Gregorio De Leo, with a good performance, ranked fifth with 273 (-11) shots in the Magical Kenya Open, won with 266 (69 66 64 67, 18) by the South African Jacques Kruyswijk. On the Muthaiga GC course (par 71), in Nairobi, Kenya, the 32-year-old from Pretoria signed the first title on the DP World Tour overcoming the Englishman John Parry, second with 268 (-16). The South African triumph was completed by Deon Germishuys, third with 271 (-13), and by Jayden Schaper, fourth with 272 (-12). De Leo was joined by the Englishman Jamie Rutherford and immediately behind, seventh with 274 (-10), the Frenchman Adrien Saddier, the Chinese Zihao Jin, the German Freddy Schott and the Englishman Joshua Berry.
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DP World Tour, results
Just over halfway up the rankings are Flippo Celli, 41st with 280 (73 69 68 70, -4), who alternates on the two continental circuits, for the fourth time in the money in six total seasonal appearances, and Renato Paratore, 46th with 281 (67 70 77 67, -3), also competing on both fronts, who collected money and points for the Race To Dubai (order of merit) for the second time in the four events in which he took part.
Also in 46th place is Englishman Eddie Pepperell, who perhaps hoped for something better after the hole in one in the opening round (hole 11, par 3, 200 meters, 7 iron). Things went worse for Dutchman Darius Va Driel, who was defending the title and out after 36 holes.
Kruyswijk, whose palmars also includes three successes on the Sunshine Tour, one on the Challenge (now HotelPlanner Tour), one on the Big Easy Tour and six on the IGT Pro Tour, the last two minor circuits of his home, surpassed Parry, who this season won the Mauritius Open, in the third round and then kept him at a distance in the final one with a partial of 67 (-4, four birdies, no bogeys). Thanks to the exploit he received a check for 425,000 dollars on a prize pool of 2,500,000 dollars.
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Gregorio De Leo (68 71 66 68), who took the card for the DP World Tour at the Qualifying School in November (13th), finished in the top ten for the second time (10th in the 2024 Italian Open), out of nine participations, and followed up the good performance of the previous week in the NTT Data Pro Am (HotelPlanner Tour) in South Africa (12th). He started in 20th place, dropped to 30th in the second round, then moved up to fifth in the third which he maintained with a 68 (-3, six birdies, three bogeys) to close.
Andrea Pavan (72 71) and Guido Migliozzi (71 72), 68th with 143 (+1), who had won the competition in 2019, went out at the cut. Edoardo Molinari (2007) and Lorenzo Gagli (2018) also scored previously.
