August 15-18
Albatross Golf Resort, Prague, Czech Republic
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Thomas Pieters claimed his first European Tour victory in three years and a second triumph in the D+D Real Czech Masters, holding off a brave late charge from his playing partner Adri Arnaus to win by a single shot at Albatross Golf Resort.
โI'm relieved. It's been a long time - it's been three years since I last won. It feels good to win again. I never doubted myself but it's just been a long road of not feeling that great with the golf swing. It feels good to get back on track again and get another win.
โIt's difficult when everybody says you should be winning two or three times a year. It's always nice to hear that but it's almost a negative sometimes because I always felt like I was underachieving but hopefully there's many more like this. I felt like I was in control today, almost the whole day and I kind of did my own thing."
The 27-year-old's distance from the tee was pivotal all week as he signed for a three under 69 and a winning 19 under par total, but it was not plain sailing for the Belgian despite leading the tournament all day and carrying a three-stroke advantage into the back nine.
โWhat a player Adri is. To finish like that, stiff it on 16, give himself a chance on 17 and then make birdie on 18, he made it tough on me. Hats off to him and I'm just lucky to finish one shot ahead of him.โ
The best bits of Thomas Pieters' winning round 🎥#CzechMasters pic.twitter.com/xMTeQNzxhn
— The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) August 18, 2019
Spaniard Arnaus โ a rookie who graduated from the Challenge Tour last year - birdied two of the final three holes for a closing 69 of his own and an 18 under total, meaning Pieters needed to convert a short putt at the 18th to avoid a play-off. He duly tapped in though, earning a fourth European Tour title in the process.
โI never gave up, I tried to make some birdies coming in and see if he would make a mistake but he didn't. He was solid getting up and down on 15 and overall it was a really good battle so I'm happy.
โIt came into my mind that it was sort of match play so I just tried to beat him over the last two holes, which I did but I came up one short. Every week I come out here I learn and I'll take a lot from this one I'm sure. I'm just enjoying the process at the moment and hopefully I can be up there again in the next few weeks.โ
It is a long-awaited return to the winner's circle for Pieters, four years after a meteoric rise began with a win at the D+D Real Czech Masters in 2015 and culminated in a memorable Ryder Cup debut at Hazeltine National in 2016 โ where he became Europe's greatest ever rookie with a points' haul of four from five.
The former Olympian played with 2020 Ryder Cup Captain Padraig Harrington in the opening two rounds in Prague this week, and will be targeting a return to Team Europe as he moved to 42 nd in the Race to Dubai Rankings Presented by Rolex and moved back into the top 100 in the Official World Golf Ranking.
Pos. |
Player | Nat |
To Par |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
R4 |
Total |
1 |
Thomas Pieters | BEL |
-19 |
67 |
67 |
66 |
69 |
269 |
2 |
Adria Arnaus | ESP |
-18 |
71 |
65 |
65 |
69 |
270 |
T3 |
Andrea Pavan | ITA |
-16 |
68 |
68 |
71 |
65 |
272 |
T3 |
Sam Horsfield | ENG |
-16 |
69 |
66 |
69 |
68 |
272 |
T5 |
Matthias Schwab | AUT |
-14 |
70 |
65 |
69 |
70 |
274 |
T5 |
Liam Johnston | SCO |
-14 |
67 |
69 |
68 |
70 |
274 |
T5 |
Erik Van Rooyen | RSA |
-14 |
65 |
72 |
66 |
71 |
274 |
T5 |
Hugo Leon | CHI |
-14 |
66 |
69 |
67 |
72 |
274 |
T5 |
Rikard Karlberg | SWE |
-14 |
69 |
67 |
66 |
72 |
274 |
10 |
Robert Karlsson | SWE |
-13 |
67 |
68 |
67 |
73 |
275 |
T11 |
Zander Lombard | RSA |
-12 |
68 |
70 |
73 |
65 |
276 |
T11 |
Kim Koivu | FIN |
-12 |
66 |
72 |
70 |
68 |
276 |
T11 |
Haydn Porteous | RSA |
-12 |
69 |
70 |
69 |
68 |
276 |
T14 |
Romain Wattel | FRA |
-11 |
68 |
71 |
69 |
69 |
277 |
T14 |
Jack Singh-Brar | ENG |
-11 |
69 |
68 |
67 |
73 |
277 |
T14 |
Kristoffer Reitan | NOR |
-11 |
66 |
71 |
66 |
74 |
277 |
T14 |
Edoardo Molinari | ITA |
-11 |
66 |
66 |
70 |
75 |
277 |
T18 |
Alexander Levy | FRA |
-10 |
70 |
70 |
70 |
68 |
278 |
T18 |
Ashley Chesters | ENG |
-10 |
70 |
68 |
71 |
69 |
278 |
T18 |
Ben Evans | ENG |
-10 |
72 |
69 |
68 |
69 |
278 |
T18 |
Daniel Gavins | ENG |
-10 |
71 |
67 |
68 |
72 |
278 |
T18 |
Masahiro Kawamura | JPN |
-10 |
72 |
68 |
65 |
73 |
278 |
T23 |
Berry Henson | USA |
-9 |
70 |
68 |
72 |
69 |
279 |
T23 |
Ivan Cantero | ESP |
-9 |
71 |
67 |
72 |
69 |
279 |
T23 |
Paul Dunne | IRL |
-9 |
70 |
71 |
69 |
69 |
279 |
T23 |
Robert MacIntyre | SCO |
-9 |
69 |
72 |
68 |
70 |
279 |
T23 |
Alexander Bjoerk | SWE |
-9 |
71 |
68 |
69 |
71 |
279 |
T23 |
Jacques Kruyswijk | RSA |
-9 |
69 |
67 |
71 |
72 |
279 |
T23 |
Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano | ESP |
-9 |
70 |
70 |
67 |
72 |
279 |
T30 |
Darren Fichardt | RSA |
-8 |
67 |
74 |
72 |
67 |
280 |
T30 |
John Catlin | USA |
-8 |
70 |
69 |
72 |
69 |
280 |
T30 |
Paul Waring | ENG |
-8 |
70 |
71 |
70 |
69 |
280 |
T30 |
David Howell | ENG |
-8 |
69 |
71 |
70 |
70 |
280 |
T30 |
Matthew Southgate | ENG |
-8 |
70 |
70 |
69 |
71 |
280 |
T30 |
James Morrison | ENG |
-8 |
73 |
68 |
68 |
71 |
280 |
T30 |
Joachim B. Hansen | DEN |
-8 |
66 |
70 |
72 |
72 |
280 |
T30 |
Bernd Wiesberger | AUT |
-8 |
67 |
70 |
71 |
72 |
280 |
T30 |
Jason Scrivener | AUS |
-8 |
67 |
71 |
70 |
72 |
280 |
T39 |
Victor Dubuisson | FRA |
-7 |
70 |
67 |
74 |
70 |
281 |
T39 |
Dimitrios Papadatos | AUS |
-7 |
71 |
69 |
71 |
70 |
281 |
T39 |
Renato Paratore | ITA |
-7 |
71 |
68 |
71 |
71 |
281 |
T39 |
Aaron Rai | ENG |
-7 |
72 |
69 |
69 |
71 |
281 |
T39 |
Tapio Pulkkanen | FIN |
-7 |
69 |
69 |
71 |
72 |
281 |
T39 |
Scott Jamieson | SCO |
-7 |
72 |
67 |
70 |
72 |
281 |
T39 |
Bradley Dredge | WAL |
-7 |
70 |
71 |
68 |
72 |
281 |
T39 |
Lee Slattery | ENG |
-7 |
65 |
71 |
71 |
74 |
281 |
T39 |
Mikko Korhonen | FIN |
-7 |
70 |
67 |
67 |
77 |
281 |
T48 |
Espen Kofstad | NOR |
-6 |
74 |
67 |
71 |
70 |
282 |
T48 |
Ricardo Melo Gouveia | POR |
-6 |
70 |
71 |
70 |
71 |
282 |
T48 |
JC Ritchie | RSA |
-6 |
70 |
67 |
68 |
77 |
282 |
T51 |
Bryce Easton | RSA |
-5 |
68 |
73 |
73 |
69 |
283 |
T51 |
Matthiam Keyser | RSA |
-5 |
71 |
70 |
71 |
71 |
283 |
T51 |
Sihwan Kim | KOR |
-5 |
70 |
68 |
73 |
72 |
283 |
T51 |
Tom Murray | ENG |
-5 |
70 |
69 |
72 |
72 |
283 |
T51 |
Wilco Nienaber | RSA |
-5 |
69 |
68 |
73 |
73 |
283 |
T51 |
Oliver Fisher | ENG |
-5 |
69 |
72 |
69 |
73 |
283 |
T51 |
Kalle Samooja | FIN |
-5 |
68 |
70 |
69 |
76 |
283 |
T58 |
Matthew Nixon | ENG |
-4 |
70 |
67 |
77 |
70 |
284 |
T58 |
Padraig Harrington | IRL |
-4 |
73 |
68 |
73 |
70 |
284 |
T58 |
Justin Walters | RSA |
-4 |
72 |
69 |
72 |
71 |
284 |
T58 |
Richie Ramsay | SCO |
-4 |
70 |
71 |
71 |
72 |
284 |
T58 |
Dean Burmester | RSA |
-4 |
70 |
69 |
72 |
73 |
284 |
T58 |
Nicolas Colsaerts | BEL |
-4 |
70 |
69 |
71 |
74 |
284 |
T58 |
Thomas Bjorn | DEN |
-4 |
70 |
71 |
69 |
74 |
284 |
T58 |
Gavin Green | MAS |
-4 |
64 |
75 |
70 |
75 |
284 |
T58 |
Chris Hanson | ENG |
-4 |
69 |
70 |
68 |
77 |
284 |
67 |
Stuart Manley | WAL |
-3 |
71 |
70 |
72 |
72 |
285 |
68 |
Chris Lloyd | ENG |
-2 |
70 |
70 |
72 |
74 |
286 |
69 |
Liam Robinson | ENG |
Par |
70 |
71 |
70 |
77 |
288 |
70 |
Jeff Winther | SWE |
9 |
69 |
72 |
79 |
77 |
297 |
CUT |
Anton Karlsson | SWE |
-2 |
71 |
71 |
- |
- |
142 |
CUT |
Callum Shinkwin | ENG |
-2 |
66 |
76 |
- |
- |
142 |
CUT |
Eduardo De La Riva | ESP |
-2 |
71 |
71 |
- |
- |
142 |
CUT |
Gavin Moynihan | IRL |
-2 |
71 |
71 |
- |
- |
142 |
CUT |
Hyo-Won Park | KOR |
-2 |
69 |
73 |
- |
- |
142 |
CUT |
Jamie Donaldson | WAL |
-2 |
70 |
72 |
- |
- |
142 |
CUT |
Julian Suri | USA |
-2 |
69 |
73 |
- |
- |
142 |
CUT |
Kristian Krogh Johannessen | NOR |
-2 |
71 |
71 |
- |
- |
142 |
CUT |
Lorenzo Gagli | ITA |
-2 |
70 |
72 |
- |
- |
142 |
CUT |
Marcel Schneider | GER |
-2 |
71 |
71 |
- |
- |
142 |
CUT |
Pedro Oriol | ESP |
-2 |
72 |
70 |
- |
- |
142 |
CUT |
Stephen Gallacher | SCO |
-2 |
70 |
72 |
- |
- |
142 |
CUT |
Jakub Bares | CZE |
-1 |
70 |
73 |
- |
- |
143 |
CUT |
Joel Girrbach | SWE |
-1 |
70 |
73 |
- |
- |
143 |
CUT |
Johannes Veerman | USA |
-1 |
72 |
71 |
- |
- |
143 |
CUT |
Josh Geary | NZL |
-1 |
77 |
66 |
- |
- |
143 |
CUT |
Lasse Jensen | DNK |
-1 |
71 |
72 |
- |
- |
143 |
CUT |
Marc Warren | SCO |
-1 |
71 |
72 |
- |
- |
143 |
CUT |
Nick Cullen | AUS |
-1 |
72 |
71 |
- |
- |
143 |
CUT |
Niklas Lemke | SWE |
-1 |
74 |
69 |
- |
- |
143 |
CUT |
Pep Angles | ESP |
-1 |
69 |
74 |
- |
- |
143 |
CUT |
Per Laengfors | SWE |
-1 |
74 |
69 |
- |
- |
143 |
CUT |
Philipp Mejow | GER |
-1 |
72 |
71 |
- |
- |
143 |
CUT |
Ryan Evans | ENG |
-1 |
69 |
74 |
- |
- |
143 |
CUT |
Soren Kjeldsen | DEN |
-1 |
73 |
70 |
- |
- |
143 |
CUT |
Steven Brown | ENG |
-1 |
69 |
74 |
- |
- |
143 |
CUT |
Ales Korinek | CZE |
Par |
70 |
74 |
- |
- |
144 |
CUT |
Brett Rumford | AUS |
Par |
70 |
74 |
- |
- |
144 |
CUT |
David Horsey | ENG |
Par |
74 |
70 |
- |
- |
144 |
CUT |
David Law | SCO |
Par |
72 |
72 |
- |
- |
144 |
CUT |
Eddie Pepperell | ENG |
Par |
73 |
71 |
- |
- |
144 |
CUT |
Jeung-Hun Wang | KOR |
Par |
70 |
74 |
- |
- |
144 |
CUT |
Jonathan Thomson | ENG |
Par |
72 |
72 |
- |
- |
144 |
CUT |
Michal Pospisil | CZE |
Par |
73 |
71 |
- |
- |
144 |
CUT |
Nick Mccarthy | ENG |
Par |
71 |
73 |
- |
- |
144 |
CUT |
Pavol Mach | SVK |
Par |
73 |
71 |
- |
- |
144 |
CUT |
Stanislav Matus | CZE |
Par |
71 |
73 |
- |
- |
144 |
CUT |
Bernd Ritthammer | GER |
1 |
72 |
73 |
- |
- |
145 |
CUT |
Christopher Sahlstroem | SWE |
1 |
70 |
75 |
- |
- |
145 |
CUT |
David Borda | ESP |
1 |
72 |
73 |
- |
- |
145 |
CUT |
Deyen Lawson | AUS |
1 |
72 |
73 |
- |
- |
145 |
CUT |
Filip Mruzek | CZE |
1 |
73 |
72 |
- |
- |
145 |
CUT |
Filippo Bergamaschi | ITA |
1 |
73 |
72 |
- |
- |
145 |
CUT |
Jan Cafourek | CZE |
1 |
73 |
72 |
- |
- |
145 |
CUT |
Lee Westwood | ENG |
1 |
73 |
72 |
- |
- |
145 |
CUT |
Louis De Jager | RSA |
1 |
71 |
74 |
- |
- |
145 |
CUT |
Nino Bertasio | ITA |
1 |
71 |
74 |
- |
- |
145 |
CUT |
Adrian Otaegui | ESP |
2 |
76 |
70 |
- |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Duncan Stewart | SCO |
2 |
72 |
74 |
- |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Ernie Els | RSA |
2 |
73 |
73 |
- |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Jens Dantorp | SWE |
2 |
70 |
76 |
- |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Alejandro Canizares | ESP |
3 |
72 |
75 |
- |
- |
147 |
CUT |
Christofer Blomstrand | SWE |
3 |
72 |
75 |
- |
- |
147 |
CUT |
George Coetzee | RSA |
3 |
73 |
74 |
- |
- |
147 |
CUT |
Marcel Siem | GER |
3 |
74 |
73 |
- |
- |
147 |
CUT |
Max Orrin | ENG |
3 |
76 |
71 |
- |
- |
147 |
CUT |
Peter Valasek | SVK |
3 |
73 |
74 |
- |
- |
147 |
CUT |
Yi-Keun Chang | KOR |
3 |
72 |
75 |
- |
- |
147 |
CUT |
Daniel Suchan | CZE |
4 |
78 |
70 |
- |
- |
148 |
CUT |
Gaganjeet Bhullar | IND |
4 |
73 |
75 |
- |
- |
148 |
CUT |
Jin-Ho Choi | KOR |
4 |
76 |
72 |
- |
- |
148 |
CUT |
Petr Gal Jr. | CZE |
4 |
75 |
73 |
- |
- |
148 |
CUT |
Sebastian Soederberg | SWE |
4 |
74 |
74 |
- |
- |
148 |
CUT |
Simon Zach | CZE |
4 |
74 |
74 |
- |
- |
148 |
CUT |
Brandon Stone | RSA |
5 |
73 |
76 |
- |
- |
149 |
CUT |
Max Schmitt | GER |
5 |
77 |
72 |
- |
- |
149 |
CUT |
Paul Peterson | USA |
5 |
74 |
75 |
- |
- |
149 |
CUT |
Raphael Jacquelin | FRA |
5 |
74 |
75 |
- |
- |
149 |
CUT |
Sam Brazel | AUS |
5 |
73 |
76 |
- |
- |
149 |
CUT |
Adrien Saddier | SCO |
6 |
73 |
77 |
- |
- |
150 |
CUT |
Filip Raza | CZE |
6 |
77 |
73 |
- |
- |
150 |
CUT |
Jarin Todd | USA |
6 |
77 |
73 |
- |
- |
150 |
CUT |
Lukas Tintera | CZE |
6 |
74 |
76 |
- |
- |
150 |
CUT |
Matteo Manassero | ITA |
6 |
74 |
76 |
- |
- |
150 |
CUT |
Scott Gregory | ENG |
6 |
74 |
76 |
- |
- |
150 |
CUT |
Grant Forrest | SCO |
7 |
75 |
76 |
- |
- |
151 |
CUT |
Jiri Zuska | CZE |
7 |
74 |
77 |
- |
- |
151 |
CUT |
Adam Bland | AUS |
8 |
73 |
79 |
- |
- |
152 |
CUT |
Matthieu Pavon | FRA |
9 |
76 |
77 |
- |
- |
153 |
CUT |
Aaron Leitmannstetter | GER |
10 |
73 |
81 |
- |
- |
154 |
CUT |
Pedro Figueiredo | POR |
11 |
79 |
76 |
- |
- |
155 |
CUT |
Stefan Palenik | SVK |
11 |
78 |
77 |
- |
- |
155 |
CUT |
Petr Hruby | CZE |
12 |
78 |
78 |
- |
- |
156 |
DSQ |
Soo-Min Lee | KOR |
Par |
68 |
73 |
68 |
- |
209 |
RET |
Austin Connelly | CAN |
Par |
78 |
- |
- |
- |
78 |
RET |
Tom Lewis | ENG |
Par |
76 |
- |
- |
- |
76 |