Chris Wood looks forward to celebrating 'fantastic' win in Austria
Sunday 14 June 2015 20:56, UK
Chris Wood was overjoyed to put his injury misery behind him as he celebrated his victory at the Lyoness Open in Austria.
Wood was sidelined for five months after breaking his wrist while playing tennis in October last year and missed out on the lucrative Race to Dubai Final Series before finally returning for the Africa Open in March.
The 27-year-old missed the cut in his first two events back, but he found his form with a tie for third in Morocco and put together a steady run of performances before earning a share of fourth in the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth, where he won a £100,000 BMW supercar for a hole-in-one in the final round.
And he finally managed to clinch his second European Tour title at Atzenbrugg, coming from five behind on the last day to win by two shots following a flawless five-birdie 67.
"It’s fantastic to win. It was a long winter sitting at home with a cast on my wrist getting frustrated and just wanting to be out here playing and competing," said Wood. "I have been playing well the last few weeks so I felt that a victory was coming but until the moment comes you always think when will it come?
It has been a while since the win in Qatar in 2013, but let me tell you it feels a lot better to say I am a two-time winner on Tour
"I played great all week and today especially. I felt that if I could beat 68 today I would have an outside chance and obviously things went my way and 67 was good enough.
"People will probably look at the result and think it was fairly straightforward but I needed to play well today and for a few other things to go my way and thankfully it all came together for me.
"I injured my wrist playing tennis last October and had to rest for five months. I came back in March and finished third in Morocco which I thought would give me a lot of confidence but then I didn’t get the results after that and played quite poorly for a few weeks. But the last month I have felt I was playing well enough to win so it has been coming.
"It has been a while since the win in Qatar in 2013, but let me tell you it feels a lot better to say I am a two-time winner on Tour – it is a very special feeling to win out here so I am looking forward to celebrating this one.”
