acciona Open de España presented by Madrid: The debrief

Matthieu Pavon earned his maiden DP World Tour title in wire-to-wire fashion at the acciona Open de España presented by Madrid, there were contrasting fortunes for a pair of Germans and Dan Bradbury matched history chasing the ace again.

Here is everything you need to know from Spain’s national open at Club de Campo Villa de Madrid.

Pavon masters Madrid test to land maiden Tour win

A year after finishing runner-up to Jon Rahm in the Spanish capital, Matthieu Pavon went one better after a memorable week which resulted in his breakthrough DP World Tour title.

In his 185th appearance on Tour, the Frenchman led from start to finish as a closing seven-under-par 64 saw him finish on 23 under and win by four strokes from South Africa’s Zander Lombard.

Following a 63 on day one Pavon revealed a second-placed finish on home soil at the Open d’Arcachon during Ryder Cup week, where he changed his driver and putter, had given him a boost of confidence.

A fifth top ten of the campaign followed at last week’s Alfred Dunhill Links Championship and he now enters the winner's circle in the city of his late grandfather's birth.

"He is up there," said Pavon, who graduated from the European Challenge Tour in 2016. "I think he will be very proud of me.

"A part of my heart is here in Spain for sure. I really thought about him on the course today and it was really hard to keep the tears inside, now I can let them go a little bit."

Victory lifts the 30-year-old to 20th on the Race to Dubai Rankings in Partnership with Rolex and a career-high 116th on the Official World Golf Ranking.

Bradbury targets history after hole-in-one hat-trick

A hole-in-one is something golfers can fail to achieve in a lifetime of playing the game. But that is certainly not the case for Dan Bradbury.

The Joburg Open champion drew level with Miguel Ángel Jiménez’s record of three in a season by holing his tee shot on the 226-yard par-three third during Saturday’s third round.

With the possibility of competing in a further four events left in the remainder of the campaign, Bradbury is now chasing a record-breaking fourth ace.

"Now I know that, I'll be aiming at all the par threes, that's for sure," said the Englishman, whose previous two aces this season came at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship and SDC Championship.

As well as holding the record for holes-in-one in a single season, Spaniard Jiménez also holds the all-time mark for holes-in-in-one on the DP World Tour with his tenth coming on the second hole at Wentworth during the 2015 BMW PGA Championship.

Acciona demonstrates climate leadership to leave positive impact as lasting legacy

The Open de España reinforced its status as one of the leading worldwide sustainable tournaments, deploying an array of sustainable solutions in driving efforts to build a greener future for the game.

Coinciding with Sustainable Golf Week, measures implemented by title sponsor Acciona included a complete reuse of structures built while spectators and media alike were encouraged to use sustainable transport.

As part of the tournament organisers' goal to reduce emissions by attendee, solar panels were installed to cover part of the energy consumption.

In collaboration Acciona, which develops and manages sustainable infrastructure solutions, the ACCIONA Under Par Emissions Award offsets ten times the winner’s CO2 emissions for an entire season.

All commitments and actions during the tournament help to neutralise any harmful effects on the environment, ensuring a net positive environmental, social and economic net impact that will remain as a legacy to Madrid.

Round of the week…

…went to Marcel Siem.

The German, who returned to the winner’s circle in India earlier this season, had everyone on 59 alert when he chipped in for eagle at the 15th in the final round to be ten under for the day.

He would par his final four holes after having a chip on the 18th to become just the second player ever to break 60.

He would settle for a closing 61, the lowest round of his career, to finish in a tie for fourth – his best performance since finishing runner-up on home soil at the Porsche European Open in June.

"I'm really pleased,” he reflected. “I had a chip for a 59 on the last which I never had (before) which was pretty cool.

Great going, Marcel!

Rahm made to wait for fourth Spanish Open

Jon Rahm may not have managed to successfully defend his title on home soil, but he gave his adoring fans plenty to cheer in Sunday’s final round.

The two-time Major Champion had too much ground to make up over the weekend after a disappointing second round but ended the week with an accomplished 64 that featured six birdies in his opening eight holes.

After his latest top ten of the campaign, there is every expectation he will be back next year for another tilt at surpassing hero Seve Ballesteros’ haul of three titles at his national open.

‘Toilet’ – Pepperell makes par from the portable WCs

It doesn’t matter how, it only matters how many. Right, Eddie Pepperell?

Well, while there are no pictures on the scorecard, his par at par-three 17th in Madrid on Moving Day is a story worth telling.

The Englishman sent his tee-shot a long way left and saw his ball scurry under a toilet but got a break as the presence of the grandstand meant he could go to the drop-zone by the side of the green.

After initially appearing to squander his good break with a poor chip, he made up for it but rolling in his putt from 18 feet for an unconventional three.

"I played well on the front nine and then toilet on the back nine, I even ended up hitting some," he said, going on to finish in a tie for 20th and take a step closer to retaining his playing privileges for next season.

Von Dellingshausen opens up on emotional toll after latest missed cut

After missing his 15th cut this year in Madrid, Nicolai von Dellingshausen offered a remarkably honest assessment of his state of mind.

Describing himself as “lost, frustrated, sad, angry and absolutely clueless”, the German painted a raw and frank picture of the psychological struggle he is experiencing.

In an Instagram post after missing his eighth cut in his last 11 events, he wrote: "To be bluntly honest: this season couldn’t have been worse in my worst nightmares so far.”

He added: "The strange thing is that - for a while now - the quality of my game and the scores at the end of the day don’t seem to match up.”

With just two events left to climb the Race to Dubai Rankings in Partnership with Rolex and retain his playing privileges for next season, many will hope to see the 30-year-old rediscover some confidence quickly after challenging period in his career.