Grant Forrest holed a pressure birdie putt at the last in securing the Open de Espana and in the process secure Scotland a 161st DP World Tour victory title.
Forrest’s victory in Madrid is also a third Tour title for the Scot.
Forrest led or shared the lead over the four days though the 33-year-old looked a little shaky midway through the last round before back-to-back birdies at 13 and 14 got him back into a share of the lead at 13-under.
Three pars followed before Forrest was pin high left with his drive at the final hole ahead of a brilliant chip shot to some five-feet from where Forrest holed the birdie putt in a round of 70 for his 14-under victory tally.
FORREST @GrantForrest EMERGES AS @OpendeEspana CHAMPION …
Victory in Madrid secures Forrest:
✳️ Third @DPWorldTour
✳️ Becomes the 161st ‘Home of Golf’ nation Tour
✳️ Fifth -born to capture @OpenDeFrance since first event in 1912 & a first since Monty in 1994
✳️ Second to win this DPWT season
✳️ Led and/or shared the lead for all four Madrid rounds
✳️ Brilliant manner to end a run of four missed cuts
✳️ Jumps to inside top-30 #RaceToDubai rankingsRead: https://t.co/k5Enki8o52
DPWT
✅ @TOURMISS
— Fatiha (@TOURMISS) October 11, 2026
The win for the quietly-spoken Forrest comes reamarkable after horror run of having missed the halfway in the past four Tour events.
Forrest is the second Scottish-born on this year’s DP World Tour after Scott Jamieson captured August’s Nexo Chamionship and the tournament that Forrest has won in Aberdeen last year.
As well, Forrest is now the first Scottish-born winner of the Open de Espana since Colin Montgomerie captured the title in 1994 and with Forrest also the fifth Scot to be handed the Spanish trophy since the inaugural event in 1912.
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