Kalle Samooja got an incredible victory on a European golf tour! Field record on closing day and place in the US Open

Kalle Samoa has won the European Golf Tour in Hamburg, Germany.

Samoa rose to victory thanks to its wild final round. He set a field record with a score of -8. The Finn’s total result from the race was -6.

– The best round of my short life. Everything hit it right, Samooja says.

The victory is Samoa’s first European tour. At the same time, he secured a spot in the major tournament at the US Open, which will be played from 16 to 19. June in Massachusetts, USA. He won 297,500 euros in prize money.

– The US Open was one of the goals of this season and has now become clear. There’s a lot of work going on in front of that place, so this warms my heart, Samoa says.

According to him, the summer program did not change significantly. It was supposed to be played in Sweden next week, but now the road will take you to the US Open, Samooja says.

– I would like to secure a place in the British Open, so it will be played in the coming weeks.

A moment after the victory was confirmed, the European tour interview asked if Samooja had people close to him that he would like to thank. Samoa took a break, sensitized to tears, and thanked his wife.

– This is really special. The journey has been a long one, and a few times I’ve been close to victory, Samoa said in an interview.

You can watch Samooja’s winning interview from the tweet below:

In the final round of the race, Samoa made a soaring rise after playing eight birdies. He struggled from position 21 to win the entire race.

Samooja’s victory was helped by France, which led the race after Saturday Victor Perezin last round gone wrong (+2). Also Dutch Wil Besseling failed at the end to rise past Samoa (-1).

Besseling was second (-4) in the overall race, finishing third for England Richard Mansell (-3) and Perez (-3).

Finland Mikko Korhonen placed 40th in the overall competition with a combined result of +5.

Update 20.10: Added Samooja’s comments on Sport to the story.

Correction 20.58: Samooja’s prize pool is 297,500 euros, and 291,660 euros were not mentioned earlier in the story.