DP World Tour: Jorge Campillo earns impressive two-stroke win at Magical Kenya Open | Golf News

Jorge Campillo secured a 3rd DP World Tour title and first since 2020 with a two-stroke win in Kenya; Masahiro Kawamura took second, whereas Scotsman Robert MacIntyre fell to fifth after a closing 70 lap

Jorge Campillo ended a three-year winless streak on the DP World Tour with a powerful two-stroke victory on the Magical Kenya Open in Nairobi.

The Spaniard combined six birdies with a solitary bogey on his solution to a 5 below 66 at Muthaiga GC, seeing him end the week on 18 below and retain closest challenger Masahiro Kawamura.

Campillo birdied 4 in a five-hole streak from the fourth and added one other on the par-five tenth, whereas Kawamura adopted a entrance 9 33 by additionally beginning the again 9 with a birdie.

Jorge Campillo and Masahiro Kawamura had been collectively within the closing group on the Magical Kenya Open

Kawamura canceled a bogey on the thirteenth by birdie on the fifteenth to shut in on Campillo, who bogeyed on the eleventh however then birdied on the penultimate gap to say a primary victory because the Industrial Financial institution Qatar Masters 2020.

“Having the lead is not simple and it is such a particular feeling to win a golf match,” Campillo stated. “The crowds had been fairly enjoyable right here and you realize the historical past of the match is fairly good too. I performed effectively all day other than that little brief putt I missed on the eleventh.”

A birdie on the final gap allowed Kawamura to face Campillo’s 66th closing spherical and safe second place in solo, with compatriot Ryo Hisatune one other shot again in third tied alongside Spain’s Santiago Tarrio.

Robert MacIntyre entered the ultimate spherical one stroke off the lead however suffered a chilly putter throughout an under-70, dropping him to a share of seventh which additionally comprises England’s Ashley Chesters.

Robert MacIntyre ended the week on 13 below

Darius van Driel moved up the standings on the ultimate day with an eight below 63, taking him to a share of eleventh which incorporates Scottish duo Craig Howie and Grant Forrest.

And after?

The DP World Tour travels to South Africa for back-to-back occasions co-sanctioned with the Sunshine Tour, with the SDC Championship at St Francis Hyperlinks kicking off on Thursday forward of the Jonsson Workwear Open in Johannesburg from March 23-26.