England's Canter ends 13-year wait for first title

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-13 L Canter (Eng); -11 B Wiesberger (Aut), T Lawrence (SA); -10 J Guerrier (Fra), N Norgaard (Den); -9 K Nakajima

Selected others: -7 T McKibbon (NI), T Lewis (Eng), G Porteous; -6 C Hill (Sco), M Jordan (Eng), D Law (Sco)

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England's Laurie Canter ended a 13-year hold for his first title connected nan DP World Tour pinch a two-shot triumph successful nan European Open.

The 34-year-old from Bath had vanished runner-up connected six occasions earlier yet breaking his duck successful Hamburg.

A one-under-par last information of 72 was capable to seal triumph connected 13 under, pinch Austria's Bernd Wiesberger and South African Thriston Lawrence finishing successful a necktie for second.

"I'll find that tough," said a tearful Canter. "It's each I've wanted to do since earlier I turned pro truthful it's difficult to rationalise now, but I'm really happy."

Canter, who was 1 of nan first activity of players to move to LIV Golf successful 2022 but is now backmost playing connected his location circuit, birdied nan opening spread of his last information but a first triumph looked successful uncertainty aft bogeys connected 5 and 10.

He putted good connected nan backmost 9 and opened a three-shot lead pursuing birdies connected nan 11th, 15th and 16th, and could spend a dropped changeable connected nan penultimate hole.

"It felt for illustration I holed a batch of puts erstwhile I needed to today, which I haven't done successful nan past," said Canter.

"It is difficult erstwhile you are serially not getting it done, for illustration a stigma, but I person ever known successful myself that I could win."

Denmark's Niklas Norgaard was good placed going into nan last information but a one-over 74 saw him decorativeness 3 shots backmost successful a necktie for 4th pinch France's Julien Guerrier.