{"id":7145,"date":"2023-03-19T23:15:35","date_gmt":"2023-03-19T23:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/sdc-championship-englands-matthew-baldwin-wins-maiden-dp-world-tour-title\/"},"modified":"2023-03-19T23:15:38","modified_gmt":"2023-03-19T23:15:38","slug":"sdc-championship-englands-matthew-baldwin-wins-maiden-dp-world-tour-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/sdc-championship-englands-matthew-baldwin-wins-maiden-dp-world-tour-title\/","title":{"rendered":"SDC Championship: England&#8217;s Matthew Baldwin wins maiden DP World Tour title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-reactid=\".1srngx49twe.0.0.0.1\">\n<figure class=\"gs-u-mt0 gs-u-mb-alt+ story-body__media story-body__media--figure qa-story-body-media story-body__media--lead\" data-reactid=\".1srngx49twe.0.0.0.1.$image-0\"><span class=\"gs-u-display-block story-body__media\" data-reactid=\".1srngx49twe.0.0.0.1.$image-0.0\"><span class=\"gs-u-display-block gs-o-responsive-image\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" data-reactid=\".1srngx49twe.0.0.0.1.$image-0.0.0\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"gel-brevier gs-u-ph+ gs-u-pv-alt story-body__media__caption story-body__media__caption--image\" data-reactid=\".1srngx49twe.0.0.0.1.$image-0.1\">Matthew Baldwin (right) first graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2011<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<table class=\"gs-o-table story-body__table\" data-reactid=\".1srngx49twe.0.0.0.1.$table-1\">\n<thead class=\"gs-o-table__head gel-brevier \" data-reactid=\".1srngx49twe.0.0.0.1.$table-1.0\">\n<tr class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1srngx49twe.0.0.0.1.$table-1.0.$row-0\"\/><\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"gel-long-primer \" data-reactid=\".1srngx49twe.0.0.0.1.$table-1.1\">\n<tr class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1srngx49twe.0.0.0.1.$table-1.1.$row-0\">\n<td class=\"gs-o-table__cell\" colspan=\"1\" data-reactid=\".1srngx49twe.0.0.0.1.$table-1.1.$row-0.$td-0\"><strong data-reactid=\".1srngx49twe.0.0.0.1.$table-1.1.$row-0.$td-0.0:0\">-18<\/strong><span data-reactid=\".1srngx49twe.0.0.0.1.$table-1.1.$row-0.$td-0.0:1\"> M Baldwin (Eng); <\/span><strong data-reactid=\".1srngx49twe.0.0.0.1.$table-1.1.$row-0.$td-0.0:2\">-11<\/strong><span data-reactid=\".1srngx49twe.0.0.0.1.$table-1.1.$row-0.$td-0.0:3\"> Arnaus A (Spa); <\/span><strong data-reactid=\".1srngx49twe.0.0.0.1.$table-1.1.$row-0.$td-0.0:4\">-10<\/strong><span data-reactid=\".1srngx49twe.0.0.0.1.$table-1.1.$row-0.$td-0.0:5\"> J Ahlers (Sa), J Dantorp (Swe), E Ferguson (Sco) KK Johannessen (Nor), A Rozner (Fra)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1srngx49twe.0.0.0.1.$table-1.1.$row-1\">\n<td class=\"gs-o-table__cell\" colspan=\"1\" data-reactid=\".1srngx49twe.0.0.0.1.$table-1.1.$row-1.$td-0\"><span data-reactid=\".1srngx49twe.0.0.0.1.$table-1.1.$row-1.$td-0.0:0\">Selected: <\/span><strong data-reactid=\".1srngx49twe.0.0.0.1.$table-1.1.$row-1.$td-0.0:1\">-8<\/strong><span data-reactid=\".1srngx49twe.0.0.0.1.$table-1.1.$row-1.$td-0.0:2\"> D Brown (Eng); <\/span><strong data-reactid=\".1srngx49twe.0.0.0.1.$table-1.1.$row-1.$td-0.0:3\">-7<\/strong><span data-reactid=\".1srngx49twe.0.0.0.1.$table-1.1.$row-1.$td-0.0:4\"> C Syme (Sco); <\/span><strong data-reactid=\".1srngx49twe.0.0.0.1.$table-1.1.$row-1.$td-0.0:5\">-6 <\/strong><span data-reactid=\".1srngx49twe.0.0.0.1.$table-1.1.$row-1.$td-0.0:6\">T McKibbin (NI), M Southgate (Eng); <\/span><strong data-reactid=\".1srngx49twe.0.0.0.1.$table-1.1.$row-1.$td-0.0:7\">-5<\/strong><span data-reactid=\".1srngx49twe.0.0.0.1.$table-1.1.$row-1.$td-0.0:8\"> R Fisher (Eng), J Smith (Eng)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p role=\"introduction\" class=\"qa-introduction gel-pica-bold\" data-reactid=\".1srngx49twe.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-2\"><span data-reactid=\".1srngx49twe.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-2.0\">England&#8217;s Matthew Baldwin claimed his first DP World Tour title at the 200th attempt as he won the SDC Championship in South Africa by seven shots.<\/span><\/p>\n<div data-reactid=\".1srngx49twe.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-3\">\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1srngx49twe.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-3.0\"><span data-reactid=\".1srngx49twe.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-3.0.0\">The 37-year-old carded a four-under 68 in the final round to finish well clear of second-placed Adri Arnaus of Spain.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1srngx49twe.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-4\"><span data-reactid=\".1srngx49twe.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-4.0\">It caps a remarkable comeback for Baldwin, who lost his Tour card in 2016 after a succession of injuries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1srngx49twe.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-5\"><span data-reactid=\".1srngx49twe.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-5.0\">&#8220;It&#8217;s been a tough few years, so obviously to get the win means absolutely everything,&#8221; he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1srngx49twe.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-6\"><span data-reactid=\".1srngx49twe.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-6.0\">&#8220;I can&#8217;t process it right now, but it just means the world to me.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1srngx49twe.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-7\"><span data-reactid=\".1srngx49twe.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-7.0\">After the remainder of his third round was suspended on Saturday because of darkness, Baldwin birdied three of his last four holes early on Sunday to take a four-shot lead into the final round.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1srngx49twe.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-8\"><span data-reactid=\".1srngx49twe.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-8.0\">Three birdies on the front nine then extended his lead to six shots at the turn.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1srngx49twe.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-9\"><span data-reactid=\".1srngx49twe.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-9.0\">He hit his first bogey of the day at the 11th, but birdies at the 13th and 14th extended his advantage further and he finished the tournament on 18 under.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1srngx49twe.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-10\"><span data-reactid=\".1srngx49twe.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-10.0\">Arnaus was his closest challenger on 11 under, while Scotland&#8217;s Ewen Ferguson was in a five-way tie for third, one shot further back.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/golf\/65007711?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=KARANGA\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matthew Baldwin (right) first graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2011 -18 M Baldwin (Eng); -11 Arnaus A (Spa); -10 J Ahlers (Sa), J Dantorp (Swe), E Ferguson (Sco) KK Johannessen (Nor), A Rozner (Fra) Selected: -8 D Brown (Eng); -7 C Syme (Sco); -6 T McKibbin (NI), M Southgate (Eng); -5 R Fisher (Eng), [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7146,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7145"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7145"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7147,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7145\/revisions\/7147"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}