Peter Hanson wins Iberdrola Open Cala Millor Mallorca

Sweden’s Peter Hanson put a double hit behind him to force a playoff for the Open Cala Millor Mallorca against Alejandro Canizares. The Swede went on to take the title at the first extra hole.

Peter Hanson
Fergus Bisset
By Fergus Bisset
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Sweden's Peter Hanson put a one-shot penalty for a double hit behind him to force a playoff for the Open Cala Millor Mallorca against Alejandro Canizares. The Swede went on to take the title at the first extra hole.

Hanson was leading the tournament by a stroke when a slow-motion TV replay showed he had clipped a chip shot at the 12th hole twice when he played from the greenside rough.

After being told of the incident Hanson fell two behind Canizares but he fought back bravely, making birdie putts at the 15th and 17th. When the Swede saved par from the sand on the closing hole he finished regulation play on six-under-par – level with the Spaniard.

The pair went back to the par-3 18th tee to settle the tournament in sudden-death. Canizares fired first but his 4-iron found sand. Hanson found the green but was a long way from the hole on a different level of the putting surface.

It was Hanson who played up first and he lagged a fantastic putt to within tap-in distance for par. Canizares blasted out of the sand, leaving a six-foot par putt. The Spaniard missed and Hanson knocked his in to take the title.

James Kingston of South Africa was third, four strokes adrift of the leading pair.

Iberdrola Open Cala Millor Mallorca Pula GC, Mallorca May 13-16, purse €800,000, par 70

1    Peter Hanson (Swe)    72    69    67    66    274    €133,330 2    Alejandro Canizares (Esp) 68    70    70    66    274    €88,880 3    James Kingston (RSA)    65    70    74    69    278    €50,080 4    Christian Cevaer (Fra)    73    70    71    65    279    €40,000 T5    Chris Wood (Eng)        69    72    68    71    280    €26,480 T5    Scott Hend (Aus)        72    69    66    73    280    €26,480 T5    Pelle Edberg (Swe)    71    64    71    74    280    €26,480 T5    Gonzalo Fdz-Castano (Esp) 70  68    68    74    280    €26,480 T9    Marco Ruiz (Par)        70    71    73    68    282    €15,600 T9    Stuart Manley (Wal)    70    68    74    70    282    €15,600 T9    Andrew Marshall (Eng)    70    69    71    72    282    €15,600 T9    Mark Haastrup (Den)    72    69    68    73    282    €15,600

Note: Player score in bold signifies Titleist ball usage only

Fergus Bisset
Fergus Bisset
Contributing Editor

Fergus is Golf Monthly's resident expert on the history of the game and has written extensively on that subject. He is a golf obsessive and 1-handicapper. Growing up in the North East of Scotland, golf runs through his veins and his passion for the sport was bolstered during his time at St Andrews university studying history. He went on to earn a post graduate diploma from the London School of Journalism. Fergus has worked for Golf Monthly since 2004 and has written two books on the game; "Great Golf Debates" together with Jezz Ellwood of Golf Monthly and the history section of "The Ultimate Golf Book" together with Neil Tappin , also of Golf Monthly. 

Fergus once shanked a ball from just over Granny Clark's Wynd on the 18th of the Old Course that struck the St Andrews Golf Club and rebounded into the Valley of Sin, from where he saved par. Who says there's no golfing god?

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