Jarmo Sandelin wins the 2019 Farmfoods British Par 3 Championship

Jarmo Sandelin has won this year’s Farmfoods British Par 3 Championship following a dramatic final day at Nailcote Hall where he also made a hole in one. Sandelin won the event with a total score of -8 on the Cromwell Course to clinch victory and the €50,000 prize that comes with it.

Last year’s champion Steven Tiley was the overnight leader on -5 two strokes ahead of Gary Wolstenholme MBE. The pair began the round neck and neck after Wolstenholme scored three consecutive birdies but fell away after recording bogies on the 13^th and 18^th.

Tiley put in a consistent performance and for a time it looked as though he may become the first player to ever defend his Farmfoods British Par 3 Championship crown.

However, the momentum swung Sandelin’s way after he had a remarkable hole in one on the eighth.

Completing his round as leader this meant Tiley needed two birdies in his final two holes to win the competition outright.

Managing to birdie his penultimate hole he needed to repeat the feat on the final hole to walk away with the title or make par for a play-off.

Unfortunately for Tiley he wasn’t able to do so and finished with a bogey handing victory to Sandelin who became the event’s first-ever non-British winner.

1999 Open champion Paul Lawrie OBE also put on a fantastic final round finishing on -7 in joint second place with Tiley. And, Austrian Markus Brier made six birdies to end a stroke behind on -6.

Speaking of his first-ever Farmfoods British Par 3 championship victory, Sandelin said: “I’m really, really pleased with my performance today. I managed to keep my nerve and win my first tournament since 2001 so I’m very happy. I made a hole-in-one which I’m delighted with and the feeling of winning a tournament over your professional colleagues is incredible. I’m on top of the world.”

Another of the day’s highlights saw European Tour star Lee Slattery record a hole in one on the fourth hole.