Sky commentators Mark Roe and Jay Townsend were in complete agreement – the 5-iron Guido Migliozzi fired to the 72nd green to set up his French Open triumph was the best shot seen on the DP World Tour in 2022. Roe, who made more than 500 appearances on the European circuit and bagged three victories, went even further. He reckoned that because the 18th at Le Golf National in Paris is “one of the hardest par 4s in the universe” – with water in front of the green, behind it, and to the right – plus the fact that the tournament was on the line made it one of the greatest shots ever seen in Europe. High praise, but fully deserved.
Migliozzi’s approach from 192 yards was nothing short of sensational. It cleared the water by 15 feet – any further on that line, and it would have almost certainly finished over the back of the green, in the drink – and fed down to the flag, pulling up just six feet away. It would have been a horrible anti-climax if he had missed the putt. He didn’t!
That birdie completed a stunning nine-under-par 62, equalling the course record and earning the 25-year-old Italian a third DP World Tour victory by one over long-time leader, Rasmus Hojgaard.
Migliozzi, a hugely likeable character, who speaks excellent English, admits
