Byeong-hun An is ranked as the 132 best golf player and finished on 21 under par. He was six shot clear from Spanish Miguel Angel Jimenez and Thai Thongchai Jaidee.
On fourth position was England’s Chris Wood who was 13 under and one shot clear of Italian Francesco Molinari.
This was the first win for this 23 year old in a world major tour, like the BMW PGA Championship. An is the 3rd winner in this European Tour’s debut flagship event. His total win of 267 broke the record by two shots. He claimed the first prize worth £600,000 11 months after he earned £1,581 for his finish in the Scottish Hydro Challenge held at Aviemore on a joint 25th position.
In 2009 he was the youngest ever winner of the US Amateur Championship at a tender age of 17 years.
An in a statement said that this is the 5th major and the biggest event he has won and a lot of advantages come with it; he believes that he played to his best and he had a lot of confidence as he advanced to the last holes unlike when he started the game nervous. He believes that this event will change his life. He is the son to two table-tennis players. Jiao Zhimin is the mother who represented China while his father Ahn Jae Hyung competed for South Korea.
He advanced to the last hole with 6 shots ahead; this win has made him the first Asian to win the event.
He started off in the last round tied for the lead with Italy’s Francesco Molinari. Despite him picking up the shots at the second and fourth, a hat-trick kept him ahead because of a birdies made by Jaidee from the 5th.
An ascertained his victory with birdie shots on the 15th and 17th as well as a par on the final which marked was a great performance.
Bristol’s Wood made a hole in one at the 14th which made him win a car from BMW. This was a great return for him after spending 5 months sidelined due to a broken bone on his wrist which he suffered after falling over a tennis lesson in October.
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