Oliver Fisher captured his first European Tour title on Sunday with a two-shot victory at the Czech Open, six years after demonstrating his potential by becoming the youngest ever Walker Cup player. The 22-year-old carded a closing 69 to finish 13 under par with Sweden’s Mikael Lundberg, the halfway leader, taking second place, ahead of Paraguay’s Fabrizio Zanotti who signed for a 66 to take third on nine under.
Fisher now moves inside the top 70 on The Race to Dubai, a remarkable achievement for a player who had come into the tournament having missed 20 of his first 21 cuts this season. Fisher had started the final round level with Scotland’s Steven O’Hara, with both parring the first six holes while last year’s runner-up Gary Boyd briefly join them in a share of the lead. But Fisher, having made his first birdie of the day at the seventh from 20 feet, struck approaches within five feet at the next two to reach 13 under par.
Lundberg, who lost his card last year, joined Fisher at the top of the leaderboard when he sunk a 15 foot putt at the 15th and held a share of the lead as Fisher came up short of the 11th green and failed to get up and down. When Fisher came up short again at the 13th and then failed once more to scramble par, Lundberg was on his own in front.
