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Catlin secures second win in September

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American John Catlin completed a memorable day for members from the Asian Tour on Sunday by winning the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open at Galgorm Spa & Golf Resort.

It was his second win on the European Tour in the space of four weeks and will see him add the prestigious title to an impressive trophy cabinet that also includes the silverware from four wins on the Asian Tour and two triumphs on the Asian Development Tour.

Thailand’s Jazz Janewattananond, last year’s Asian Tour Order of Merit champion, also excelled by finishing in a tie for third while Scott Hend from Australia – the winner of 10 titles on the Asian Tour – was equal 11th, with another Asian Tour winner Justin Harding from South Africa.

Catlin, voted the Players’ Player of the Year on the Asian Tour thanks to three victories in 2018, birdied three out of the last four holes to card a brilliant closing six-under-par 64 – for a tournament total of 10 under.

He won by two from England’s Aaron Rai – the overnight leader – to earn €199,750 (approximately US$ 232,356).

Earlier in the month, the American held off two-time major champion Martin Kaymer from Germany to win his maiden European Tour title at the Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucia Masters at Valderrama Golf Club in Spain.

Antrim , United Kingdom – 27 September 2020; John Catlin of USA watches his drive from the 16th tee box during day four of the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open Golf Championship at Galgorm Spa & Golf Resort in Ballymena, Antrim. (Photo By Brendan Moran/Sportsfile via Getty Images)

“I’m so happy. I was talking to someone earlier about where I was at four years ago and to be here is so surreal and a testament to my coach and all the hard work we put in. It’s so awesome to just be here,” said Catlin, whose most recent win on the Asian Tour was last year’s Thailand Open.

“There are so many years of hard work that have gone into this moment. It was my goal to win again at the start of this week so to accomplish that is to do something truly, truly special.”

He only dropped one on the last day, at the 13th, and birdied seven holes, including the par-five 18th.

“You never know if you’re going to win or not and to get that monkey off my back at Valderrama really freed me up today to know that I can look myself in the mirror and tell myself honestly that I’ve been here before and I can do it again,” added the 29-year-old Californian.

“I’ve always wanted to play in the Majors, that’s the only level of golf that I haven’t played at and hopefully one day I can win one of those as well.”

He will play in the Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open this week, followed by the BMW PGA Championship.

Jazz, a six-time winner on the Asian Tour and chasing his first win in Europe, closed with a fine 69, to finish three behind Catlin.

The Thai star birdied the tenth to take the solo lead but later made a costly double on 14 after taking a drop.

Over at the Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship, India’s Anirban Lahiri came in tied-sixth after closing with a two-under-par 70, marking his first top-10 finish on the PGA TOUR since the 2018 Mayakoba Golf Classic (T10). He earns a spot in this week’s Sanderson Farms Championship thanks to the commendable result.

Korea’s Joohyung Kim settled for a tied-33rd place finish while Arjun Atwal of India and Thai star Kiradech Aphibarnrat were tied in 70th position.

Ends.

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