Thomas Bjørn received the Legends Tour’s season-ending MCB Tour Championship by a formidable seven pictures, with the 51-year-old Dane striding to a snug victory with a remaining spherical 67 over the Legends Course at Belle Mare Plage in Mauritius.
The Dane went out final on Sunday with a four-shot benefit over the remainder of the sphere and by no means sport them an opportunity, including a five-under-par spherical to his opening 68 and second spherical 61 to complete on 20-under-par for 54 holes.
“A four-shot lead is a bizarre one, as you don’t actually know what to anticipate,” mentioned Bjorn. “I assumed it I get to -20 then somebody must shoot 63 to problem me and I assumed that in the event that they did that then they’d need to win. I used to be attempting simply to not make bogeys.”
Bjorn was -12 on the par fives for the match, and didn’t drop a shot in his remaining 47 holes.
James Kingston completed a distant second on -13, however it was ok to seal the John Jacobs Trophy for the Order of Benefit title for the 2022 season.
The South African had a troublesome opening spherical of 74 at Constance Belle Mare Plage, however recovered with rounds of 65 and 64 to take the runner’s up spot and declare the cash listing title for the primary time.
Kingston performed 17 tournaments on the Legends Tour this season, racking up 2,845 factors. He received the Swiss Senior Masters and had 10 different top-ten finishes that noticed him end the season forward of the remainder of the sphere and safe a bonus of €25,000.
Kingston mentioned: “I’m fairly relieved, I have to say, to consider an entire years’ play and to assume all of this got here right down to the final match, the final spherical, the previous couple of holes, unbelievable! I’m simply extraordinarily happy with how constant I’ve performed this complete season. I dug deep over the weekend, I’m actually happy with myself I didn’t make a bogey during the last 36 holes.”
