Norgaard wins maiden tour title at British Masters

British Masters last leaderboard

-16 N Norgaard (Den); -14 T Lawrence (SA); -12 R Hojgaard (Den); -11 K Jeong-weon (Fra); -10 J Svensson (Swe)

Selected others: -8 M Wallace (Eng); -7 A Wilson (Eng); -6 A Fitzpatrick (Eng), H Hall (Eng), J Smith (Eng); -4 T Hatton

Final leaderboard

Denmark's Niklas Norgaard vanished 2 shots clear connected 16 nether wide to triumph nan British Masters astatine The Belfry.

The 32-year-old carded a level-par information of 72 to unafraid his first DP World Tour title, pinch South Africa's Thriston Lawrence 2 strokes adrift successful second.

Norgaard's compatriot Rasmus Hojgaard charged up nan leaderboard pinch a seven-under-par 65 to return 3rd wide connected 12 under.

Matt Wallace was nan highest-placed location golfer successful eighth, 4 shots further back, while Tyrrell Hatton signed for a disappointing two-over 74 to extremity successful a necktie for 18th connected 4 under.

"You person nary thought really overmuch it means," Norgaard said. "I've been dreaming of this since I was 10 years old.

"I've had benignant of a agelong career, conscionable moving slow up and each twelvemonth getting a small spot better. I've ne'er won connected nan Challenge Tour, thing for illustration that, truthful to triumph present for a first triumph I consciousness very good.

"I was trying not to deliberation astir it excessively overmuch but this greeting I almost threw up astatine breakfast, I was conscionable truthful nervous."

Norgaard becomes nan 3rd Dane to triumph nan British Masters aft Thomas Bjorn successful 2005 and Thorbjorn Olesen successful 2022.

Asked astir winning nan first Ryder Cup qualifying event, Norgaard added: "I didn't moreover know. That's a bully start.

"It's nan eventual extremity for sure, but I've conscionable been reasoning truthful overmuch astir getting into nan last arena of nan play this year. Getting into nan apical 50 [on nan Race to Dubai] has been connected my radar truthful I deliberation this should unafraid it now."