June 07-08
Oitavos Dunes, Cascais, Portugal
€1,000,000
Day 1

For the first time in European Tour history, a title was decided by a closest to the pin play-off as Thailand's Phachara Khongwatmai and Thongchai Jaidee overcame Tom Lewis and Paul Waring of England in the final of GolfSixes Cascais.

“It was really fun and really fun to play with Thongchai for Thailand. He taught me about the format of the game, and I'm really happy to have Thongchai, so happy. Thank you for this tournament.”

The innovative event moved to the beautiful Portuguese coastal resort for the first time and the fans were treated to a thrilling finale as the final went right down to the wire, a 1-1 draw in the regulation six holes forcing a play-off unlike any other.

“I'm gutted," said Lewis, "I'm genuinely gutted. We come a long way and we played so many good matches. But we slipped up in the beginning a couple of times, and that handed them a little bit of confidence.

“We did well to make it to the playoff, and unfortunately didn't make the putts. Maybe next time me and Paul can team up in other events. We had fun. We had a good time, and caddies had a good time. 

The two teams returned to the final tee – located in a bar and lounge area and overlooking a swimming pool - to play the hole in full once more, but neither team could be separated on the first extra hole and the match was decided by a closest to the pin contest.

“First of all, I'm lucky today," said Jaidee. "We played a great round, played well today, but I think the team work very important. To the sponsor, thank you to the sponsor, thank you for the golf course and thank you for the hotel and thank you for run the tournament. 

“It was a good crowd, and hopefully next year there is going to be more crowds. The organiser is very good. Fantastic, atmosphere is very good, as well. Sponsor is more important for our tournament. 

And finally, we win the tournament. That's why it's fantastic. I'm very happy to win again. I thank the tournament. I never win two, three years, but now good time to win and thank you my partner, Phachara, and thank you, the caddies, as well, worked very hard.

Khongwatmai, a promising 20 year old who in 2013 became the youngest winner of a professional tournament at 14 years of age, knocked his tee shot to four feet and Thailand became the first Asian team to win the innovative six-hole format event – which is in its third year.

Spain overcame Italy in the third/fourth place play-off as Jorge Campillo and Nacho Elvira continued their respective purple patches on the 2019 Race to Dubai, beating Lorenzo Gagli and Edoardo Molinari.