“I’m really looking forward to getting home and spending four weeks as a husband and dad rather than my mind just being on trying to keep my job and only seeing the kids for a night every week,” he said of wife Natasha and their three kids - Penelope, Josh and Florence. “Yeah, it’s not been fair on them, really. Florence is only six months and I’ve certainly been away from home for the majority of the last three months, so I have missed a lot of her short life, I guess.”
Having started the week sitting 106th on the points list, Katsuragawa not only secured his card in style by landing a two-shot success in Korea to jump to 28th but also earned a spot in the season-ending Play-Offs in the Middle East. “I'm very happy because to play on the DP World Tour is something I need in my life,” admitted the 28-year-old, who claimed his maiden win two years ago on home soil in the ISPS HANDA Championship.
Former BMW PGA champion Manassero held on to his status by joining Law in just staying inside the cut-off line, with Crocker knocking Eddie Pepperell out of the 100th spot after finishing with four straight birdies to storm home in six under and finish joint-34th.
“Emotional I guess,” admitted Crocker, a winner on Scottish soil in the 2022 Hero Open at Fairmont St Andrews. “A lot was going through my mind on that golf course today. I needed to play well and that was probably one of the better back nines I've ever played with circumstances.”
Scott Jamieson, the sole Scot to make the cut, signed off with a 67 - his best effort of the week - to finish joint-22nd yet the Nexo Championship winner will head into the Abu Dhabi Aldar Championship - the first of the Play-Off events - having slipped two spots to 59th in the rankings and needing to be in the top 50 to make the season-ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai.