Scotland’s Grant Forrest produced a composed performance in challenging conditions to secure his second DP World Tour title with a commanding four-shot victory at the Nexo Championship.
The 32-year-old closed with an even-par 72 at Trump International Golf Links, finishing on eight-under-par for the week. It was his first win since lifting the Hero Open trophy at Fairmont St Andrews exactly four years and two days ago.
The victory moves Forrest to 28th on the Race to Dubai Rankings and into top spot on the Closing Swing Rankings with just the Danish Golf Championship remaining.
His week was further sweetened by a $10,000 prize for setting a new course record with a blistering 66 on Friday, and an additional $50,000 in NEXO Tokens, part of a special bonus initiative for this event.
Steady Under Pressure
Starting the final round with a three-shot advantage, Forrest stayed patient through the opening holes, trading pars with early challenger Todd Clements, who birdied the first to close the gap to two.
A wayward tee shot at the par-three third nearly cost him, but by the fourth hole, Forrest had stretched his lead to five. A near-eagle at the short par-four saw him climb to nine under, while Clements faltered with a triple bogey.
With Norway’s Kristoffer Reitan emerging as his closest rival at four under, Forrest extended his lead further with birdies at the seventh and tenth holes. From there, he controlled the pace, closing with a total of eight under, four shots clear of runner-up Joe Dean.
Dean signed off with a 71 to finish at four under, while Jacob Skov Olesen, Kristoffer Reitan, and John Parry shared third on three under. Only nine players finished under par for the week.
Forrest’s Reaction
“It’s amazing! I’m just speechless,” Forrest said. “To win again in the same week I won four years ago is incredible. It was tough out there today; I didn’t play my best, but I made some important par saves early on.
I’ve had a tough year and was right on the bubble in the rankings. It’s that old story, one week can turn things around, and this week it has. I didn’t even check the leaderboard until late in the round. Once I saw the gap, I just tried to play smart coming in.
Winning the Nexo course record prize is a fantastic bonus. It’s a great initiative and something new for the DP World Tour.”
With his season revitalized, Forrest now heads to Denmark in top form, looking to build on this momentum and push for further success in the closing stretch of the campaign.
About the DP World Tour
The DP World Tour is the main men’s professional golf tour of the European Tour group.
As golf’s global tour, we showcase global talent in global destinations and use our platform to build, entertain and connect our global community.
GLOBAL TALENT: We provide pathways and a platform for the leading international talent, bringing together golfing icons, national heroes and emerging stars from around the world.
GLOBAL DESTINATIONS: We stage tournaments in iconic cities and locations around the world and each week we celebrate and showcase the rich diversity of the courses, cities and cultures we visit.
GLOBAL COMMUNITY: We build, entertain and connect communities through our commitment to innovation, creative content and having a positive social and environmental impact.
Our 2025 Global Schedule features 42 tournaments in 26 different countries and comprises three distinct phases: five ‘Global Swings’, the ‘Back 9’ and the ‘DP World Tour Play-Offs’. It features five Rolex Series events – the premium category of events on the DP World Tour – and four Major Championships, all of which count towards the Race to Dubai Rankings, the Tour’s season-long competition which concludes at the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai.
DP World, the leading provider of global smart end-to-end supply chain and logistics solutions, has been the title partner of the DP World Tour since the start of the 2022 season, the Tour’s 50th season following its formation in 1972.
We also enjoy the support of many of the world’s leading business brands with DP World, Rolex, Aldar, BMW, Buffalo Trace Distillery, Emirates, Fortinet and Vestas as Official Partners.
About the European Tour group
The European Tour group administers the DP World Tour, the HotelPlanner Tour, the Legends Tour and the G4D Tour and, as the Managing Partner of Ryder Cup Europe LLP, stages golf’s greatest team contest, the Ryder Cup, in partnership with the PGA of America.
The European Tour group has Strategic Partnerships with the PGA TOUR, the Sunshine Tour, the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia, the China Golf Association (CGA), the Japan Golf Tour Organization (JGTO), the Korea Professional Golfers’ Association (KPGA), and the TATA Steel Professional Golf Tour of India. These partnerships provide global pathways for players from across the world to compete internationally on the DP World Tour, the main men’s professional golf Tour of the European Tour group which was established in 1972, as well as the HotelPlanner Tour.
