Local hero Forrest wins Scottish Championship golf / Photo: Glyn KIRK - AFP
Local hero Forrest wins Scottish Championship golf
Grant Forrest triumphed on home soil to win the Scottish Championship tournament by four shots in Aberdeen on Sunday.
It was the second time the 32-year-old Scot had enjoyed a professional title success in front of his own fans, with this victory coming almost four years to the day since he won his maiden DP World (European) Tour title at St Andrews.
Forrest held a three-shot lead heading into Sunday's final round and maintained control in windy conditions on the Trump International Golf Links.
His advantage was briefly cut to two strokes following Todd Clements' birdie on the opening hole.
When Forrest birdied the fourth and Clements carded a triple-bogey eight at the same hole, the Scot led by five shots.
Forrest, the world number 294, double-bogeyed the last, but by then he had added two more birdies and a dropped shot in a closing 72 to finish with an eight-under-par total.
"It's amazing, just speechless," Forrest said. "I think it is the same week as I won four years ago on the calendar so just amazing, that must say something about this week and being at home.
"I just can't believe it. It's been such a tough year on the golf course. It's just a crazy game that you can go and come out and do this, with what feels out of nowhere.
"It's just that old chestnut that one week can turn things around and it has."
England's Joe Dean parred the last to finish in outright second at four under, with compatriot John Parry one shot further behind alongside Norway's Kristoffer Reitan and Denmark's Jacob Skov Olesen.
R.Sutherland--EWJ
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