Julien Sale produced a dominant final round to secure victory at the HotelPlanner Tour’s Grand Final, while Hamish Brown topped the Road to Mallorca rankings. Frenchman Sale, who was guaranteed promotion to the DP World Tour before the season finale in Mallorca, posted his second 65 of the week to reach 22 under par, four strokes clear of the Brown, who narrowly held onto solo second to capture the season-long title. Sale ends the year second in the rankings and will now step up to golf's DP World Tour for the first time in his career.
He becomes the fifth player from France to win the Grand Final after Clément Sordet (2017), Benjamin Hebert (2014), Mike Lorenzo-Vera (2007) and Nicolas Joakimides (1997). The 29-year-old started the day with a one-stroke advantage and fired four front-nine birdies to take control at Club de Golf Alcanada. A gain on the par-five 12th further extended his advantage before he dropped his only shot of the day on the next.
He responded well, however, with three birdies in his final six holes helping him to his second HotelPlanner Tour triumph of 2026, after his win on home soil at the Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge earlier this year. He said: "Coming this week, I didn't have much stress because I knew I was inside the top 15 and the goal was to win the tournament and obviously try to finish number one on the ranking. "I was going to have fun already tonight but now I'm going to enjoy it even more with my family here." Brown becomes the fifth Dane to win the Road to Mallorca after Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (2024), Marcus Helligkilde (2021), Joachim B Hansen (2018) and Thomas Bjørn (1995).
The 27-year-old posted a closing five-under 67 in Alcúdia to reach 18 under par for the week and held onto solo second after South African MJ Daffue saw his birdie putt slide by on the 72nd hole. "It means a lot," said Brown. It's been a proper grind again.
Ultimately, I couldn't win today thanks to a good Frenchman who played extremely well. "It's just a day where you can't really control your thoughts. All you're thinking about is what they need to do or what's going to happen.
"It gives me a lot of confidence. I had a tough year last year on the DP World Tour, but I wasn't too far away, I thought. "It's just moments throughout a season that need to go your way and I'm not scared of it for next year.
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