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European Tour crowns first esports champion
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European Tour crowns first esports champion

The European Tour broke new ground at the Made In Denmark presented by FREJA as Christopher Aitken won the first ever European eTour Championship.

Thomas Bjørn and Christopher Aitken

The event - in partnership with Dreamhack - brought eight of the world's best golf gamers to Himmerland Golf & Spa Resort to battle it out for a prize fund of US$5,000.

Playing World Golf Tour by Topgolf, the eight players went head to head in match play, with the quarter-finals taking place on Thursday in Farsø.

The winners advanaced to the semi-finals on Friday morning, with Aitken - known by his gaming name of F Magnets - advancing to take on Canada's Jody Swim in the final.

In the final match up, top seed Aitken had too much for Swim - known as WalkofLife - and made sure the trophy would head to the United Kingdom with a 5&3 victory.

"I knew I needed to bring my A-Game to the final and I did," he said.

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