The tears ended up flowing because the nerves logically gave way after 6:30 hours of play, including 90 minutes to play nine holes of play-offs against the local hero. Julien Guerrier had to wait for his 230th European tournament to lift the trophy but his victory this Sunday at this Andalusian Masters will go down in the annals in many respects. It was in fact acquired after an unreal scenario facing Jorge Campillo, everyone having had a thousand opportunities – or almost – to bend the debates without embarking on a peplum of this type. For the Frenchman, the victory, the 50th for a Tricolore on the DP World Tour, is all the more beautiful: “I can’t believe it. Jorge is a great player. It’s incredible. My iron game wasn’t great today but I was able to count on my short game. On the last putt, I thought of my children, my loved ones, my wife, my staff. The sobs stopped him from elaborating.
