Eddie Pepperell secured his place in this Thursday’s prestigious Dubai World Championship with a superb tenth-place finish in the Turkish Airlines Open yesterday.

The Frilford Heath star fired 67 and 69 in his final two rounds for an 11-under-par aggregate of 277, six shots behind American winner Brook Koepka.

Pepperell’s high finish meant he leapt from 60th to 50th in the Race To Dubai standings.

  • Latest Sport news

 

  • Do you want alerts delivered straight to your phone via our WhatsApp service? Text NEWS or SPORT or NEWS AND SPORT, depending on which services you want, and your full name to 07767 417704. Save our number into your phone’s contacts as Oxford Mail WhatsApp and ensure you have WhatsApp installed.