| It means a lot because I have had some rough years recently, he said. “The last few years were really tough, but I’ve always had my team, family and my wife behind me which has been key during those bad moments.
I started playing better after the lockdown and I gained a lot of confidence from that. I didn’t start too well this year, but I knew my game was coming the last few weeks and I just had to be patient.”
“It was an unbelievable week for me,” he said. “I kept playing better and better each day even though the score did not paint that picture. Today I felt really good, and I had one of the best warm-ups I have ever had. I knew I had to just put the pressure on from the beginning and play my game and that’s what I did, and it worked really well.
“I felt very in control of my game throughout today’s round. The difference from today’s round was the putts that I holed. I holed some very important putts on both the front and back nine.”
Englishman Andrew Wilson finished in third place on 12 under par after a six under par round of 65, while Road to Mallorca Number One Santiago Tarrio shared fourth place with France’s Frederic Lacroix on 11 under par. Germany’s Yannik Paul shared sixth place on ten under par with Spanish duo Lucas Vacarisas and Angel Hidalgo.
With his victory, Gouveia climbs 32 positions to third place on the Road to Mallorca Rankings. Spain’s Tarrio still leads the Rankings on 127,493 points, with Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge winner Marcel Siem sitting in second.
The Road to Mallorca takes a week’s break before a visit to Finland, with the Vierumäki Finnish Challenge taking place from August 5-8.
Round four scores:
268 R GOUVEIA (POR) 67 68 69 64,
270 L NEMECZ (AUT) 68 67 67 68,
272 A WILSON (ENG) 71 66 70 65,
273 F LACROIX (FRA) 66 64 76 67, S TARRIO (ESP) 67 66 69 71,
274 Y PAUL (GER) 69 69 69 67, L VACARISAS (ESP) 70 70 67 67, A HIDALGO (ESP) 72 68 66 68,
275 D GAVINS (ENG) 66 70 72 67, G MANZONI (AM) (ITA) 71 68 69 67,
276 M HOEY (NIR) 69 70 71 66, J DANTORP (SWE) 71 69 69 67, U COUSSAUD (FRA) 71 68 66 71,
277 J GIRRBACH (SUI) 68 68 72 69, L SCALISE (ITA) 72 69 70 66, R CONRADIE (RSA) 68 70 70 69, B VIRTO (ESP) 71 67 69 70, A GARCIA-HEREDIA (ESP) 71 70 66 70, M ELVIRA (ESP) 67 64 74 72, J VECCHI FOSSA (ITA) 69 67 69 72,
278 H ARKENAU (GER) 72 68 69 69, D HILLIER (NZL) 68 72 69 69, D FOOS (GER) 70 69 69 70, J RITCHIE (RSA) 66 68 72 72,
279 F BERGAMASCHI (ITA) 66 72 71 70, M GRADECKI (POL) 67 71 71 70, A KARLSSON (SWE) 71 70 69 69, L CIANCHETTI (ITA) 71 69 69 70, N REGNER (AUT) 68 69 71 71, N M?LLER (DEN) 68 69 71 71, D RAVETTO (FRA) 70 69 69 71, D HUIZING (NED) 66 71 74 68, J FREIBURGHAUS (SUI) 68 70 69 72,
280 T MCKIBBIN (NIR) 71 68 71 70, F PALSON (SWE) 72 69 70 69, M SIMONSEN (DEN) 70 71 70 69, F CELLI (AM) (ITA) 70 69 75 66,
281 T BESSA (POR) 71 68 70 72, J BLAAUW (RSA) 69 72 69 71, A TADINI (ITA) 70 69 71 71, O BEKKER (RSA) 70 71 70 70, M FENASSE (FRA) 68 69 75 69, N KIMSEY (ENG) 65 71 70 75,
282 B WINDRED (AUS) 69 69 71 73, J SAINZ (ESP) 68 70 71 73, B RUSCH (SUI) 71 69 69 73, G DE LEO (AM) (ITA) 71 69 71 71, S MANLEY (WAL) 70 71 72 69,
283 O HUNDEB?LL (DEN) 71 69 73 70,
284 P NYHOLM (SWE) 67 73 70 74, K ULENAERS (BEL) 71 70 72 71,
285 J LANDO CASANOVA (FRA) 68 73 71 73, M LUNDBERG (SWE) 68 71 68 78,
286 J GARCIA (ESP) 69 72 70 75, M HELLIGKILDE (DEN) 72 69 70 75, E LIPPARELLI (ITA) 72 67 72 75,
287 E GILETTA (ITA) 70 69 73 75,
288 H MAGNUS (ISL) 72 69 72 75, D BORDA (ESP) 67 71 76 74,
289 S FERNANDEZ (ESP) 72 68 71 78, M CARLSSON (SWE) 70 71 73 75, B NEIL (SCO) 71 70 76 72,
292 A PLANT (ENG) 71 69 72 80, S GROS (FRA) 69 72 79 72,
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OUT H STUREHED (SWE) 68 71 RT,
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142 N KRISTENSEN (DEN) 71 71, H DU PLESSIS (RSA) 72 70, C MIVIS (BEL) 72 70, C BERARDO (FRA) 72 70, M WIEGELE (AUT) 71 71, V MEYER (GER) 68 74, G KRISTJANSSON (ISL) 71 71, C HOWIE (SCO) 73 69, S TILEY (ENG) 69 73, I CANTERO GUTIERREZ (ESP) 71 71, D PAPADATOS (AUS) 70 72, P EDBERG (SWE) 74 68,
143 S DEL VAL (ESP) 71 72, G KING (ENG) 73 70, F MRUZEK (CZE) 71 72, M MANASSERO (ITA) 71 72, J BRUN (FRA) 72 71, M BELTRAN (ESP) 70 73,
144 C CANNON (ENG) 74 70, A DEL REY (ESP) 75 69, P ERIKSSON (SWE) 73 71, R DE SOUSA (SUI) 76 68, S FORSSTR?M (SWE) 74 70, M LINDBERG (SWE) 73 71, S SAAVEDRA (ARG) 76 68, G FORTINI (ITA) 70 74, C SAHLSTROM (SWE) 71 73, K KOIVU (FIN) 67 77, D BOOTE (WAL) 74 70, J KO (FRA) 74 70, A AHOUA (FRA) 70 74,
145 V PASTOR (ESP) 75 70, M HONKALA (FIN) 68 77, E FERGUSON (SCO) 74 71, R KAKKO (FIN) 75 70, P L?NGFORS (SWE) 77 68, A SARACINO (ITA) 74 71, A HORTAL (ESP) 74 71, T BALTL (AUT) 72 73, P MEJOW (GER) 77 68, G TADIOTTO (BEL) 74 71, V RIU (FRA) 70 75, V LOPES (POR) 76 69, E BERTHEUSSEN (NOR) 75 70, H ELLIS (ENG) 71 74, A AMEIL-PLANCHIN (SUI) 72 73,
146 P MCBRIDE (IRL) 74 72, S MAZZOLI (ITA) 72 74, B HELLGREN (SWE) 74 72, F MACCARIO (ITA) 75 71, J THOMSON (ENG) 73 73, R DAWSON (IRL) 75 71, B PETURSSON (ISL) 74 72, F MORY (FRA) 71 75, R VAN WEST (NED) 76 70, J FAHRBRING (SWE) 74 72, R PETERSSON (SWE) 73 73, E ROUSAUD (ESP) 71 75, J K?LBING (GER) 70 76, S GREGORY (ENG) 77 69, ? ZACH (CZE) 74 72,
147 A HIETALA (FIN) 73 74, E KOFSTAD (NOR) 72 75, J ARNOY (NOR) 74 73, F SCHOTT (GER) 67 80, O LINDELL (FIN) 73 74, E JOHANSEN (NOR) 74 73,
148 P BOVARI (AM) (ITA) 71 77, A ARIZABALETA (COL) 74 74, E DI NITTO (ITA) 73 75, S HENRY (SCO) 76 72, D KEMMER (USA) 74 74,
149 A JOHN (GER) 78 71, M ORTOLANI (ITA) 74 75, C BLOMSTRAND (SWE) 72 77, M EGGENBERGER (SUI) 77 72,
150 C TERRAGNI (ITA) 76 74, L ADDABBO (ITA) 76 74, T ROSENM?LLER (GER) 75 75, J PASTOR (ESP) 71 79, G CASTAGNARA (ITA) 73 77, A KNAPPE (GER) 74 76,
151 L RUUSKA (FIN) 76 75,
154 M LAMPERT (GER) 80 74,
155 A AHOKAS (FIN) 80 75,
156 C FYFE (SCO) 77 79,
158 P GEERTS (ITA) 81 77,
159 B MOORE (ENG) 82 77,
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OUT M ORRIN (ENG) 71 RT, S MATUS (CZE) 76 WD, G STAL (FRA) RT , |
