Andreas Hartø hailed “the greatest day of my life” after birdieing the final hole to become only the fourth amateur to win on the European Challenge Tour. The 22 year Dane displayed all the courage and determination of a seasoned Tour professional to smash a three iron 222 yards onto the final green to capture the ECCO Tour Championship by one shot from Sweden’s Oscar Floren. He now follows Francis Valera (1993), Eric Carlberg (1994) and Roope Kakko (2004) as the only amateurs to succeed on the Challenge Tour – and he had to play a couple of vintage strokes to get there. Hartø’s modest fourth round score of 74, one over par, secured the title with an eight under par total of 284 over one of Europe’s longest golf courses. However it was enough to spark joyous scenes of celebration on the 18th green after the 6ft 4in amateur sank a nasty four footer for victory. Read more: http://www.europeantour.com/challen...ws/newsid=127351.html#hartø challenge germany
