Joe Dean produced a remarkable final-day comeback to snatch a maiden DP World Tour title with an impressive victory at the Husqvarna British Masters. Dean - a former supermarket delivery driver - returned early on Sunday morning to birdie two of the final four holes of a weather-delayed third-round 71 at The Belfry, leaving him tied-25th and still seven strokes behind Daniel Hillier. The 32-year-old raced up the leaderboard by firing nine birdies - including four in his last six holes - to post a stunning final-round 63, seeing him set the clubhouse target at 14 under with more than half of the field still to finish.
Overnight co-leader Marco Penge was one back with eight holes to play when Dean finished but stuttered over the back nine, while Jacob Skov Olesen and Niklas Norgaard also failed to make late birdie runs to match Dean's score. Penge's hopes ended when he found trees off the par-five 17th tee and made a bogey, dropping him three behind and allowing Dean - who had finished over 90 minutes earlier - to celebrate the biggest win of his career. "It's an amazing day," Dean said.
"Obviously it's not been the most conventional last couple of days, but to finish it off like that is unbelievable. "My goal today was to basically try and shoot under par as well as possible. I'll be honest, winning wasn't anywhere in my thoughts, but just trying to get inside the top 15 to just get enough [Race to Dubai] points to keep me safe for next year." The DP World Tour heads to Switzerland for the Omega European Masters, held at Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Club, where South Africa's Thriston Lawrence is defending champion.
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