Álvaro Hernández Cabezuela (-11) achieves the most significant result of his career and wins the Red Sea Little Venice Open. His first victory on the Alps Tour.
In his fifth season and with more than forty tournaments on the circuit under his belt, Álvaro Hernández has been crowned at Sokhna Golf Club as a champion on the Alps Tour. After two second places in the Alps de La Gomera and last season in France, the Spaniard now knows what it’s like to taste the sweetness of victory.
With his triumph in Egypt, he also positions himself in the Order of Merit to obtain one of the five cards that grant access to the Challenge Tour. The race has just begun, and there are still many events ahead, but it is undoubtedly a great start.
Last week, he flirted with victory, but a modest final round prevented him from securing the win, and he finished the Ein Bay Open in fifth place. Álvaro’s form is exceptional, and he has confirmed it this week.
The Tenerife native triumphed in Egypt over the Frenchman Quentin Debove (-10) in a nail-biting final day. He follows another Spaniard in the record books. Just a year ago, José Antonio Sintés Navarro won at this same venue when he was still an amateur.
The third and final round began with Álvaro tied at the top with the Frenchman and the Italian Jacopo Vechi Fossa (-8). It seemed that Debove was unable to control his nerves and started with two bogeys. The Spaniard, with great composure, sealed six consecutive pars that kept him at the top as the Italian also stumbled twice.
However, Debove had not said his last word. Álvaro made his first and only bogey of the day on the seventh hole, and everything was tied again. A birdie race began at that moment. Hernández made three birdies between holes 8 and 13, but in that same stretch, Quentin made one more and led by a single stroke with five holes to go. The competition was intense.
The 15th hole turned the situation around. A great birdie by Álvaro, combined with the Frenchman’s bogey, left the Spaniard as the sole leader. On the 17th hole, Debove equalised the contest with a birdie, but on the 18th, with everything tied, everything changed again. Hernández Cabezuela managed to keep his composure and made a great par that seemed to secure him the playoff. At that moment, Debove hesitated, and with a late bogey, he handed the victory on a silver platter to the Spaniard, who deservedly claimed the win. A scorecard of 69 strokes with a solitary bogey throughout the round.
The good news didn’t end there. Rocco Repetto and Javier Barcos finished the tournament in a spectacular fourth place. Mario Galiano achieved his second consecutive top ten by finishing the championship in tenth position.
