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· collected 2026-09-06 · by The Associated Press
Thriston Lawrence of South Africa won the European Masters by making a birdie putt on the fourth playoff hole, defeating Paul Casey who had led going into the final hole. The victory is Lawrence's third at this event, tying him for second-most wins with Seve Ballesteros. Casey had several chances to win in regulation and in the first three playoff holes but ultimately came up short. The European Masters was played at Crans-sur-Sierre in Switzerland.
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Thriston Lawrence, a golfer from South Africa, won the European Masters in a playoff against Paul Casey from England at the Crans-sur-Sierre golf course in Switzerland on Sunday, October 1. Lawrence had overcome a six-shot deficit to take the lead and made an 18-foot birdie putt on the fourth playoff hole to win. Casey led by one going into the final hole but failed to get up-and-down for par, leading to the playoff. The two golfers played four extra holes before Lawrence emerged victorious. This was Lawrence's third European Masters title, making him the seventh three-time winner of the event and the first since Seve Ballesteros.
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Thriston Lawrence of South Africa overcame a six-shot deficit Sunday with an 8-under 62 and denied Paul Casey his first victory in five years by making an 18-foot birdie putt on the fourth playoff hole to win the European Masters.
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Lawrence → overcome → Masters
Casey stood over a putt with the chance to win four times on the 18th green at Crans-sur-Sierre, three of them in the playoff.
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Casey → stand → playoff
Lawrence made good on his first chance.
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Lawrence → make → chance
He became the seventh three-time winner of this event, and the first since Seve Ballesteros.
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He → become → Ballesteros
Casey (68) led by one going to the 18th and got a huge break when his approach from rough hit a rock and bounced over a stream.
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approach → lead → stream
But he couldn’t get up-and-down for par, leading to the playoff.
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he → get → playoff
Casey had a 35-foot birdie putt for the win on the first playoff hole at No. 18.
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Casey → have → .
On the second extra hole, his 10-foot birdie narrowly missed to the right.
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birdie → miss → right
Officials moved the pin toward the back of the green, and Casey had 8 feet for birdie and the win.
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Casey → move → birdie
That spun off the right edge.
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That → spin → edge
The fourth time around, Lawrence made the winning putt to capture the European Masters for the third time in the last five years.
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Lawrence → make → years
Connor Graham and Josh Hill each won the 18th hole in the final two matches Sunday at Lahinch as Great Britain & Ireland capped off a stunning comeback against the Americans to win the Walker Cup for the first time since 2015.
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Britain → win → 2015
Graham birdied the last two holes to earn a precious halve against 17-year-old Miles Russell.
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Graham → birdie → Russell
It came down to Hill, all square in his match with 18-year-old Tyler Watts, his Tennessee teammate.
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It → come → Watts
Hill hit a long bunker shot to 3 feet and holed the birdie putt for a 13 1/2-12 1/2 victory.
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Hill → hit → victory
The Americans swept the morning foursomes matches in the fierce wind to build a three-point lead going into the 10 singles matches.
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Americans → sweep → matches
They needed to win only 3 1/2 points in singles to keep the cup.
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They → need → cup
GB&I, however, quickly turned the tables and put its blue scores on the leaderboard by winning the opening four matches.
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GB&I → turn → matches
The key was getting three points from four matches in the middle — two wins, two halves — that proved the difference.
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that → get → difference
Steven Alker won his third straight tournament with a 5-under 67 for a two-shot victory over Hennie Otto in the NI Legends in Northern Ireland.
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Alker → win → Ireland
Alker was coming off consecutive wins on the PGA Tour Champions.
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Alker → come → Champions
... John Gough of England closed with a 3-under 67 for a one-shot victory over Andrew Wilson in the Rosa Challenge Tour, his second victory this year on Europe’s Challenge Tour.
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Gough → close → Tour
...Mei Fukuda closed with a 68 and defeated Megumi Kido in a playoff to win the Golf5 Ladies on the Japan LPGA.
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Fukuda → close → LPGA
Yerim Choi held on with a 1-under 71 for a one-shot victory in the OK Savings Bank OK Man Open on the Korea LPGA.
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Choi → hold → LPGA
In two USGA championships that ended last Wednesday, Ivy Shepherd defeated Catherine McEvoy, 5 and 4, in the U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur, and former PGA Tour player Mike Sposa defeated Todd White, 3 and 2, in the U.S. Senior Amateur.
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Sposa → end → Amateur
