After an excellent tournament, Nicolas Colsaerts narrowly missed out on victory at the Alfred Dunhill Championship, a round of the DP World Tour. The Belgian was defeated on the last hole by a birdie from competitor Tyrrell Hatton.
The final day of the Alfred Dunhill Championship took place at the legendary Old Course in St. Andrews. That track is considered the oldest in the world.
Nicolas Colsaerts started the 4th day with a score of -21, in recent days he had always reached the clubhouse with -7. This gave him every chance of victory on Sunday.
Colsaerts hit 4 birdies, but also had to write 2 bogeys on his scorecard. This gave him a round of 70 strokes today, 2 under par on the course.
With this he was fully involved in the battle for the title, together with two-time winner Tyrrell Hatton. The Englishman recorded a round of no less than -11 yesterday and also performed strongly today with 4 birdies after 11 holes.
But then things suddenly stopped for Hatton, who hit a double bogey and a bogey on holes 13 and 14 respectively. Colsaerts and Hatton headed straight towards hole 18. A play-off for victory seemed to be in the making, but on the very last hole Hatton made the difference with a birdie.
Not quite a prestigious victory for Colsaerts, for Hatton it is already his 3rd victory at the Alfred Dunhill Championship. For Colsaerts it was his best performance on the DP World Tour in exactly a year, when he finished 6th at the same tournament.
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