Lucas Bjerregaard secures maiden European Tour win

Lucas Bjerregaard secured his maiden European Tour win at the Portugal Masters with a six-under-par 65.

Bjerregaard opened with a birdie on the first, and was to add three more on the 4^th, 5^th and 8^th to make the turn in an impressive 32.

He then added birdies at the 10^th and 11^th to further strengthen his lead over the chasing pack, which included Scotland’s Mark Warren and England’s Graeme Storm.

He dropped his only shot of the day at the 14^th, but immediately fought back with a birdie at the 15^th. A final birdie on the par 5 17^th, followed by a par on the 18th, saw him card a back nine 33, and with that an ultimately comfortable four shot victory over Warren.

In third place, and a further shot back, were England’s Graeme Storm and Eddie Pepperell. Portuguese pair Jose-Filipe Lima and Ricardo Gouveia tied for fifth a stroke behind.

But it was the 26-year-old Dane’s day, and no one could really exert any sustained pressure on him.

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