Amateur Championship: Jacob Skov Olesen beats Dominic Clemons in final to secure invite to majors | Golf News


Jacob Skov Olesen connect an invitation to 3 of the later 4 majors, together with The Clear at Royal Troon, next his remarkable victory on the Newbie Championship.

The 25-year-old claimed a 4&3 victory over Dominic Clemons within the 36-hole ultimate at Ballyliffin, optical him grow to be the primary Danish golfer to win the development.

Victory earns him an exemption to The Clear from July 18-21 and the 2025 US Clear, together with an invitation to The Masters later April at Augusta Nationwide.

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Olesen ruled the 36-hole ultimate on Saturday

“It’s an honour, and I’m really proud to be the first Danish winner,” Olesen stated. I haven’t in reality gotten to take into accounts that, however I assumption that’s one thing I’ll have perpetually, which is tremendous cool.”

How Olesen connect historical victory

Clemons, who used to be two-down next the morning’s opening 18 holes, seemed to be dropping his composure and fell six holes in the back of when Olesen chipped in for a birdie at the twenty third gap.

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Jacob Skov Olesen hasn’t ever up to now performed in a big

A birdie putt of 35-feet at the twenty seventh lowered the inadequency for Clemons, who nearest drove the fairway at the 370-yard twenty eighth to arrange an eagle alternative.

Olesen holed his bunker shot for a birdie to lump the drive on his opponent, however Clemons spoke back to that counterpunch and made his putt for a hole-winning two to pinch every other again.

The Dane went five-up once more at the thirtieth and were given a lucky crack at the thirty first when his wayward method ended up in a beneficial lie at the adjoining tee, permitting him to halve the opening.

Clemons stored the competition alive with a mighty birdie putt around the inexperienced at the thirty second, despite the fact that needed to snatch an unplayable lie next his power on the later buried himself within the tough.

The Englishman conjured a high-quality healing and located the fairway, however he couldn’t salvage his par and Olesen had the luxurious of 2 putts for the identify.

“I will say on 15, the last putt there, I was thinking, two putts from 15 feet and you get to play The Open, the Masters and the US Open,” Olesen added. “That was probably the first time I really allowed myself to think about it.

“It’s what you dream of because you have been a child, to get to play games the ones and play games the ones classes and play games towards the ones gardens. It’s in reality cool.”

Clemons said about his defeat: I usually pride myself on playing by best golf when it matters and when the pressure is on, and I didn’t do that today. I didn’t play well enough to win, simple as that.”


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What’s later?

The Ladies’s Newbie Championship takes playground from June 24-29 at Portmarnock in Eire, with the overall two days continue to exist Sky Sports activities. The winner beneficial properties access to the AIG Ladies’s Clear, US Ladies’s Clear, the Amundi Evian Championship, Chevron Championship and an invitation to compete at Augusta Nationwide Ladies’s Newbie Championship.

The 152nd Clear takes playground at Royal Troon from July 18-21 and the AIG Ladies’s Clear is at St Andrews from August 22-25, with each occasions continue to exist Sky Sports activities. Flow the PGA Excursion, majors and extra with NOW.