Grant Forrest Wins Open de España, Earns 2027 Masters Spot

Grant Forrest closed with a final-hole birdie to win the Open de España presented by Madrid at 14 under, a victory that ends a difficult season and sends the Scot to the 2027 Masters for the first time.

How did Forrest win the Open de España?

Forrest shared the 54-hole lead with Joe Dean after rounds of 66, 66 and 67, then stumbled out of the gate on Sunday, playing the front nine in 2-over 38 as Chacarra and Perez climbed the leaderboard. He bogeyed the 11th before birdies at 13 and 14 pulled him back into a share of the lead.

All three players reached the driveable par-4 18th tied at the top. Forrest's tee shot and Perez's finished next to each other in the greenside rough, and Forrest chipped to five feet. When Perez's nine-foot birdie attempt slid by, Forrest rolled in his putt to reach 14 under and win by a shot.

What does the win mean for Forrest's major chances?

The win is Forrest's third DP World Tour title, following the 2021 Hero Open and the 2025 Nexo Championship, and his first away from Scottish soil. It also carries a reward he has chased for more than a decade: starts in the 2027 Masters and the 2027 Open Championship at St. Andrews.

Forrest came closest to Augusta National in 2015, when he reached the final of the Amateur Championship before losing 4&2 to Romain Langasque. He made that year's Walker Cup team and turned pro soon after, working his way up from the Challenge Tour to the DP World Tour by 2019, but had never finished well enough in a major to earn a Masters invitation.

"It's fairytale stuff," Forrest said of earning spots in the Masters and the Open Championship.

The win caps a season Forrest called the toughest of his career. His best finish before Madrid was a T7 at the Bahrain Championship in January, and he hadn't cracked the top 60 since June.