The golfer who was born in the Netherlands 34 years ago took first place in the Kenya Open.
Dutchman Darius van Driel achieved victory in the Kenyan Golf Open of the DP World Tour, with a card of 67 strokes, 4 under par, to end the illusions of Manuel Elvira, with whom he started from the lead and who finished fourth, behind his brother Nacho and the Englishman Joe Dean.
An ‘eagle’ on the 10th hole and three ‘birdies’ relaunched his candidacy and reduced the only error of the day by Van Driel who was crowned with a total of 270 hits, 14 under par for the Muthaiga club in Nairobi, and won the their The first tour tournament Dean and Nacho Elvira finished with 272 goals, although the Spaniard had the best card of the three with 66 (-5), with six birdies and one bogey.
His brother Manuel Elvira came in with a chance to win the title on the final day, tied with Van Driel, but needed 70 strokes (-1), after making two bogeys on holes 5 and 14 and three birdies. .
Manuel Elvira finished fourth with a total of 273 (-11), the same as Adrián Otaegui, who bounced back in a big way completing the day with 65 strokes (-6), while Santiago Ben Tarrió was eleventh with 276 and Joel Moscatel nineteenth with 277.
Source: EFE
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