MUNICH — South Africa’s Michael Holik eagled the ultimate gap to beat compatriot Hennie du Plessis and declare his first European Tour victory on the BMW Worldwide Open on Sunday.
Holik, 39, birdied the seventeenth gap and shot a final-round 5-under 67, ending the event at 18 beneath.
“I wasn’t actually positive what the rating was,” Holik mentioned. “I hit two good 5-irons on Nos. 17 and 18, so I couldn’t have requested for something extra.”
Holik had a bogey on the sixteenth gap, and du Plessis entered the seventeenth spot with a two-stroke lead, however his bogey-par end left him at 17 beneath par for the event.
Holik mentioned throughout his rookie season on the DP World Tour that he “put the membership within the cupboard” 4 years in the past and began teaching for some time.
“Actually, it is superb to have given myself and my household such a superb alternative,” Holik mentioned.
