The DP World Tour’s return to action after the PGA Championship took place at Rinkven International for the Soudal Open in Belgium.
Kristoffer Reitan won his first DP World Tour title here 12 months ago and has since gone on to achieve dual status with the PGA Tour as well as earning a second victory on the European-based circuit.
However, due to his efforts being concentrated in the USA this season, the Norwegian did not return to defend the Soudal Open trophy, leaving the door open for a new champion.
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The eventual winner was Richard Sterne, but the South African certainly didn’t look like taking the title at the 54-hole stage, trailing leader Zander Lombard by five.
A back-nine collapse from Lombard in the final round allowed Sterne to set the clubhouse target at 18 under, and that proved enough as he won by two for his first DP World Tour title since the 2013 Joburg Open.
Topping the leaderboard didn’t just end Sterne’s 13-year title drought. It also gave him $467,500 (€402,686) in prize money from the overall purse of $2.75 million.
Zander Lombard held the 54-hole lead at the Soudal Open
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Away from prize money payouts, there was a total of 3,500 Race To Dubai ranking points on offer to those who made the cut, with Sterne banking 677 to leap 124 places in the Race to Dubai rankings to 30th.
Sterne also moves up to second in the European Swing Rankings, with the winner at the end of the phase set for a $200,000 bonus payout.
Here is what each player who made the cut won at the Soudal Open in Euros.
SOUDAL OPEN PRIZE MONEY BREAKDOWNSwipe to scroll horizontally
Position
Player
Prize Money
1st
Richard Sterne
€402,686.27
T2
Marcus Armitage
€130,438.77
T2
Jorge Campillo
€130,438.77
T2
Kota Kaneko
€130,438.77
T2
Marcus Kinhult
€130,438.77
T2
Jacob Skov Olesen
€130,438.77
T2
Victor Perez
€130,438.77
T8
MJ Daffue
€48,796.10
T8
Gregorio De Leo
€48,796.10
T8
Nathan Kimsey
€48,796.10
T8
Zander Lombard
€48,796.10
T8
Ben Schmidt
€48,796.10
T13
Albin Bergstrom
€35,649.58
T13
Andrew Johnston
€35,649.58
T13
Tom Vaillant
€35,649.58
T13
Darius van Driel
€35,649.58
T17
Wenyi Ding
€29,561.91
T17
Francesco Laporta
€29,561.91
T17
Mikael Lindberg
€29,561.91
T17
Jeff Winther
€29,561.91
T17
Fabrizzio Zanotti
€29,561.91
T22
Eugenio Chacarra
€26,411.48
T22
Casey Jarvis
€26,411.48
T24
Jack Buchanan
€23,568.99
T24
Martin Couvra
€23,568.99
T24
Ricardo Gouveia
€23,568.99
T24
Alexander Levy
€23,568.99
T24
Eddie Pepperel
€23,568.99
T24
Jayden Schaper
€23,568.99
T30
Davis Bryant
€17,744.04
T30
Jens Dantorp
€17,744.04
T30
Manuel Elvira
€17,744.04
T30
Oliver Lindell
€17,744.04
T30
Renato Paratore
€17,744.04
T30
Yurav Premlall
€17,744.04
T30
David Ravetto
€17,744.04
T30
Marcel Schneider
€17,744.04
T30
Jason Scrivener
€17,744.04
T30
Euan Walker
€17,744.04
T30
Paul Waring
€17,744.04
T41
Cameron Adam
€13,501.83
T41
Jonathan Broomhead
€13,501.83
T41
Sean Crocker
€13,501.83
T41
Anthony De Schutter (amateur)
N/A
T41
Andreas Halvorsen
€13,501.83
T41
Yanhan Zhou
€13,501.83
T47
Matthew Baldwin
€10,896.22
T47
Clement Charmasson
€10,896.22
T47
Joe Dean
€10,896.22
T47
Julien Guerrier
€10,896.22
T47
Rocco Repetto Taylor
€10,896.22
T47
Andy Sullivan
€10,896.22
T53
Ivan Cantero
€8,290.60
T53
Thomas Detry
€8,290.60
T53
Rikuya Hoshino
€8,290.60
T53
Romain Langaque
€8,290.60
T53
Matteo Manassero
€8,290.60
T53
Marcel Siem
€8,290.60
T59
Calum Hill
€6,987.79
T59
Yuto Katsuragawa
€6,987.79
T59
Maximilian Steinlechner
€6,987.79
T59
Kristof Ulenaers
€6,987.79
T63
Adam Blomme
€5,921.86
T63
Hennie Du Plessis
€5,921.86
T63
Scott Jamieson
€5,921.86
T63
Sadom Kaewkanjana
€5,921.86
T63
Yuvraj Sandhu
€5,921.86
T68
Quentin Debove
€5,211.23
T68
Arthur Haghedooren (amateur)
N/A
T70
Gavin Green
€4,737.49
T70
Caleb Surratt
€4,737.49
T70
Nicolai von Dellingshausen
€4,737.49
73rd
Ross Fisher
€3,553.11
T74
Lev Grinberg (amateur)
N/A
T74
Joost Luiten
€3,548.61
T74
Connor Syme
€3,548.61