England’s Greg Owen made a clutch birdie on the 18th hole at Constance Belle Mare Plage to pip Jeev Milkha Singh and Darren Fichardt to the MCB Mauritius Legends title by one stroke.<\/p>\n
Owen was in control of the tournament when he made the ninth birdie of his final round to get to 20 under par after 14 holes, but double-bogeyed the 15th with a four-putt and dropped a further shot on the 17th.<\/p>\n
Those errors combined with Milkha Singh’s birdie on the 18th meant Owen needed no worse than a four down the par-five closing hole to clinch his maiden Legends Tour title in the circuit’s 2025 season finale.<\/p>\n
The 53-year-old from Mansfield hit a perfect drive but was being made to wait to play his second by playing partner Craig Farrelly’s travails among the volcanic rocks on the right. <\/p>\n
Owen, who enjoyed a fine career on the PGA Tour, called over to the rookie that he would play first and drilled a long iron to the middle of the green.<\/p>\n
It gave him a chance of an eagle and made birdie almost certain – but the drama was not over, because Fichardt could still tie with him if he could roll in his eagle putt.<\/p>\n
The South African arrowed an iron shot to within 10ft but his eagle putt burned the edge of the hole, meaning Owen had two putts for the win.<\/p>\n
He made no mistake, tapping in for a closing birdie that gave him a seven-under-par closing 65 to follow his opening 65 and second-round 68 for an 18-under aggregate for the week.<\/p>\n
That was one better than Fichardt – who compiled matching halves of 33 for his six-under 66 on a sweltering Sunday in Mauritius – and Milkha Singh, the first Indian to win on the DP World Tour.<\/p>\n