Jens Dantorp won the Challenge de España, a Challenge Tour tournament that took place on the Iberostar Real Club course (par 72) in Novo Sancti Petri, in Cadiz. The Swede won with a total of 278 (74 71 67 66, -10) shots ahead of Victor Pastor, leader at the end of the ‘moving day’ and second with 281 (-7).
Good performance for Matteo Manassero, who finished in 11th position with a score of 287 (73 74 73 67, -1) and able to recover 21 positions in the last round thanks to a lap in 67 (-5) strokes. Enrico Di Nitto, 9 / o at the end of the third lap, finished 24 / o with 290 (74 73 69 74, +2), while Stefano Mazzoli 66 / o with 302 (70 76 80 76, +14).
Among the other blues in the race, however, Federico Maccario (75 77) and Jacopo Vecchi Fossa (73 79), 68 / i with 152 (+8), Filippo Bergamaschi (82 73) and Lorenzo Scalise (78) did not pass the cut. 77), 107 / i with 155 (+11) and Aron Zemmer 124 / o with 157 (77 80, +13).
Matteo Manassero, results
With this victory, Jens Dantorp cashed a check for 40,000 euros on a total prize pool of 250,000 by succeeding in the roll of honor to Santiago Tarrio, champion in 2021. For the 33-year-old from Malmo this is the third career success on the Challenge Tour after those obtained in 2013 at the Rolex Trophy and in 2017 at the Ras Al Khaimah Golf Challenge.
On 9 April 2010, at the age of 16, 11 months and 22 days, Manassero broke the record of South African Bobby Cole (who had resisted since 1967), becoming the youngest player to pass the cut of The Masters, finishing in 36th place.
. He turned pro in May 2010 and decided to make his debut at the Italian Open, finishing in the top 30. Later invited to England to play the BMW PGA Championship in Wentworth, he passed the cut and closed the tournament in 17th place.
On 24 October 2010, Manassero won the Castelló Masters in Spain, becoming the youngest winner of a European Tour tournament at 17 years, 6 months and 5 days. The record was previously held by New Zealander Danny Lee, winner of the Johnnie in February 2009.
Walker Classic. On 30 November 2010, Wentworth was awarded the title of “Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year” of the European Tour, a recognition also given in the past to Nick Faldo, Tony Jacklin, Sandy Lyle, José María Olazábal and Colin Montgomerie.
In April 2011, a few days after his 18th birthday, he won his second tournament on the European Tour, winning the Malaysian Open played at the Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club. On 11 November 2012 he won the Barclays Singapore Open by overtaking South African Louis Oosthuizen with an eagle on the third hole of the playoff, thus becoming the first teenager to win 3 European Tour tournaments.
On 26 May 2013 he won the prestigious BMW PGA Championship on the Wentworth Club course after a four-hole playoff against Simon Kahn and Marc Warren, thus becoming the youngest winner in the history of the tournament and reaching 25th place in the world order of merit. At the beginning of January 2014 he changed his technical sponsor from Titleist to Callaway.
