
274 |
T28 |
Cormac Sharvin | -10 |
69 |
67 |
72 |
66 |
274 |
T34 |
Alexander Björk | -9 |
69 |
69 |
69 |
68 |
275 |
T34 |
Alejandro Cañizares | -9 |
70 |
66 |
71 |
68 |
275 |
T34 |
Louis De Jager | -9 |
68 |
68 |
70 |
69 |
275 |
T34 |
Masahiro Kawamura | -9 |
69 |
67 |
73 |
66 |
275 |
T34 |
Ricardo Santos | -9 |
69 |
69 |
71 |
66 |
275 |
T34 |
Johannes Veerman | -9 |
64 |
69 |
70 |
72 |
275 |
T34 |
Mitch Waite | -9 |
64 |
70 |
71 |
70 |
275 |
T41 |
Maverick Antcliff | -8 |
69 |
69 |
71 |
67 |
276 |
T41 |
Laurie Canter | -8 |
67 |
72 |
72 |
65 |
276 |
T41 |
Lorenzo Gagli | -8 |
66 |
69 |
72 |
69 |
276 |
T41 |
Benjamin Hebert | -8 |
69 |
64 |
75 |
68 |
276 |
T41 |
Calum Hill | -8 |
69 |
69 |
70 |
68 |
276 |
T41 |
Joakim Lagergren | -8 |
72 |
67 |
71 |
66 |
276 |
T41 |
Clement Sordet | -8 |
66 |
68 |
70 |
72 |
276 |
T41 |
Joël Stalter | -8 |
65 |
71 |
68 |
72 |
276 |
T49 |
Grant Forrest | -7 |
69 |
69 |
71 |
68 |
277 |
T49 |
Richard McEvoy | -7 |
66 |
66 |
77 |
68 |
277 |
T49 |
Matthieu Pavon | -7 |
71 |
68 |
68 |
70 |
277 |
T49 |
Scott Vincent | -7 |
68 |
68 |
70 |
71 |
277 |
T53 |
Jorge Campillo | -6 |
69 |
68 |
71 |
70 |
278 |
T53 |
Pedro Figueiredo | -6 |
66 |
72 |
70 |
70 |
278 |
T53 |
Joost Luiten | -6 |
70 |
68 |
71 |
69 |
278 |
T53 |
Wilco Nienaber | -6 |
68 |
67 |
79 |
64 |
278 |
T53 |
Alvaro Quiros | -6 |
68 |
70 |
73 |
67 |
278 |
T58 |
Gonzalo Fernandez-Castaño | -5 |
66 |
70 |
74 |
69 |
279 |
T58 |
David Horsey | -5 |
66 |
69 |
70 |
74 |
279 |
T58 |
Tapio Pulkkanen | -5 |
69 |
70 |
69 |
71 |
279 |
T58 |
Joel Sjoholm | -5 |
69 |
69 |
71 |
70 |
279 |
T58 |
Andy Sullivan | -5 |
65 |
69 |
69 |
76 |
279 |
T63 |
Yikeun Chang | -4 |
73 |
65 |
69 |
73 |
280 |
T63 |
Sebastian Soderberg | -4 |
69 |
69 |
71 |
71 |
280 |
65 |
Ashun Wu | -3 |
68 |
71 |
72 |
70 |
281 |
T66 |
Nicolas Colsaerts | -1 |
69 |
70 |
73 |
71 |
283 |
T66 |
Sebastian Garcia Rodriguez | -1 |
69 |
68 |
69 |
77 |
283 |
T68 |
Carlos Pigem | 3 |
69 |
70 |
74 |
74 |
287 |
T68 |
Haydn Porteous | 3 |
69 |
68 |
74 |
76 |
287 |
CUT |
Richard Bland | -2 |
70 |
70 |
140 |
||
CUT |
Steven Brown | -2 |
69 |
71 |
140 |
||
CUT |
Bryce Easton | -2 |
71 |
69 |
140 |
||
CUT |
Will Enefer | -2 |
66 |
74 |
140 |
||
CUT |
Oliver Farr | -2 |
66 |
74 |
140 |
||
CUT |
Jack Harrison | -2 |
68 |
72 |
140 |
||
CUT |
Sam Horsfield | -2 |
72 |
68 |
140 |
||
CUT |
Niklas Lemke | -2 |
73 |
67 |
140 |
||
CUT |
Alexander Levy | -2 |
68 |
72 |
140 |
||
CUT |
Adrian Meronk | -2 |
75 |
65 |
140 |
||
CUT |
Damien Perrier | -2 |
68 |
72 |
140 |
||
CUT |
Ben Stow | -2 |
70 |
70 |
140 |
||
CUT |
Oliver Wilson | -2 |
67 |
73 |
140 |
||
CUT |
Jonathan Caldwell | -1 |
69 |
72 |
141 |
||
CUT |
SSP Chawrasia | -1 |
71 |
70 |
141 |
||
CUT |
Pablo Larrazabal | -1 |
71 |
70 |
141 |
||
CUT |
Toby Tree | -1 |
72 |
69 |
141 |
||
CUT |
Ewen Ferguson | E |
70 |
72 |
142 |
||
CUT |
Garrick Porteous | E |
70 |
72 |
142 |
||
CUT |
Richie Ramsay | E |
73 |
69 |
142 |
||
CUT |
Kristoffer Reitan | E |
72 |
70 |
142 |
||
CUT |
Robin Roussel | E |
69 |
73 |
142 |
||
CUT |
Michael Campbell | 1 |
70 |
73 |
143 |
||
CUT |
Sean Crocker | 1 |
75 |
68 |
143 |
||
CUT |
Ignacio Elvira Mijares | 1 |
69 |
74 |
143 |
||
CUT |
Gavin Kyle Green | 1 |
75 |
68 |
143 |
||
CUT |
David Howell | 1 |
71 |
72 |
143 |
||
CUT |
Bernd Ritthammer | 1 |
70 |
73 |
143 |
||
CUT |
Ross Fisher | 2 |
74 |
70 |
144 |
||
CUT |
Jack Senior | 2 |
67 |
77 |
144 |
||
CUT |
Rikard Karlberg | 3 |
78 |
67 |
145 |
||
CUT |
Connor Syme | 3 |
73 |
72 |
145 |
||
CUT |
Lars van Meijel | 3 |
76 |
69 |
145 |
||
CUT |
Marcus Kinhult | 4 |
73 |
73 |
146 |
||
CUT |
Haotong Li | 6 |
75 |
73 |
148 |
||
CUT |
Chris Paisley | 6 |
71 |
77 |
148 |