Zander Lombard was left without words after ensuring he will be back on the European Tour for the upcoming 2018-19 season.
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Lombard birdied the last to join Alejandro Canizares on top of the leaderboard after six gruelling rounds at Lumine Golf Club. The Spaniard’s lower final round will see him ranked first with the South African second as rights are determined for the new season.
‘It’s great having lost my card and now I’ve regained my rights, it’s awesome,’ said Lombard.
‘I shouldn’t have been here in the first place, but to come out strong and prove myself to be on the Tour, it’s really amazing, I don’t have words for it right now.’
Lombard is set to shake his schedule up in 2019 as he looks to make early inroads towards his goal of finishing inside the top 110 guaranteed of their playing rights the following year.
‘I’ve usually had a lazy first half to the season but I’m going to try to do things differently this year and play as much as I can early in the year and try to get the numbers up early.
‘I’m going to play four weeks on the trot and then four weeks back home at the beach with a few cocktails.’
