Porsche European Open: Golf professionals Siem and Kieffer second in Winsen

Porsche European Open
Golf professionals Siem and Kieffer second in Winsen

Golf professional Marcel Siem at the last hole photo

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Marcel Siem and Maximilian Kieffer just missed out on winning the Porsche European Open in Winsen/Luhe, Lower Saxony.

Marcel Siem and Maximilian Kieffer just missed out on winning the Porsche European Open in Winsen/Luhe, Lower Saxony.

The German golf pros finished the two million US dollar tournament on the DP World Tour in shared second place with a total score of 285 shots each. Tom McKibbin from Northern Ireland, who was only 20 years old, secured the title on the difficult par 73 course on the outskirts of Hamburg. He needed two strokes fewer than Siem from Rating and Kieffer from Düsseldorf. Martin Kaymer was the last German to win a tournament on the European tour in front of a home crowd in Munich in 2008.

McKibbin received $340,000 in prize money for his maiden victory on the DP World Tour (formerly European Tour), celebrating the biggest success of his career. The 20-year-old comes from the same home club as Northern Ireland’s golf star Rory McIlroy, Holywood Golf Club.

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