Published July 17, 2008 on June 25, 2018

Wallace Seals the Deal at the BMW International Open

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Matt Wallace won his second European Tour title of the season – and his third in little over a year – as he overtook Thorbjørn Olesen with a fantastic final day performance to claim the BMW International Open.

The Englishman started the day just two shots off the lead but spent much of the day looking up the leaderboard at Olesen. The Dane signed for a record-breaking round of 61 to get to nine under par and open up a three-shot lead before the final group had even teed off, recording the lowest round in BMW International Open history, the joint-lowest round of the season and the lowest round of his career so far.

Wallace stepped up in some style, making five birdies in seven holes from the turn to sign for a bogey-free 65 and get to ten under par, one shot ahead of Olesen, who was also seeking his second title of the season after winning the Italian Open earlier this month.

It was then a waiting game for the clubhouse leader as home hero Martin Kaymer and Finland’s Mikko Korhonen got within one shot. Both ultimately finished at nine under par alongside Olesen – with Kaymer’s challenge ended after he sent his second shot through the back of the driveable 17^th – as Wallace added to last season’s victory at the Open de Portugal at Morgado Golf Resort and his triumph at the Hero Indian Open in March.

England’s Aaron Rai and another Dane in Lucas Bjerregaard finished one further back at eight under par, while Soren Kjeldsen rounded out a good weekend for Denmark as he signed for a 68 to get to seven under par alongside Australia’s Scott Hend.

Round four scores

278 M Wallace (Eng) 73 69 71 65,
279 M Korhonen (Fin) 71 72 69 67, T Olesen (Den) 73 68 77 61, M Kaymer (Ger) 72 68 71 68,
280 A Rai (Eng) 69 71 71 69, L Bjerregaard (Den) 72 72 67 69,
281 S Kjeldsen (Den) 72 69 72 68, S Hend (Aus) 71 67 73 70,
282 A Sullivan (Eng) 71 72 70 69, N Elvira (Esp) 71 73 73 65, J Walters (RSA) 76 67 75 64,
283 M Foster (Eng) 72 70 74 67, S Garcia (Esp) 73 71 71 68, S Jamieson (Sco) 69 74 70 70, M Kieffer (Ger) 71 69 71 72,
284 W Ormsby (Aus) 71 71 71 71, E Molinari (Ita) 74 69 71 70,
285 C Mivis (Bel) 72 75 68 70, T Detry (Bel) 71 72 76 66, J Lima (Por) 73 71 69 72, N Geyger (Chi) 70 69 73 73, D Lipsky (USA) 74 71 69 71, N Von Dellingshausen (Ger) 70 75 71 69, M Nixon (Eng) 76 72 71 66, T Pieters (Bel) 73 69 71 72,
286 T Lewis (Eng) 76 70 72 68, C Paisley (Eng) 72 71 68 75, C Blomstrand (Swe) 70 72 74 70, S Gros (Fra) 68 72 75 71, D Howell (Eng) 70 75 69 72, B Dredge (Wal) 73 73 74 66, R McEvoy (Eng) 77 68 74 67,
287 G Bourdy (Fra) 73 72 72 70, A Björk (Swe) 76 70 73 68, C Wood (Eng) 72 75 69 71, G Fernandez – Castaño (Esp) 73 73 73 68, C Bezuidenhout (RSA) 73 71 74 69, J Campillo (Esp) 69 75 71 72, B Neil (Sco) 75 73 70 69,
288 J Quesne (Fra) 71 74 72 71, D Horsey (Eng) 72 72 71 73, A Connelly (Can) 73 74 71 70, M Schwab (Aut) 72 75 71 70, D Drysdale (Sco) 75 73 70 70,
289 J Heath (Eng) 73 75 68 73, A Romero (Arg) 71 75 67 76, L Jensen (Den) 74 73 70 72, C Syme (Sco) 74 69 71 75, N Cullen (Aus) 72 68 77 72, L Slattery (Eng) 79 69 72 69,
290 H Sturehed (Swe) 69 70 76 75, F Aguilar (Chi) 75 73 69 73, H Porteous (RSA) 73 73 77 67, R Sterne (RSA) 72 74 70 74, J Suri (USA) 75 73 71 71,
291 A Pavan (Ita) 75 72 73 71, J Stalter (Fra) 74 71 71 75, A Otaegui (Esp) 71 74 74 72,
292 J Kolbing (Ger) 74 72 72 74, S Horsfield (Eng) 73 71 72 76, T Fleetwood (Eng) 74 74 71 73, M Kinhult (Swe) 76 70 73 73,
293 C Koepka (USA) 75 72 70 76, A Chesters (Eng) 73 74 73 73, L Gagli (Ita) 74 74 70 75,
294 V Perez (Fra) 70 76 72 76, R Jacquelin (Fra) 74 73 75 72, C Ford (Eng) 74 74 73 73,
295 P Hanson (Swe) 74 74 75 72, E Johansen (Nor) 72 75 73 75,
296 B Hafthorsson (Isl) 74 73 75 74,
298 M Tullo (Chi) 70 76 82 70,
299 G Green (Mas) 75 71 77 76,
301 A Saddier (Fra) 77 71 73 80,
302 R Echenique (Arg) 74 74 79 75,