Portuguese Ricardo Gouveia won in China at the Hainan Open. Despite an impressive fourth round, Martin Cuvra and Clément Berardo will not be able to see the grand final in Mallorca. Ugo Cousso loses lead on the way to Mallorca before the grand final in the Balearic Islands (November 2-5).
There were challenges at all levels this Monday throughout Old Dunzhou Saltern Golf Clubon the Chinese island Hainan. To obtain the title in this penultimate stage of Challenge Tour 2023We knew the French were a little further away. Experienced Portuguese Ricardo Gouveia (Photo), 32, now has seven wins on the Challenge Tour against the clock, beating all the leaders with a fiery final nine holes (-4) to win by three shots ahead of the Swiss Joel Gerbach.
Cellar magic from Juvia 🪄
He leads by three with one to play.#Hainan Open pic.twitter.com/MHuyoyiftzT
– Challenge Tour (@Challenge_Tour) October 16, 2023
Vaillant and Lacroix can believe in the great circle
Ugo CossoLeader The road to Mallorcamay approach this tournament with some relaxation due to the fact that he has already earned his playing rights DP World Tour For next season. But the studentOlivier Legless I lost ground in China. He finished only 47th in the championship and fell to second place. He is now ahead of the Spaniard Manuel Elvira (Ranking).
The best French people of the week were Tom Vaillantthe eighth solid, and Frederic Lacroix, 13th, who is two places down (twenty-fifth) on the money list but can hope to make a big splash in Spain. like Felix Mori (now 27), which missed the cut in China. You really have to finish in the top 20 after this grand final to make it to the DP World Tour… In 33rd place, Phelan will also have to achieve a very big result in Alcanada Golf Club To reward yourself with the big circle.
Cuferra and Berardo are frustrated
Great frustration for sure Martin Coverera And Clement Berardo Who will not see Mallorca. Despite a final round of fire (66 for Berardo, 67 for Cufra), they failed on the verge of qualifying. The first 45 players were selected: Martin Kuvra at 46th, Clement Berardo at 47th… These two will therefore go to the PQ2 of the Cards, also in Spain (November 2-5), but they were hoping for another destination.
Julian Seale (The fiftieth of “The Way”), Roman Wattel (51), Robin Russell (54), Pierre Pinault (55) And Benjamin Hebert (58) suffers the same fate.
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