'that Was For Him' - Brown Pays Tribute To Friend After Win

BMW International Open - last leaderboard

-22 D Brown (Eng); -20 J Smith (Eng); -18 K Kobori (NZ); -16 J Luiten (Ned), D Bryant (US), K Reitan (Nor)

Selected others: -15 L Canter (Eng) -14 M Penge (Eng) -11 S Jamieson (Sco) R Ramsay (Sco) -10 R Mansell (Eng) J Parry (Eng) M Armitage (Eng)

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An affectional Dan Brown dedicated his triumph astatine nan BMW International Open to his precocious friend aft he won his first European circuit title since 2023.

The 30-year-old changeable a bogey-free last information of 66 arsenic he fought disconnected chap Briton Jordan Smith to triumph by 2 shots.

"I mislaid a friend astatine location past weekend," said Brown. "I don't cognize what to opportunity really, but that was for him.

"The past 2 days I've been reasoning astir him to effort and return my mind disconnected it, evidently effort not to get excessively affectional successful nan process.

"I'm not excessively judge what happened today. Like each day, it was an out-of-body experience. Obviously nerves, and past reasoning astir nan value of winning a play tournament.

"It benignant of played it down pinch what happened. I suppose he was location pinch maine and it made it a batch easier.

Brown is now nan eighth English victor of nan tournament.

He began nan time pinch a one-shot lead complete Smith but extended his advantage pinch 4 birdies successful his first six holes.

Both players recovered birdies connected nan last hole, pinch New Zealand's Kazuma Kobori rounding retired nan apical 3 connected 18 under.