There was an exhilarating climax to the DS Vehicles Italian Open on Sunday, with Poland’s Adrian Meronk discovering two birdies at his last three holes to choose up a 3rd DP World Tour title and ship out a message to European Ryder Cup captain, Luke Donald.
Starting the day, it was Frenchman, Julien Guerrier, who led the way in which, with Romain Langasque and Meronk simply behind. Out the blocks, it was Meronk, the bottom ranked participant within the match, who took the early initiative as he birdied three holes over his entrance 9.
On the midway stage, the 29-year-old discovered himself prime of the leaderboard with Langasque, Guerrier and Tapio Pulkkanen all chasing him down. It was set as much as be an enthralling end and, because the again 9 ebbed and flowed, Langasque quickly shared the lead with Meronk.
That did not final lengthy although as, on the sixteenth gap, Meronk discovered the entrance fringe of the inexperienced along with his tee shot and, after rolling his putt as much as close to gimme vary, he tapped in to steer by one with simply two holes remaining.
Taking part in a few teams in entrance of Langasque, Meronk would set a goal for the Frenchman. After safely navigating the seventeenth, he would discover a essential birdie on the par 5 18th for a 13-under-par match whole, and a margin which might imply Langasque would want an eagle on the 18th to power a playoff.
Meronk celebrates his Italian Open victory
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Fortunately, for Meronk, Langasque was unable to capitalise on the 600-yard gap, with a last birdie that means he got here up only one shot shy of the 29-year-old, who picked up a 3rd DP World Tour title and a transfer contained in the High 50 of the World Rankings.
