A closing 67 took the Australian to -16, sealing his third Legends Tour title and extending his commanding lead in the 2025 Order of Merit. “It feels great to win – every win is a great thing,” said Hend, who also triumphed at the Barbados Legends earlier this year. “At the start of the day I had in my mind that if I went out and shot four-under then it would be very hard for the guys behind to catch me. I felt I was playing pretty boring golf out there, not going for many pins, just trying to make lots of pars. Credit to Alan, my caddie, we had a gameplan out there and we stuck to it.”

Having opened with 70 and a course-record 63, Hend started the final round three clear. But Da Silva, last year’s champion, trimmed the gap to one at the turn with flawless golf. “For a moment there I felt like I was right in it,” said the Brazilian after a bogey-free 66 and a -14 total. “I birdied number eight and was thinking that the 9th, 10th and 11th are good birdie opportunities, but I let myself down a bit on that stretch.”

Hend responded immediately, driving short of the 10th green before chipping close for birdie. A brilliant iron into the par-3 16th was part of a decisive run of three straight birdies from the 15th that left him walking down the last with a four-shot cushion. “It was nice to birdie 15, 16 and 17 to put a bit of space between him and myself,” Hend said. “I’ve never been able to walk down 18 with a four-shot lead, so that was nice to do.”

Scotland’s Gallacher, the only player in the field to card three rounds in the 60s, eagled the fifth and added birdies at the 6th, 8th, 10th and 13th. But the 2014 Ryder Cup star couldn’t keep pace and finished third on -12 as he continues to chase a maiden Legends Tour victory in his debut season.

Tournament host Olazábal, carrying a shoulder injury that nearly forced his withdrawal, battled to T15 with weekend rounds of 68. “It wasn’t pretty, but I fought hard and managed to put together a solid round,” he said. “What I’m most happy and satisfied about is that we’ve been able to bring a tournament of this calibre to Gipuzkoa, to Basozábal in this case.”

India’s Jyoti Randhawa surged into fourth at -9 thanks to a sparkling 66, highlighted by a hole-out eagle at the 9th. Simon Khan and Maarten Lafeber shared fifth on -8, while Greg Owen, Phillip Price, Emanuele Canonica, Matthew Cort, James Kingston and Mikael Lundberg tied for seventh at -7.