"It's a dream come true to finally open the door after closing a few times."
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Thomastown, Ireland — Adrian Melonck is Poland's first in Europe On Sunday's tour, he made a great closing stretch of 6 under 66 at Mount Juliet and won 3 shots at the Irish Open.
Melonk was one shot behind Ryan Fox in New Zealand, with four holes when he went to Birdie Birdie Eagle to leave room for error in a tough closing hole. It was left. He made a par and got off the 18th green soaked in a champagne celebration.
"It's very safe," Melonk said. "It's a dream come true to finally open the door after closing a few times."
Fox closed at 64, and Bogey in the last hole finally made him. I was afraid that I might sacrifice. It didn't matter because Melonk played very well on the closing stretch.
Melonk, Fox and Sliston Lawrence (67), who finished under 20 under 268, were already exempt from the British Open. The three spots available from the Irish Open went to John Catlin in the United States, David Row in Scotland, and Fabrizio Zanotti in Paraguay. They all finished at 273.
After playing college golf in East Tennessee, Melonck will be the first Polish player at the St Andrews British Open in two weeks. It's a label he's familiar with. He was already the first pole at the US Open at Torrey Pines last year and the first pole to win a European tour card.
And now he is the first winner and the best title of all. He finished two shots late this year in Qatar and Catalonia and missed the Dutch Open playoffs a month ago.
Melonk has confirmed that Ireland does not have a tight finish. His big run started with a 25-foot birdie putt and suddenly broke to the left on the 15th hole, tying Fox to the lead. From the left rough on the 16th, Birdie hit the gap wedge to 18 feet to lead.
The clincher was 17th on the par 5 and the second shot was a bit short on the green, leaving an uphill putt from 25 feet to give the eagle and a three-shot advantage.
He finished powerfully in the middle of the green with a 7 iron and two putts for a par. He was sprayed with a bottle of champagne and then drank a drink before putting it up in the gallery.
"When I hit the green on the 18th, that was the moment I noticed.'That's it.' I'm very happy," he said.
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