Simon Griffiths.
Credit score: Staysure Marbella Legends.
Simon Griffiths, a participant who has not had the simplest {golfing} life, gained his second skilled victory and second in Spain, by going up towards winners of Majors, captains and winners of Ryder Cup and DP Tour tournaments.
On the younger age of fifty, the Englishman gained at Aloha Golf (Marbella) within the Staysure Marbella Legends with relative ease. Malaga golfer Miguel Ángel Jiménez completed in fourth place.
Griffiths continued along with his technique of earlier days with loads of birdies and taking care to not commit errors. He had simply three bogeys in as many days, one per day. It then turned tough for him to not win, though Colin Montgomerie tried in the beginning with three birdies in 5 holes. The eight-time winner of the Order of Advantage had two bogeys in a row and that was the tip of his fortunate streak.
Skilled since 1996, Griffiths devoted himself to observing others in the course of the years of being a caddie and taking part in in his membership, Sunningdale, till his time lastly got here. Final 12 months, he signed as much as tackle the Legends Tour, and triumphed within the European Senior Masters.
Jiménez, in his solely efficiency in Europe because the British Open, was 5 strokes behind the champion after 70 pictures. ‘It has been a bit exhausting immediately,’ he admitted. ‘The holes have moved lots, an excessive amount of. Nevertheless it has been an excellent week, the sector was in magnificent situations, the folks, the match, it has all been excellent,’ he instructed the organisation. José María Olazábal, in the meantime, got here ninth with one other ultimate card of 70.
