August 27-30
The Belfry, Sutton Coldfield, England
€1,000,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 3
Rasmus Højgaard became only the second teenager to win twice on the European Tour after edging out Justin Walters in a play-off for the 2020 ISPS HANDA UK Championship.
"It feels good. I didn't really expect it. I started five shots back, so I was just trying to score as low and possible and see where I ended up. Ended in a play-off and win as well, so I was very happy.
On a dramatic final day at The Belfry, the 19-year-old from Denmark came from five strokes back to finish level with Walters on 14 under par.
Rasmus Højgaard 🏆🇩🇰
— The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) August 30, 2020
He becomes the second-youngest player to multiple European Tour wins. #ISPSHANDAUKChampionship pic.twitter.com/2xMfPR1Sww
When the contest went to extra holes, Højgaard held his nerve with consecutive pars down the 18th, with his South African opponent making a bogey on the second trip back down the last.
Højgaard became the first player born in the 21st century to come through Qualifying School last year and won his first European Tour title in just his fifth start – also in a play-off - at the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open. Italian Matteo Manassero is the only other player to have captured two titles before turning 20.
“I had a good amateur career and achieved a few things there. I learnt how to be in contention and manage myself, and have brought that along to my professional career, and it has been working so far which has been awesome.”
After reaching the turn in 33, Højgaard dropped his first shot of the day on the 12th. That appeared to leave Walters and two-time Major winner Martin Kaymer battling for the title, but in a remarkable finish Højgaard birdied the 14th and 16th and eagled the par five 17th to complete a round of 65.
Rasmus Højgaard's rookie season:
— The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) August 30, 2020
12 starts
2 wins 🏆
1 runner-up
3 other Top 10s#ISPSHANDAUKChampionship pic.twitter.com/C2DdnunZOh
“I did take a look at some of the leaderboards so I had a feeling of where I was but I just tried to keep my focus on what I can control, and that is setting up as many birdie chances as possible.
“It was in really good condition and the wind dropped down a bit so you can actually give yourself a lot of chances. You can see that with the scores as well, it was gettable out there.
Kaymer finished in a tie for third place alongside Benjamin Hebert of France on 13 under par, with a bogey on 17 denying him a place in the play-off. Austrian Bernd Wiesberger and Craig Howie of Scotland were then at 12 under par, with England's Marcus Armitage and Spaniard Jorge Campillo a shot further back.
With three UK Swing top tens in addition to his victory at The Belfry, Højgaard tops the Mini Order of Merit and receives an additional £60,000 to donate to charity, with the Childhood Cancer Foundation and Ronald McDonald House in Denmark his nominated charities.
Pos. |
Player | To Par |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
R4 |
Total |
1 |
Rasmus Højgaard | -14 |
73 |
69 |
67 |
65 |
274 |
2 |
Justin Walters | -14 |
64 |
71 |
69 |
70 |
274 |
T3 |
Benjamin Hebert | -13 |
67 |
69 |
70 |
69 |
275 |
T3 |
Martin Kaymer | -13 |
68 |
72 |
66 |
69 |
275 |
T5 |
Craig Howie | -12 |
68 |
72 |
71 |
65 |
276 |
T5 |
Bernd Wiesberger | -12 |
67 |
71 |
73 |
65 |
276 |
T7 |
Marcus Armitage | -11 |
70 |
68 |
71 |
68 |
277 |
T7 |
Jorge Campillo | -11 |
69 |
73 |
67 |
68 |
277 |
T9 |
Calum Hill | -10 |
68 |
72 |
72 |
66 |
278 |
T9 |
Andy Sullivan | -10 |
70 |
72 |
69 |
67 |
278 |
T11 |
Min Woo Lee | -9 |
71 |
71 |
68 |
69 |
279 |
T11 |
Darius van Driel | -9 |
72 |
70 |
71 |
66 |
279 |
T13 |
Laurie Canter | -8 |
71 |
73 |
65 |
71 |
280 |
T13 |
Marcus Kinhult | -8 |
68 |
74 |
68 |
70 |
280 |
T15 |
Ben Evans | -7 |
71 |
72 |
70 |
68 |
281 |
T15 |
Aaron Rai | -7 |
71 |
72 |
72 |
66 |
281 |
T17 |
Thorbjørn Olesen | -6 |
70 |
73 |
71 |
68 |
282 |
T17 |
Lee Westwood | -6 |
70 |
71 |
72 |
69 |
282 |
T19 |
Richard Bland | -5 |
70 |
70 |
74 |
69 |
283 |
T19 |
Aaron Cockerill | -5 |
72 |
69 |
74 |
68 |
283 |
T19 |
Bryce Easton | -5 |
72 |
68 |
70 |
73 |
283 |
T19 |
Matthew Jordan | -5 |
69 |
69 |
75 |
70 |
283 |
T19 |
Matt Wallace | -5 |
70 |
73 |
72 |
68 |
283 |
T19 |
Paul Waring | -5 |
70 |
67 |
76 |
70 |
283 |
T25 |
John Catlin | -4 |
72 |
72 |
72 |
68 |
284 |
T25 |
Joachim B. Hansen | -4 |
71 |
71 |
69 |
73 |
284 |
T25 |
Wade Ormsby | -4 |
68 |
74 |
73 |
69 |
284 |
T28 |
Dave Coupland | -3 |
73 |
71 |
70 |
71 |
285 |
T28 |
Ryan Fox | -3 |
71 |
67 |
73 |
74 |
285 |
T28 |
Jack Senior | -3 |
70 |
75 |
71 |
69 |
285 |
T31 |
Thomas Bjørn | -2 |
72 |
69 |
73 |
72 |
286 |
T31 |
Dean Burmester | -2 |
70 |
70 |
76 |
70 |
286 |
T31 |
Haotong Li | -2 |
74 |
71 |
69 |
72 |
286 |
T31 |
Jake McLeod | -2 |
71 |
71 |
79 |
65 |
286 |
T31 |
Richie Ramsay | -2 |
75 |
70 |
70 |
71 |
286 |
T31 |
Martin Simonsen | -2 |
74 |
70 |
68 |
74 |
286 |
T31 |
Graeme Storm | -2 |
72 |
69 |
71 |
74 |
286 |
T31 |
Scott Vincent | -2 |
67 |
72 |
74 |
73 |
286 |
T39 |
Jonathan Caldwell | -1 |
71 |
74 |
70 |
72 |
287 |
T39 |
Ross Fisher | -1 |
68 |
73 |
77 |
69 |
287 |
T39 |
Søren Kjeldsen | -1 |
70 |
75 |
70 |
72 |
287 |
T39 |
James Morrison | -1 |
75 |
70 |
72 |
70 |
287 |
T39 |
Julian Suri | -1 |
68 |
71 |
77 |
71 |
287 |
T39 |
Steven Tiley | -1 |
74 |
71 |
70 |
72 |
287 |
T39 |
Marc Warren | -1 |
69 |
73 |
75 |
70 |
287 |
46 |
Matthias Schwab | E |
71 |
72 |
77 |
68 |
288 |
T47 |
Nicolas Colsaerts | 1 |
75 |
69 |
74 |
71 |
289 |
T47 |
Garrick Higgo | 1 |
70 |
71 |
75 |
73 |
289 |
T47 |
Masahiro Kawamura | 1 |
70 |
75 |
75 |
69 |
289 |
T47 |
Jeff Winther | 1 |
69 |
73 |
76 |
71 |
289 |
T51 |
Stephen Gallacher | 2 |
69 |
76 |
68 |
77 |
290 |
T51 |
Tom Gandy | 2 |
73 |
68 |
74 |
75 |
290 |
T51 |
David Horsey | 2 |
71 |
72 |
75 |
72 |
290 |
T51 |
Wilco Nienaber | 2 |
69 |
72 |
76 |
73 |
290 |
T55 |
David Dixon | 3 |
68 |
76 |
76 |
71 |
291 |
T55 |
Rhys Enoch | 3 |
68 |
75 |
77 |
71 |
291 |
T55 |
Ross McGowan | 3 |
74 |
68 |
75 |
74 |
291 |
T58 |
Lucas Bjerregaard | 4 |
73 |
72 |
71 |
76 |
292 |
T58 |
Damien Perrier | 4 |
73 |
71 |
76 |
72 |
292 |
T58 |
Joel Sjoholm | 4 |
67 |
76 |
76 |
73 |
292 |
T58 |
Lee Slattery | 4 |
70 |
75 |
81 |
66 |
292 |
62 |
Raphael Jacquelin | 5 |
74 |
71 |
73 |
75 |
293 |
63 |
Liam Johnston | 7 |
72 |
73 |
76 |
74 |
295 |
64 |
Matthieu Pavon | 8 |
72 |
72 |
79 |
73 |
296 |
CUT |
David Drysdale | E |
21 |
21 |
|||
CUT |
Matthew Baldwin | 2 |
72 |
74 |
146 |
||
CUT |
Wil Besseling | 2 |
73 |
73 |
146 |
||
CUT |
Alejandro Cañizares | 2 |
74 |
72 |
146 |
||
CUT |
Ewen Ferguson | 2 |
74 |
72 |
146 |
||
CUT |
Sebastian Garcia Rodriguez | 2 |
74 |
72 |
146 |
||
CUT |
Gregory Havret | 2 |
72 |
74 |
146 |
||
CUT |
David Howell | 2 |
70 |
76 |
146 |
||
CUT |
Joakim Lagergren | 2 |
75 |
71 |
146 |
||
CUT |
Chris Paisley | 2 |
75 |
71 |
146 |
||
CUT |
Victor Perez | 2 |
75 |
71 |
146 |
||
CUT |
JC Ritchie | 2 |
71 |
75 |
146 |
||
CUT |
Antoine Rozner | 2 |
74 |
72 |
146 |
||
CUT |
Marcel Siem | 2 |
75 |
71 |
146 |
||
CUT |
Dale Whitnell | 2 |
76 |
70 |
146 |
||
CUT |
Philip Eriksson | 3 |
72 |
75 |
147 |
||
CUT |
Gavin Kyle Green | 3 |
69 |
78 |
147 |
||
CUT |
Daan Huizing | 3 |
73 |
74 |
147 |
||
CUT |
Romain Langasque | 3 |
73 |
74 |
147 |
||
CUT |
Haydn Porteous | 3 |
73 |
74 |
147 |
||
CUT |
Kalle Samooja | 3 |
74 |
73 |
147 |
||
CUT |
Jordan Smith | 3 |
72 |
75 |
147 |
||
CUT |
Romain Wattel | 3 |
75 |
72 |
147 |
||
CUT |
Danny Willett | 3 |
72 |
75 |
147 |
||
CUT |
Maverick Antcliff | 4 |
78 |
70 |
148 |
||
CUT |
Steven Brown | 4 |
75 |
73 |
148 |
||
CUT |
Ashley Chesters | 4 |
74 |
74 |
148 |
||
CUT |
Louis De Jager | 4 |
72 |
76 |
148 |
||
CUT |
Oliver Farr | 4 |
74 |
74 |
148 |
||
CUT |
Jbe Kruger | 4 |
76 |
72 |
148 |
||
CUT |
Jacques Kruyswijk | 4 |
76 |
72 |
148 |
||
CUT |
Oscar Lengden | 4 |
71 |
77 |
148 |
||
CUT |
Edoardo Molinari | 4 |
76 |
72 |
148 |
||
CUT |
Robert Rock | 4 |
75 |
73 |
148 |
||
CUT |
Ben Stow | 4 |
73 |
75 |
148 |
||
CUT |
Jordan Wrisdale | 4 |
76 |
72 |
148 |
||
CUT |
Daniel Young (a) | 4 |
70 |
78 |
148 |
||
CUT |
Julien Guerrier | 5 |
75 |
74 |
149 |
||
CUT |
Sihwan Kim | 5 |
74 |
75 |
149 |
||
CUT |
Pablo Larrazabal | 5 |
73 |
76 |
149 |
||
CUT |
Zach Murray | 5 |
71 |
78 |
149 |
||
CUT |
Benjamin Poke | 5 |
72 |
77 |
149 |
||
CUT |
Garrick Porteous | 5 |
74 |
75 |
149 |
||
CUT |
Tapio Pulkkanen | 5 |
75 |
74 |
149 |
||
CUT |
Adrien Saddier | 5 |
72 |
77 |
149 |
||
CUT |
Matthew Southgate | 5 |
73 |
76 |
149 |
||
CUT |
Oliver Fisher | 6 |
78 |
78 |
|||
CUT |
Curtis Knipes (a) | 6 |
74 |
76 |
150 |
||
CUT |
Shubhankar Sharma | 6 |
72 |
78 |
150 |
||
CUT |
Callum Shinkwin | 6 |
76 |
74 |
150 |
||
CUT |
Paul Dunne | 7 |
74 |
77 |
151 |
||
CUT |
Marcel Schneider | 7 |
76 |
75 |
151 |
||
CUT |
Mathieu Fenasse (a) | 8 |
76 |
76 |
152 |
||
CUT |
Daniel Gavins | 8 |
76 |
76 |
152 |
||
CUT |
Alexander Levy | 8 |
79 |
73 |
152 |
||
CUT |
Toby Tree | 8 |
75 |
77 |
152 |
||
CUT |
Nicolai Højgaard | 9 |
78 |
75 |
153 |
||
CUT |
Hurly Long (a) | 9 |
77 |
76 |
153 |
||
CUT |
Richard McEvoy | 9 |
80 |
73 |
153 |
||
CUT |
Gareth Davies | 10 |
73 |
81 |
154 |
||
CUT |
David Law | 10 |
73 |
81 |
154 |
||
CUT |
Max Schmitt | 11 |
75 |
80 |
155 |
||
CUT |
Janne Kaske | 13 |
78 |
79 |
157 |
||
CUT |
Scott Hend | 15 |
75 |
84 |
159 |
||
CUT |
Lorenzo Scalise | 15 |
80 |
79 |
159 |
||
CUT |
Brendan Lawlor | 22 |
84 |
82 |
166 |
||
WD |
Zander Lombard | 9 |
75 |
69 |
81 |
225 |
|
WD |
Eddie Pepperell | 1 |
74 |
70 |
73 |
217 |