Hillier holed a putt from 40-feet for eagle on the 15th, made birdie from a fairway bunker on the next and then drained another eagle putt from six-feet at 17 on his way to a scintillating final round of 66 at The Belfry on Sunday.
That gave the 24-year-old a winning total of 10-under-par, securing the first prize of 468,000 pounds ($A892,000) and also a place in The Open Championship at Royal Liverpool later this month.
Hillier, who began the day three shots off a six-way tie for the lead, said: “I’m gobsmacked. I think it’s going to take me a while to process to be honest.”
“Early on in the day I was not feeling it at all. I was a little bit uncomfortable with the driver, didn’t have many chances but obviously knew there were some chances coming in.
“I didn’t think I would take them that well, but obviously pretty ecstatic.”
“I’m not going…
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