Forrest earns major invites with Spanish Open win

Scotland's Grant Forrest holds off a charge from home favourite Eugenio Chacarra to win the Spanish Open and book a spot at The Open and the Masters next year. Grant Forrest made birdie at the Spanish Open's 72nd hole for his third professional win -14 G Forrest (Sco); -13 E Chacarra (Spa), V Perez (Fra); -12 J Skov Olesen (Den); D Brown (Eng), J Dean (Eng) Selected others: -10 L Aberg (Swe); -8 S Lowry (Ire); -7 M Penge (Eng), F Molinari (Ita) Scotland's Grant Forrest held off a charge from home favourite Eugenio Chacarra to win the Spanish Open and book a spot at The Open and the Masters next year.

With Chacarra in the clubhouse at 13 under, Forrest and playing partner Victor Perez needed to make birdies at the 18th to go above the Spaniard. Both players' drives nestled down in the greenside rough on the 322-yard par four, and after Perez's birdie putt drifted past the hole, Forrest sunk his to seal his third DP World Tour title and a first professional win outside Scotland. "I'm in pure shock just now," Forrest said. "It's been such a tough year. I've got good memories of this course and this tournament. To do it is unbelievable. "It was tough. I wasn't too sure what other groups were doing.