Video: Alvaro Quiros Off The Cart Path

It's been a stunning decline for such a talented player, but Alvaro Quiros has a chance to restore some dignity (and world ranking status) in Sunday's final round of The Rocco Forte Open. The Verdura, Sicily course is an odd combination of rugged natural beauty interrupted by blinding white bunker sand, but No. 703 in the world whose six European Tour wins helped him once reached No. 21, will always have this juicy shot off the path to savor.

From the European Tour's Instagram account:

A touch of genius #RoccoForteOpen

A post shared by European Tour (@europeantour) on May 20, 2017 at 1:00pm PDT

Comments

[Zimmer]

Congratulations to Alvaro for winning today!
THE most interesting person in the world.

[Griffin]

Well he won but not until he blew a six shot lead on the back nine. Got crazy wild off the tee which I imagine was a big part of why he was 703 in the world coming into the week.

[MJRnation]

Glad to see he came back from the abyss. Wild drives killed David Gossett's career. Sad when they lose the drive.

[Random Fan]

I really enjoyed watching that Sicilian course -- congratulations to Alvaro!

@ Zimmer -- more so than his fellow countryman The Mechanic?

[Zimmer]

absolutely
the mechanic can't make a xx commercial
alvaro can.

[Pro From Dover]

He was very lucky to even get to the play-off...he was choking his guts out and couldn't find the golf course with his tee ball.....easy to see why he had not won in over 5 years. If he doesn't get that driver under control, this might well be his last win....