Marc Warren wins Made in Denmark

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published 17 August 2014

Scotland’s Marc Warren produced a superb display of golf on the weekend to beat Bradley Dredge of Wales by two shots and win the inaugural Made in Denmark at Himmerland Golf & Spa Resort.

Scotland’s Marc Warren produced a superb display of golf on the weekend to beat Bradley Dredge of Wales by two shots and win the inaugural Made in Denmark at Himmerland Golf & Spa Resort.

Warren fired an exceptional 66 in very windy conditions on Saturday to claim a share of the 54-hole lead with Dredge who had struggled to a 73.

The Welshman then started poorly on Sunday, dropping three shots in his first seven holes and countering with only one birdie. In contrast, Warren came out firing with two birdies and five pars over the same stretch. At that stage the Scot looked to be cruising to victory.

But with birdies at the 8th, 11th, 13th and 14th holes, Dredge fought back to reduce the deficit to just two.

Warren was not to be unseated atop the leaderboard though and he held on well over the closing holes. He holed a huge putt on the 14th green to save par and then made pars at the next three. Despite a bogey on the 72nd hole, Warren did enough to secure his third European Tour title and his first since the Johnnie Walker Championship of 2007.

England’s Phillip Archer completed a final round of 69 to end the week alone in third on four-under-par. He finished one clear of his countrymen Oliver Fisher and Eddie Pepperell, as well as home favourite Thomas Bjorn.

It looked as though the Dane might make a run at the leaders after racing to the turn in 32. But he bogeyed the par-3 10th and wasn’t able to make any further gains against par over the last eight holes.

Made in Denmark Himmerland Golf & Spa Resort Aug 14-17, purse €1,500,000, par 71

1 Marc Warren (Sco) 71 70 66 68 275 €250,000 2 Bradley Dredge (Wal) 66 68 73 70 277 €166,660 3 Phillip Archer (Eng) 70 70 71 69 280 €93,900 T4 Thomas Bjorn (Den) 66 73 73 69 281 €63,700 T4 Oliver Fisher (Eng) 75 65 72 69 281 €63,700 T4 Eddie Pepperell (Eng) 73 68 71 69 281 €63,700 T7 Lasse Jensen (Den) 72 69 74 67 282 €41,250 T7 Thorbjorn Olesen (Den) 69 70 72 71 282 €41,250 T9 S.S.P Chowrasia (Ind) 71 71 71 71 283 €27,350 T9 Rikard Karlberg (Swe) 73 70 71 69 283 €27,350 T9 Mikael Lundberg (Swe) 72 69 71 71 283 €27,350 T9 Stuart Manley (Wal) 73 69 69 72 283 €27,350 T9 Gareth Maybin (NIR) 75 67 68 73 283 €27,350 T9 Simon Wakefield (Eng) 71 67 72 73 283 €27,350

Note: Player score in bold signifies Titleist ball usage

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