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2025-08-31T14:17:58.100Z
CAN FITZPATRICK SAVE PAR?
Somehow, off the 14th tee, Fitzpatrick puts his drive out of bounds and, with his third, he finds the fairway, leaving a mid-range iron into the green.
Needing to get up-and-down for par, he plays a great shot that finishes nine-foot from the pin. It would be an incredible par save for the Englishman, who is currently 17-under and four back of Lawrence.
2025-08-31T14:15:14.123Z
HUGE MISTAKE FROM WALLACE
Is that the tournament? Wallace is in the middle of the fairway at the 14th but, from 220 yards, he carves his second right and into the water.
To make matters worse for the Englishman, Lawrence has found the back edge of the green with his approach, leaving a lengthy putt for eagle.
2025-08-31T14:10:40.810Z
GOOD NEWS/BAD NEWS
Hojgaard’s ball is playable, but it’s right on the edge of the penalty area, so all the young Dane can do is stab it out a few yards in front of him. Still, it could have been worse.
Meanwhile, in a similar vein, Matt Fitzpatrick’s tee shot at the par-5 14th has gone right towards the netting which protects the driving range and is over the white line which marks out of bounds. Consequently, the Englishman is heading back to the tee and will be playing three from there.
2025-08-31T14:05:04.670Z
TROUBLE FOR RASMUS
Shortly after the leading trio all make par at the 13th, Rasmus Hojgaard stood over his approach into the par-5 15th with a long iron in hand but pushed it wildly right. There is a hazard area in the general region his ball landed. Only time will tell whether that’s a dropped shot or he’s escaped without trouble.
2025-08-31T14:02:26.619Z
SUPER SAMI VALIMAKI
The scorecard will say that Sami Valimaki made an eagle at the par-5 14th, and he did, but the way he went about it was incredible. The Finn’s tee shot was snap-hooked onto the 15th fairway before he launched a high iron onto the green from a blind position on the other side of the trees. The eagle chance landed from 25-30 feet, and somehow Valimaki is within three again!
2025-08-31T13:54:54.793Z
THE EAGLE LANDS FOR HOJGAARD
Rasmus Hojgaard is flying here. The Dane rolls home a long-range eagle try from 25-30 feet to move within two of Lawrence. There’s another par-5 at the 15th and a superb drive could give the Ryder Cup member a chance of putting further pressure on the final group. Aside from Lawrence, Hojgaard is playing the best golf right now.
2025-08-31T13:49:50.795Z
OVERNIGHT LEADER BACK AHEAD
And there it is. Thriston Lawrence just about finds enough of the hole’s left edge to secure his birdie and move on to 21-under-par for the week. He’s six-under through his past six holes. Talk about timing.
In response, neither Fitzpatrick nor Wallace are able to find the birdie.
2025-08-31T13:47:15.855Z
LAWRENCE LAUNCHING HIS ATTACK
The South African might be about to re-take the lead. A lead he quite frankly threw away over the first three holes via three consecutive bogeys. With a short iron in hand, Lawrence fired a dart into the 12th green and doesn’t have much left for his birdie. Wallace, meanwhile, is 15-20 feet away.
2025-08-31T13:43:09.787Z
HOJGAARD AGAIN
Oh, hello. Rasmus Hojgaard rolls in a 15-footer at the 13th to move alongside Matt Fitzpatrick on 17-under. As it stands, the top four have all won this event before…
2025-08-31T13:37:46.918Z
BIRDIES AT A PREMIUM
It’s all gone a little quiet in terms of birdie action at the moment. The final cluster of groups have reached a part of the course where gains don’t quite come as easily as they do at the start or at the end. As a result, it’s a case of trying to avoid mistakes in order to put your foot to the gas as the clubhouse comes into view.
2025-08-31T13:30:25.575Z
CLOSE BUT NO CIGAR
All three leading players go close to birdies at the par-3 11th, Fitzpatrick was closest as his effort lipped out, but they each walk away with a comfortable par. So it’s as you were at the top.
2025-08-31T13:28:26.788Z
HOJGAARD SNEAKING UP THE RAIL
Rasmus Hojgaard has enjoyed an excellent couple of weeks, and it could improve yet if he were to shock the leaders and win this week. He’s just birdied the 12th to reach 16-under, so he’s within four now…
2025-08-31T13:24:04.993Z
OUTSIDE SHOUTS
The leading trio have reached the par-3 11th, and all three have a decent look at birdie. None of them are amazing chances, but it is just as likely that they all walk off with a two as it is they make three. For Fitzpatrick, who is three behind, his has to go in if the Englishman is to have a chance of winning.
2025-08-31T13:18:17.660Z
LAWRENCE INTO A SHARE
Fitzpatrick and Wallace go close at the 10th, but they both have to settle for par. No such worries for Lawrence, however, as the South African rolls his birdie putt home to join Wallace on 20-under.
2025-08-31T13:13:37.783Z
LAWRENCE GOES CLOSE
Fitzpatrick sticks a wedge to 15-20 feet, hole-high, before Wallace sees his approach just fall off the left edge. It should still be possible to putt it from there, though.
But the best is saved until last as Thriston Lawrence drops his ball to within two feet, a shot which should see him pull alongside Wallace once more.
2025-08-31T13:11:28.124Z
MANSELL SAVES PAR
Mansell was in danger of dropping another stroke at the 11th, but he fires in a 10-footer to save his par. The Englishman remains at 16-under and is still, just about, in touch.
2025-08-31T13:02:03.473Z
WALLACE OUT IN 32
Wallace wrapped his putter against the ball from the first cut and sent it a good three or four feet past the hole on the opposite side of the green. That was for eagle.
Coming back, Wallace confidently poured in his birdie chance to reach 20-under and re-establish that one-stroke lead over Lawrence. Meanwhile, Matt Fitzpatrick easily two-putts to recover the shot he let slip at the last via a clumsy three-putt.
2025-08-31T12:57:31.258Z
MANSELL DROPS A SHOT
At the par-4 10th, Richard Mansell makes a bit of a mess of the hole and walks away with a bogey which drops him back to 16-under.
2025-08-31T12:54:42.017Z
CLASSY TOUCH
Lawrence moves to 19-under after a wonderful little pitch shot to kick-in range. He controlled the spin perfectly and has temporarily moved alongside Wallace.
2025-08-31T12:51:53.128Z
ADVANTAGE FITZPATRICK
After Lawrence comes up just short with a wood of some kind, Fitzpatrick rips a 3-wood out of the left fairway bunker and onto the front edge of the putting surface. That is a stunner and sets up his eagle chance.
Wallace goes next but pushes his 3-wood into the first cut on the right. Still, it should be possible to get up and down from there, providing the lie isn’t a bit tricky.
2025-08-31T12:48:45.392Z
VALIMAKI MAKES A MOVE
One of the challengers has made a little step towards Wallace at the top. Finland’s Sami Valimaki – often seen on the PGA Tour this year – birdies the par-5 ninth to move onto 16-under, three shots behind Wallace.
The final trio are about to play their second shots into the ninth as they look to make gains of their own.
2025-08-31T12:40:16.833Z
WELCOME
Hello and welcome to Golf Monthly’s coverage of the 2025 Omega European Masters final round at Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Club in Switzerland.
The weather in the mountains is beautiful today and the action is hotting up, too, with a cluster of talented pros going head-to-head for the title. Matt Wallace currently leads by just a single stroke, but with challengers stacking up behind him and eight of the past 11 tournaments going to a playoff, there is every chance this one will require extra holes as well.
Stick with us as we bring you all of the key updates as they happen until a champion is crowned later today. Thanks for tuning in.
EIGHT of the last 11 Omega European Masters have been decided by a play-off…This is how it currently stands 👀#OEM2025 pic.twitter.com/vDuGW3d3QOAugust 31, 2025
