Matt Wallace’s playoff win costs Lee Westwood his chance to end his three-plus-year winless drought

Perhaps the biggest of those was the response of Matt Wallace to the challenges presented by three of his fellow Englishmen during what was a pulsating final round Sunday at Silkeborg Ry Golf Club. Two over par after four holes and, later, seemingly out of contention after a poor bogey at the drivable par-4 12th, Wallace made five birdies in his final six holes to get to 19 under par and haul himself into a playoff with compatriots Lee Westwood, Steven Brown and Jonathan Thomson. “To win in that style is special,� said Wallace, previously victorious at the Hero Indian Open and the BMW International this year.