{"id":117869,"date":"2021-10-17T20:06:29","date_gmt":"2021-10-17T18:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mygolfway.com\/?p=117869"},"modified":"2021-10-17T20:06:29","modified_gmt":"2021-10-17T18:06:29","slug":"challenge-tour-consistent-julien-brun-is-victorious-at-the-emporda-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/labs.100x100.net\/projects\/mygolfway\/en\/challenge-tour-consistent-julien-brun-is-victorious-at-the-emporda-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Challenge Tour – Consistent Julien Brun is victorious at the Empord\u00e0 Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

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October 17, 2021 –\u00a0Julien Brun<\/strong> carded a final round 69 to secure his second title on the 2021 Road to Mallorca at the Empord\u00e0 Challenge<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

England\u2019s Jonathan Thomson<\/strong> took the early clubhouse lead, posting a nine under par round of 62, but Frenchman Brun held his nerve down the stretch as he carded his third birdie of the day on the tenth hole and parred the remaining eight holes for a wire-to-wire victory.<\/p>\n

The 29-year-old added to his 2012 ALLIANZ Golf Open Toulouse Metropole title and his Open de Bretagne victory from earlier this season, with this win made more special with his father by his side as caddie.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis one is very sweet,\u201d<\/em> he said. \u201cI was in the lead all week like the first one and it was very sweet to have my dad on the bag.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cIt was very nice to share that with him, that\u2019ll be good memories for us and I\u2019m sure he had a good time. I am very happy to share that with him.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Playing in the group ahead, Swede Jesper Svensson<\/strong> had joined Brun on 18 under par, but a bogey-bogey finish put paid to his bid for a maiden European Challenge Tour title as Brun held on for victory.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome of the guys came from behind and shot some very low scores,\u201d<\/em> said Brun. \u201cI thought that would be very difficult with the pin placements and course set up. We never really got it going in the last group so we couldn\u2019t really feed off each other. It wasn\u2019t easy but just to get it done that\u2019s all that matters.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI was aware (of the scores) because there was a few leaderboards and then on 17 I hit my first shot, then I hit it to tap-in range. I saw that Jesper made bogey on 17 so I had a one-shot lead. I saw him mess up a bit on 18, unfortunately, so I knew five was going to get the job done and fortunately I did it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Andrew Wilson<\/strong> of England, who started the day in a share of the lead with Brun, finished in a tie for third on 16 under par as he moved inside the Top 20 on the Road to Mallorca Rankings. Wilson shared third with Switzlernad\u2019s Jeremy Freiburghaus, John Murphy of Ireland and Svensson.<\/p>\n

Jens Dantorp<\/strong> of Sweden finished a shot further back on 15 under and England\u2019s Nathan Kimsey and Jarand Ekeland Arnoy of Norway finished in eighth on 14 under par.<\/p>\n

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The win moves Brun into third on the Road to Mallorca Rankings with 129,997 points and Thomson moves up to 24th<\/sup> on the Rankings, catapulting a further 29 positions after runner-up finishes in back-to-back weeks.<\/p>\n

The Road to Mallorca<\/strong> will remain in Spain for the second tournament of the Spanish Swing at Empord\u00e0 Golf for the Challenge Costa Brava<\/strong>, which begins on Tuesday October 19.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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