'Don’t start crying' - Sean Crocker fends off Eddie Pepperell for first career win with victory at Hero Open

Sean Crocker held off a charge from Eddie Pepperell to claim a maiden DP World Tour win with victory at the Hero Open. Crocker went from wire to wire at Fairmont St Andrews, after a course record on Thursday, but he was pushed extremely hard by Pepperell. Ad/> He held a two-shot lead overnight, but was made to work by Pepperell and needed to make clutch putts on 17 and 18 to secure the win with a score of 22-under.

Hero Open'Coming to try and buy a sport' — Pepperell compares LIV to failed European Super LeagueYESTERDAY AT 17:52 “It is not easy winning a golf tournament, and Eddie did not make that easy,” Crocker said. “I am lost for words. “They are not easy holes coming down the stretch.

A great save on 17 and I thought I could make it pretty easy as it was a par five, but it’s never easy to make a par to win a golf tournament.” Reflecting on his feelings stood over the putt on 18, Crocker said: «Nervous as hell. I have felt pressure before but it is my first pro tournament. That putt looked about 20 feet and the hole about half an inch wide, but It was well struck and when I looked up and saw it about to drop I thought ‘don’t start crying.'” Victory snapped a tough run for Crocker, and he added: “You don’t know what this game is going to bring you.

We go out and try hard every day and we can play terrible and then you can have a week like this when every bounce seemed to go my way, putts dropped and I hit the ball beautifully. “It makes me appreciate this game that I play for a living.” Final Leaderboard 1. Sean Crocker, 22-under 2.

Eddie Pepperell, 21-under T3. David Law, 19-under T3. Adrian Otaegui, 19-under T5.

Oliver Hundeboll, 18-under T5. Jens Dantorp, 18-under T7. Callum Shinkwin, 17-under T7.