01마드리드 대결의 우승 향방, 최종일 불꽃 대결 예고
DP 월드투어 마드리드 대회에서 그랜트 포레스트와 조 디엔이 리더보드 최상단을 나눠 가지며 우승 트로피를 향한 치열한 경쟁을 예고했다. 두 선수는 3라운드까지 뛰어난 기량을 선보이며 공동 선두로 최종 라운드를 맞이하게 됐다.
스페인 마드리드에서 펼쳐진 이번 대회에서 포레스트와 디엔은 라운드가 거듭될수록 정교한 샷 감각을 발휘했다. 두 선수 모두 안정적인 경기 운영으로 타수를 줄여 나가며 선두 자리를 매섭게 지켜냈다.
단 한 라운드만을 남겨둔 가운데 챔피언 조로 나설 두 선수의 맞대결에 관심이 집중되고 있다. 마드리드의 코스에서 누가 마지막까지 집중력을 유지하며 최종 우승을 차지할지 골프 팬들의 기대를 모은다.
02Original (English) — DP World Tour
Grant Forrest remains in contention for a wire-to-wire victory at the Open de España presented by Madrid after producing a brilliant burst of scoring on the back nine to share the lead with Joe Dean heading into the final round.
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The Scot began the day with a one-shot lead but slipped down the leaderboard after following birdies at the third and fourth with a bogey and five pars in favourable scoring conditions.
He bounced back brilliantly, though, reeling off birdies at the 11th, 14th and 16th to reach 13 under par and grab a share of the lead alongside Englishman Dean.
Sheffield native Dean completed a fightback of his own on Saturday as he birdied the last from 31 feet to banish the memory of his previous two holes.
Eight birdies in his first 15 holes had seen Dean open up a three-shot lead at the top but his advantage was wiped out altogether when he followed up a double bogey on the 16th with a bogey at the 17th.
But those fireworks from Dean at the 18th made it a tie at the top, with Joel Girrbach, Victor Perez and Jacob Skov Olesen one shot behind on 12 under.
Forrest, who shared the first-round lead before hitting the front on his own on Friday, was caught at the summit on day three after opening his round with back-to-back pars.
But he got his first birdie of the day from 14 feet at the third before making it back-to-back gains from close range on the fourth to move two shots ahead.
However, he gave the shot straight back on the fifth and had to wait patiently for his next birdie, which came from 32 feet at the short 11th.
That cut his arrears to two strokes, and although he picked up another shot on the 14th, Forrest was now three behind a charging Dean.
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But a birdie from 20 feet on the 16th and a fine par save from 11 feet on the next gave Forrest a one-shot lead before Dean recovered from his late struggles with a birdie at the last to reach 13 under.
Forrest, who is searching for his third DP World Tour title, said: "I'm happy with how I handled today.
"I didn't have my best stuff but I'm really proud of how I dug in and made some nice putts, a couple of good recovery shots and all in all a decent score again.
"This is one of my favourite tournaments - it's been good to me in the past - and I'd love nothing more than to go home with a trophy tomorrow."
Dean reflected on his closing birdie putt, saying: "It gave a little bit of hope after those previous two holes.
"But nothing's guaranteed in this game and it only takes a slight lapse in concentration or a bad shot and before you know it you're chasing.
"It's nice to finish with a birdie on the last. We'll go again and see what happens."
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Grant Forrest continued his good record at Real Club de Campo Villa de Madrid to take a one-stroke lead into the weekend at the Open de España presented by Madrid.