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George Coetzee claimed his fifth European Tour title after winning the 2020 Portugal Masters. The South African posted second consecutive 66 to finish the tournament at 16 under par. Laurie Canter holed monster putt to save par on the 18th, but this was enough only for second place. Tommy Fleetwood and Joakim Lagergren shared third place with score of 13 under par.
Portugal Masters 2020 final leaderboard:
Today’s triumph of George Coetzee shouldn’t surprise us. Only a week ago he won on home soil the Titleist Championship, which is part of the Sunshine Tour calendar. Thanks to his win, his fifth on the European Tour, the South African will return among the top 100 on the Official World Golf Ranking. Coetzee’s last European Tour victory came in March 2018 at the Tshwane Open.
Laurie Canter played well all week, but finished just short. Still, The Englishman should be happy with his performance as this second place is his best result on the European Tour so far. Thanks to it Canter will move inside the top 300 in the world. He started the week ranked 376th.
Tommy Fleetwood was the biggest star in Portugal this week. World number 16 posted final round 64 and as a result climbed with nine spots on the leaderboard to shared third place at 13 under par.