An emotional Thorbjorn Olesen has fought lend a hand tears after a hit the British Masters in honest believable model at The Belfry.
Five months to the day after being cleared of sexually assaulting a girl on a flight from the US following a high-profile court docket case, Olesen completed eagle-birdie for the second day in succession on Sunday to grab an unlikely victory from the jaws of defeat.
The previous Ryder Cup winner took a 3-shot lead into the final spherical however struggled with a hook all day and became four over par after 16 holes.
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With Sebastian Soderberg in the clubhouse on nine below, Olesen primary to play the final two holes in two below true to force a play-off, however went one higher by holing from 28 toes for an eagle on the 17th and 35 toes on the final.
“It has been a actually prolonged time since I obtained and it is been some tricky years however thankfully I had some gigantic of us spherical me, especially my accomplice Lauren,” acknowledged Olesen, who became cleared on December 8 final one year of sexually assaulting a girl on a British Airways flight in July 2019.
The 32-one year-ragged claimed he became an “automaton” and became no longer up to the designate of his physique after drinking and taking prescription-handiest drowsing capsules before a flight from Nashville to London, following a tournament in Memphis.
“It has been extremely provocative, if truth be told tricky and that’s why this one feels if truth be told particular to me,” added Olesen, who became ranked 62nd on the earth at the time of the incident however began the week 376th.
“You infrequently if truth be told feel that you just’re never going to take once more, even play once more and I contain that became if truth be told tricky to battle through. Standing right here after a host of labor and perception to take once more if truth be told capability a lot.”
Richie Ramsay had earlier looked space for victory when he birdied the 17th to reach 10 below, handiest for the 38-one year-ragged Scot to uncover the water in front of the fairway alongside with his manner to the 18th and skedaddle up a costly double bogey.
“It is doubtless the biggest kick in the teeth you are going to accumulate in my profession,” acknowledged Ramsay.
“It became true a horrifying yardage and I didn’t fully commit as I became aiming to drag it on the wind and I true duffed it.
“I did every part steady bar one shot and it became the one shot that killed me.”
Ramsay completed in a tie for third with compatriot Connor Syme and South Africa’s Justin Walters, Syme having made a hat-trick of birdies from the 15th in his 70.
Jason Scrivener, the lone Australian left in the discipline, completed with a one-below 71 to sit down down at level par for the tournament in joint 45th space.