• Mallorca Open, Round Four

Hanson recovers from penalty to win in Mallorca

May 16, 2010

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Peter Hanson overcame a one shot penalty to claim his third European Tour title by beating Spain's Alejandro Cañizares in a sudden-death play-off in Mallorca.

The Swede began the day two shots behind the front runners but fired three birdies on the front nine to lead at the turn. Hanson's charge suffered a blip at the 12th, as a slow motion television replay showed the 32-year-old double-hit a chip. Canizares responded with a birdie to lead by one.

Oblivious to his error, Hanson dropped a further shot back at the 14th despite a superb 40-foot putt, but recovered with two birdies in his final four holes to join Canizares on six-under after a final-round 66.

The resultant sudden-death shot-out would last only one hole. Canizares, aiming to win his second European title, choked at the first extra hole as he bogeyed the par-three 18th - his only dropped shot of the day. The Spaniard's mistake allowed Hanson in and he duly completed a regulation two-putt to claim his first Tour win of the season.

"It feels absolutely fantastic after all that happened there," Hanson said.

After being shown the penalty-stroke incident on the 12th hole after completing his round Hanson said: "It looks strange, but of course it was a double-hit.

"Sometimes it's good to have these fantastic cameras and sometimes it's bad - but it was fair."

South Africa's James Kingston took third place at two-under after closing with a one-under 69. Christian Cevaer was the final player in red figures at one-under-par. His five-under round of 65 was the low round of the day.

Overnight leaders Pelle Edberg and Gonzalo Fernandez-Castaño both found the going tough. Edberg double-bogeyed the first after hitting his opening drive out of bounds, and then failed to get up and down from a greenside bunker on the third to slip a further shot back. Fernandez-Castano followed suit, bogeying the second and third after errant drives.

The pairs' woes continued on the inward nine as they both stumbled to four-over-par closing rounds of 74, leaving them in a tie for fifth alongside Scott Hend and Chris Wood. Wood, highly regarded for his all-weather game, completed a frustrating weekend with a one-over-par final round of 71. The 22-year-old Bristolian played some great approach shots but never built enough momentum to challenge the leaders.

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