European Tour

D+D REAL Czech Masters 2018

August 23-26

Albatross Golf Resort, Prague, Czech Republic

€1,000,000

August 23-26

Albatross Golf Resort, Prague, Czech Republic

€1,000,000

Round 4

Pavan overcomes Harrington for Czech triumph

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

August 26, 2018

Andrew Pavan claimed his maiden European Tour title in spectacular style at the D+D Real Czech Masters, as a back nine birdie blitz - which included a monster putt at the par three 16th - helped the Italian topple three-time Major Champion Padraig Harrington.

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“It's amazing, it's massive. I've won four times on the Challenge Tour but it was a long time ago. I'll enjoy this one because it's really hard to get and I'll just keep working on the stuff that seems to be working and enjoy the success."

“I'm going back home tomorrow and we're having a second baby, a little girl is coming on Wednesday. We're really excited about that and I can't wait to celebrate with my family."

It was a thrilling battle between the two playing partners, who shared a three-shot lead heading into the final day at Albatross Golf Resort, and Harrington appeared to be cruising to a 16th title when they reached the turn.

“Padraig has got so much experience, such a great player and he played lovely. The putt on 16 was massive. It could have easily gone both ways, he was ahead of me most of the day but after I got ahead I stayed aggressive, which I’m pleased I did because it came down to the last."

“I was a little bit nervous to start with and then you make a bogey on the second. Then I settled down, but I’ve been playing well the last couple of weeks. In golf you never know, you just have to keep pushing and I hit a lot of good tee shots and gave myself birdie chances."

“On the 17th I was getting a bit emotional, just trying not to get ahead of myself. I think playing against Padraig, knowing how good he is, it kept me grounded and in the moment a bit more, knowing he could easily birdie the last two."

“I was really trying to birdie the last two. It’s just amazing. It’s going to take some time to sink in.”

The Irishman was three shots clear but Pavan turned the tide with a stunning back nine performance. The 29 year old picked up shots at the tenth and 12th holes to close the gap before Harrington almost holed out from the tee at the par three 13th, a birdie two seemingly closing the door on Pavan.

But a birdie from Pavan at the 14th paired with a bogey for Harrington at the 15th meant they were all square with three to play.

The crucial moment came at the 16th as the Italian sank a 30-foot putt for a birdie two and the outright lead. Another birdie at the 17th meant he held a two-stroke advantage on the 18th tee, parring the last for a five under 67 and a two-stroke victory on a 22 under total. The win moved him to 39th in the Race to Dubai Rankings presented by Rolex.

“It was a good contest, no doubt about it. I obviously don’t feel like I lost it, Andrea won it for sure. He played great coming home and holed the decisive putts. I get my fair share of wins but it wasn’t my day today."

“To shoot 20 under par on any golf course, you’ve got to put some numbers together so I’m happy with that, Andrea just finished really well. He played lovely golf all day to be honest and made those birdies. It’s a pity but I’ll settle for this most weeks."

“I’m seeing things about my game that I can improve and work on. I’m in a nice place, I just have to keep doing the good stuff and hopefully there’ll be more tournaments like this ahead.”

Pos.	Player	Nat	To Par	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
1	Andrea Pavan	ITA	-22	65	69	65	67	266
2	Padraig Harrington	IRL	-20	66	68	65	69	268
3	Gavin Green	MAS	-17	64	68	70	69	271
T4	Lee Slattery	ENG	-15	65	72	68	68	273
T4	Scott Jamieson	SCO	-15	67	68	68	70	273
6	Tom Lewis	ENG	-14	69	66	71	68	274
T7	Gaganjeet Bhullar	IND	-13	68	71	70	66	275
T7	Jacques Kruyswijk	RSA	-13	70	68	69	68	275
T9	Eddie Pepperell	ENG	-12	66	71	68	71	276
T9	Hunter Stewart	USA	-12	69	70	69	68	276
T9	Jeff Winther	SWE	-12	65	68	75	68	276
T9	Julien Guerrier	FRA	-12	71	67	71	67	276
T9	Lucas Bjerregaard	DNK	-12	68	72	67	69	276
T9	Matthias Schwab	AUT	-12	69	69	69	69	276
T9	Phachara Khongwatmai	THA	-12	69	67	68	72	276
T9	Pontus Widegren	SWE	-12	71	69	69	67	276
T9	Thomas Pieters	BEL	-12	64	70	71	71	276
T18	Adam Bland	AUS	-11	71	68	68	70	277
T18	Danny Willett	ENG	-11	68	70	71	68	277
T18	Nacho Elvira	ESP	-11	65	73	69	70	277
T18	Jason Scrivener	AUS	-11	71	68	71	67	277
T18	Peter Karmis	RSA	-11	69	71	69	68	277
T18	Scott Vincent	ZIM	-11	67	71	68	71	277
T24	Aaron Rai	ENG	-10	67	68	72	71	278
T24	JC Ritchie	RSA	-10	70	70	67	71	278
T24	Matthew Nixon	ENG	-10	68	70	71	69	278
T24	Rak Cho	KOR	-10	70	70	70	68	278
T24	Stephen Gallacher	SCO	-10	69	70	72	67	278
T29	Callum Tarren	ENG	-9	64	72	70	73	279
T29	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	RSA	-9	71	66	71	71	279
T29	Justin Walters	RSA	-9	71	69	69	70	279
T29	Maximilian Kieffer	GER	-9	69	70	68	72	279
T29	Nino Bertasio	ITA	-9	66	71	67	75	279
T29	Sebastian Heisele	GER	-9	72	67	70	70	279
T29	Soo-Min Lee	KOR	-9	66	69	71	73	279
T36	Alexander Knappe	GER	-8	67	69	69	75	280
T36	David Howell	ENG	-8	69	71	72	68	280
T36	Haydn Porteous	RSA	-8	71	69	69	71	280
T36	James Morrison	ENG	-8	70	69	71	70	280
T36	Jordan Smith	ENG	-8	70	69	68	73	280
T36	Matt Wallace	ENG	-8	70	65	73	72	280
T36	Matthew Baldwin	ENG	-8	70	68	73	69	280
T36	Renato Paratore	ITA	-8	67	72	72	69	280
T44	Benjamin Hebert	FRA	-7	69	70	69	73	281
T44	Jamie Donaldson	WAL	-7	68	68	74	71	281
T44	Lucas Herbert	AUS	-7	69	71	71	70	281
T44	Nick Cullen	AUS	-7	68	70	73	70	281
T44	Richard Bland	ENG	-7	69	71	71	70	281
T44	Tapio Pulkkanen	FIN	-7	65	69	70	77	281
T50	Austin Connelly	CAN	-6	69	70	70	73	282
T50	Charlie Ford	ENG	-6	70	70	75	67	282
T50	Connor Syme	SCO	-6	66	70	72	74	282
T50	Danthai Boonma	THA	-6	70	69	70	73	282
T50	David Lipsky	USA	-6	69	69	70	74	282
T50	Pep Angles	ESP	-6	67	73	72	70	282
T50	Peter Hanson	SWE	-6	66	69	74	73	282
T50	Raphael Jacquelin	FRA	-6	71	69	73	69	282
T50	Ryan Evans	ENG	-6	67	73	72	70	282
T59	Ashley Chesters	ENG	-5	68	72	75	68	283
T59	John Daly	USA	-5	64	75	70	74	283
T61	Chase Koepka	USA	-4	67	69	75	73	284
T61	Lee Westwood	ENG	-4	66	72	72	74	284
T63	Jonathan Thomson	ENG	-3	68	70	76	71	285
T63	Paul Peterson	USA	-3	70	69	77	69	285
T65	Callum Shinkwin	ENG	-1	67	73	68	79	287
T65	Chris Hanson	ENG	-1	72	67	75	73	287
T65	Johan Edfors	SWE	-1	70	69	73	75	287
68	Jin-Ho Choi	KOR	Par	69	70	74	75	288
69	Bradley Neil	SCO	1	68	69	73	79	289
T70	Scott Hend	AUS	4	71	69	79	73	292
T70	Sebastien Gros	FRA	4	70	70	77	75	292
CUT	Ajeetesh Sandhu	IND	-3	71	70	-	-	141
CUT	Alejandro Canizares	ESP	-3	70	71	-	-	141
CUT	Ashun Wu	CHI	-3	69	72	-	-	141
CUT	Ben Evans	ENG	-3	72	69	-	-	141
CUT	Dean Burmester	RSA	-3	72	69	-	-	141
CUT	Joel Stalter	FRA	-3	71	70	-	-	141
CUT	Matthieu Pavon	FRA	-3	71	70	-	-	141
CUT	Mikko Korhonen	FIN	-3	70	71	-	-	141
CUT	Oliver Farr	WAL	-3	67	74	-	-	141
CUT	Paul Waring	ENG	-3	66	75	-	-	141
CUT	Pedro Oriol	ESP	-3	69	72	-	-	141
CUT	Ricardo Melo Gouveia	POR	-3	71	70	-	-	141
CUT	Simon Khan	ENG	-3	69	72	-	-	141
CUT	Soren Kjeldsen	DEN	-3	70	71	-	-	141
CUT	Steven Brown	ENG	-3	68	73	-	-	141
CUT	Adrien Saddier	SCO	-2	71	71	-	-	142
CUT	Anders Hansen	DEN	-2	73	69	-	-	142
CUT	Bernd Ritthammer	GER	-2	71	71	-	-	142
CUT	Christofer Blomstrand	SWE	-2	72	70	-	-	142
CUT	Daniel Im	USA	-2	69	73	-	-	142
CUT	Davis Love IV	USA	-2	69	73	-	-	142
CUT	Gavin Moynihan	IRL	-2	70	72	-	-	142
CUT	Jeung-Hun Wang	KOR	-2	72	70	-	-	142
CUT	Josh Geary	NZL	-2	71	71	-	-	142
CUT	Marc Warren	SCO	-2	68	74	-	-	142
CUT	Mark Tullo	CHL	-2	72	70	-	-	142
CUT	Mathieu Decottignies-Lafon	FRA	-2	74	68	-	-	142
CUT	Scott Fernandez	ESP	-2	68	74	-	-	142
CUT	Shiv Chawrasia	IND	-2	73	69	-	-	142
CUT	Andrew Dodt	AUS	-1	66	77	-	-	143
CUT	Clement Sordet	FRA	-1	71	72	-	-	143
CUT	Filip Mruzek	CZE	-1	69	74	-	-	143
CUT	Gregory Bourdy	FRA	-1	72	71	-	-	143
CUT	Hugo Leon	CHI	-1	71	72	-	-	143
CUT	Jack Munro	AUS	-1	72	71	-	-	143
CUT	Marcus Armitage	ENG	-1	70	73	-	-	143
CUT	Steve Webster	ENG	-1	72	71	-	-	143
CUT	Ales Korinek	CZE	Par	71	73	-	-	144
CUT	Birgir Hafthorsson	ISL	Par	70	74	-	-	144
CUT	David Drysdale	SCO	Par	71	73	-	-	144
CUT	Garrick Porteous	ENG	Par	72	72	-	-	144
CUT	Gary Stal	FRA	Par	72	72	-	-	144
CUT	Henric Sturehed	SWE	Par	70	74	-	-	144
CUT	Jan Cafourek	CZE	Par	69	75	-	-	144
CUT	Mateusz Gradecki	POL	Par	72	72	-	-	144
CUT	Matt Ford	ENG	Par	70	74	-	-	144
CUT	Ondrej Lieser	CZE	Par	69	75	-	-	144
CUT	Sam Brazel	AUS	Par	74	70	-	-	144
CUT	Stanislav Matus	CZE	Par	72	72	-	-	144
CUT	Adrian Meronk	POL	1	75	70	-	-	145
CUT	Florian Fritsch	GER	1	72	73	-	-	145
CUT	Laurie Canter	ENG	1	69	76	-	-	145
CUT	Marcel Siem	GER	1	73	72	-	-	145
CUT	Thomas Aiken	RSA	1	73	72	-	-	145
CUT	Carlos Pigem	ESP	2	72	74	-	-	146
CUT	Felipe Aguilar	CHI	2	75	71	-	-	146
CUT	Jazz Janewattananond	MAS	2	71	75	-	-	146
CUT	Matteo Manassero	ITA	2	73	73	-	-	146
CUT	Oliver Fisher	ENG	2	69	77	-	-	146
CUT	Simon Zach	CZE	2	73	73	-	-	146
CUT	Vaclav Tichy	CZE	2	74	72	-	-	146
CUT	Aaron Leitmannstetter	GER	3	74	73	-	-	147
CUT	Adam Puchmelter	SVK	3	75	72	-	-	147
CUT	Daniel Brooks	ENG	3	73	74	-	-	147
CUT	Daniel Suchan	CZE	3	72	75	-	-	147
CUT	Lukas Tintera	CZE	3	70	77	-	-	147
CUT	Petr Gal Jr.	CZE	3	71	76	-	-	147
CUT	Rene Gruber	AUT	3	70	77	-	-	147
CUT	Jason Norris	AUS	4	77	71	-	-	148
CUT	Nicolas Colsaerts	BEL	4	72	76	-	-	148
CUT	Andrew Johnston	ENG	5	75	74	-	-	149
CUT	Liam Robinson	ENG	5	72	77	-	-	149
CUT	Matthew Millar	AUS	5	75	74	-	-	149
CUT	Paul McBride	IRL	5	72	77	-	-	149
CUT	Peter Valasek	SVK	6	76	74	-	-	150
CUT	Michal Pospisil	CZE	7	75	76	-	-	151
CUT	Oscar Serna	MEX	7	76	75	-	-	151
CUT	Ricardo Gonzalez	ARG	7	73	78	-	-	151
CUT	Romain Wattel	FRA	7	75	76	-	-	151
CUT	Jan Friesz	SVK	8	76	76	-	-	152
CUT	Benedict Staben	GER	9	76	77	-	-	153
CUT	Christopher Doak	SCO	9	76	77	-	-	153
CUT	Petr Dedek	CZE	14	79	79	-	-	158
DSQ	Joel Sjoeholm	SWE	Par	71	73	-	-	144
RET	Paul Howard	ENG	Par	76	-	-	-	76

Pos.	Player	Nat	To Par	Total
1	Andrea Pavan	ITA	-22	266
2	Padraig Harrington	IRL	-20	268
3	Gavin Green	MAS	-17	271
T4	Lee Slattery	ENG	-15	273
T4	Scott Jamieson	SCO	-15	273
6	Tom Lewis	ENG	-14	274
T7	Gaganjeet Bhullar	IND	-13	275
T7	Jacques Kruyswijk	RSA	-13	275
T9	Eddie Pepperell	ENG	-12	276
T9	Hunter Stewart	USA	-12	276
T9	Jeff Winther	SWE	-12	276
T9	Julien Guerrier	FRA	-12	276
T9	Lucas Bjerregaard	DNK	-12	276
T9	Matthias Schwab	AUT	-12	276
T9	Phachara Khongwatmai	THA	-12	276
T9	Pontus Widegren	SWE	-12	276
T9	Thomas Pieters	BEL	-12	276
T18	Adam Bland	AUS	-11	277
T18	Danny Willett	ENG	-11	277
T18	Nacho Elvira	ESP	-11	277
T18	Jason Scrivener	AUS	-11	277
T18	Peter Karmis	RSA	-11	277
T18	Scott Vincent	ZIM	-11	277
T24	Aaron Rai	ENG	-10	278
T24	JC Ritchie	RSA	-10	278
T24	Matthew Nixon	ENG	-10	278
T24	Rak Cho	KOR	-10	278
T24	Stephen Gallacher	SCO	-10	278
T29	Callum Tarren	ENG	-9	279
T29	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	RSA	-9	279
T29	Justin Walters	RSA	-9	279
T29	Maximilian Kieffer	GER	-9	279
T29	Nino Bertasio	ITA	-9	279
T29	Sebastian Heisele	GER	-9	279
T29	Soo-Min Lee	KOR	-9	279
T36	Alexander Knappe	GER	-8	280
T36	David Howell	ENG	-8	280
T36	Haydn Porteous	RSA	-8	280
T36	James Morrison	ENG	-8	280
T36	Jordan Smith	ENG	-8	280
T36	Matt Wallace	ENG	-8	280
T36	Matthew Baldwin	ENG	-8	280
T36	Renato Paratore	ITA	-8	280
T44	Benjamin Hebert	FRA	-7	281
T44	Jamie Donaldson	WAL	-7	281
T44	Lucas Herbert	AUS	-7	281
T44	Nick Cullen	AUS	-7	281
T44	Richard Bland	ENG	-7	281
T44	Tapio Pulkkanen	FIN	-7	281
T50	Austin Connelly	CAN	-6	282
T50	Charlie Ford	ENG	-6	282
T50	Connor Syme	SCO	-6	282
T50	Danthai Boonma	THA	-6	282
T50	David Lipsky	USA	-6	282
T50	Pep Angles	ESP	-6	282
T50	Peter Hanson	SWE	-6	282
T50	Raphael Jacquelin	FRA	-6	282
T50	Ryan Evans	ENG	-6	282
T59	Ashley Chesters	ENG	-5	283
T59	John Daly	USA	-5	283
T61	Chase Koepka	USA	-4	284
T61	Lee Westwood	ENG	-4	284
T63	Jonathan Thomson	ENG	-3	285
T63	Paul Peterson	USA	-3	285
T65	Callum Shinkwin	ENG	-1	287
T65	Chris Hanson	ENG	-1	287
T65	Johan Edfors	SWE	-1	287
68	Jin-Ho Choi	KOR	Par	288
69	Bradley Neil	SCO	1	289
T70	Scott Hend	AUS	4	292
T70	Sebastien Gros	FRA	4	292
CUT	Ajeetesh Sandhu	IND	-3	141
CUT	Alejandro Canizares	ESP	-3	141
CUT	Ashun Wu	CHI	-3	141
CUT	Ben Evans	ENG	-3	141
CUT	Dean Burmester	RSA	-3	141
CUT	Joel Stalter	FRA	-3	141
CUT	Matthieu Pavon	FRA	-3	141
CUT	Mikko Korhonen	FIN	-3	141
CUT	Oliver Farr	WAL	-3	141
CUT	Paul Waring	ENG	-3	141
CUT	Pedro Oriol	ESP	-3	141
CUT	Ricardo Melo Gouveia	POR	-3	141
CUT	Simon Khan	ENG	-3	141
CUT	Soren Kjeldsen	DEN	-3	141
CUT	Steven Brown	ENG	-3	141
CUT	Adrien Saddier	SCO	-2	142
CUT	Anders Hansen	DEN	-2	142
CUT	Bernd Ritthammer	GER	-2	142
CUT	Christofer Blomstrand	SWE	-2	142
CUT	Daniel Im	USA	-2	142
CUT	Davis Love IV	USA	-2	142
CUT	Gavin Moynihan	IRL	-2	142
CUT	Jeung-Hun Wang	KOR	-2	142
CUT	Josh Geary	NZL	-2	142
CUT	Marc Warren	SCO	-2	142
CUT	Mark Tullo	CHL	-2	142
CUT	Mathieu Decottignies-Lafon	FRA	-2	142
CUT	Scott Fernandez	ESP	-2	142
CUT	Shiv Chawrasia	IND	-2	142
CUT	Andrew Dodt	AUS	-1	143
CUT	Clement Sordet	FRA	-1	143
CUT	Filip Mruzek	CZE	-1	143
CUT	Gregory Bourdy	FRA	-1	143
CUT	Hugo Leon	CHI	-1	143
CUT	Jack Munro	AUS	-1	143
CUT	Marcus Armitage	ENG	-1	143
CUT	Steve Webster	ENG	-1	143
CUT	Ales Korinek	CZE	Par	144
CUT	Birgir Hafthorsson	ISL	Par	144
CUT	David Drysdale	SCO	Par	144
CUT	Garrick Porteous	ENG	Par	144
CUT	Gary Stal	FRA	Par	144
CUT	Henric Sturehed	SWE	Par	144
CUT	Jan Cafourek	CZE	Par	144
CUT	Mateusz Gradecki	POL	Par	144
CUT	Matt Ford	ENG	Par	144
CUT	Ondrej Lieser	CZE	Par	144
CUT	Sam Brazel	AUS	Par	144
CUT	Stanislav Matus	CZE	Par	144
CUT	Adrian Meronk	POL	1	145
CUT	Florian Fritsch	GER	1	145
CUT	Laurie Canter	ENG	1	145
CUT	Marcel Siem	GER	1	145
CUT	Thomas Aiken	RSA	1	145
CUT	Carlos Pigem	ESP	2	146
CUT	Felipe Aguilar	CHI	2	146
CUT	Jazz Janewattananond	MAS	2	146
CUT	Matteo Manassero	ITA	2	146
CUT	Oliver Fisher	ENG	2	146
CUT	Simon Zach	CZE	2	146
CUT	Vaclav Tichy	CZE	2	146
CUT	Aaron Leitmannstetter	GER	3	147
CUT	Adam Puchmelter	SVK	3	147
CUT	Daniel Brooks	ENG	3	147
CUT	Daniel Suchan	CZE	3	147
CUT	Lukas Tintera	CZE	3	147
CUT	Petr Gal Jr.	CZE	3	147
CUT	Rene Gruber	AUT	3	147
CUT	Jason Norris	AUS	4	148
CUT	Nicolas Colsaerts	BEL	4	148
CUT	Andrew Johnston	ENG	5	149
CUT	Liam Robinson	ENG	5	149
CUT	Matthew Millar	AUS	5	149
CUT	Paul McBride	IRL	5	149
CUT	Peter Valasek	SVK	6	150
CUT	Michal Pospisil	CZE	7	151
CUT	Oscar Serna	MEX	7	151
CUT	Ricardo Gonzalez	ARG	7	151
CUT	Romain Wattel	FRA	7	151
CUT	Jan Friesz	SVK	8	152
CUT	Benedict Staben	GER	9	153
CUT	Christopher Doak	SCO	9	153
CUT	Petr Dedek	CZE	14	158
DSQ	Joel Sjoeholm	SWE	Par	144
RET	Paul Howard	ENG	Par	76

European Tour

Italian Open 2018

Gardagolf

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May 31 - June 03

Gardagolf Country Club, Brescia Italy

$7,000,000

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D+D REAL Czech Masters 2018 - Round 4

D+D REAL Czech Masters 2018

August 23-26

Albatross Golf Resort, Prague, Czech Republic

€1,000,000

August 23-26

Albatross Golf Resort, Prague, Czech Republic

€1,000,000

Round 4

Pavan overcomes Harrington for Czech triumph

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August 26, 2018

Italian Open 2018

Gardagolf

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May 31 - June 03

Gardagolf Country Club, Brescia Italy

$7,000,000

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