{"id":1190718,"date":"2026-09-07T03:16:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T03:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1190718\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T03:16:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T03:16:23","slug":"golfer-paul-casey-makes-emotional-charity-vow-at-omega-european-masters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1190718\/","title":{"rendered":"Golfer Paul Casey makes emotional charity vow at Omega European Masters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Paul Casey is set to donate over \u00a3300,000 to charity after his second place finish at the Omega European Masters.<\/p>\n<p>The former world No.3 narrowly missed out on a first professional win for over five years in Switzerland.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Thriston Lawrence and Paul Casey shake hands at the Omega European Masters\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Getty\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/thriston-lawrence-south-africa-paul-1106094098.jpg\" data-caption=\"Casey is set to donate \u00a3304,000 to charity following the Omega European Masters\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/thriston-lawrence-south-africa-paul-1106094098.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>Casey is set to donate \u00a3304,000 to charity following the Omega European MastersCredit: Getty<\/p>\n<p>Casey, who held a three-shot lead going into the final round, was beaten in a play-off by South Africa&#8217;s Thriston Lawrence.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Englishman is still set to make a sizeable donation to charity after his performance at Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Club.<\/p>\n<p>Casey&#8217;s charity promise<\/p>\n<p>The 49-year-old vowed to donate all of his prize money to the victims of the Crans-Montana bar fire following his third round on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>This weekend&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/topic\/dp-world-tour\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DP World Tour<\/a> event was being played in the same Swiss ski resort as the tragedy, which claimed the lives of 41 people.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE IN GOLF<\/p>\n<p>A further 115 people were injured in the fire at the Le Constellation bar on December 31.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking after surging to the top of the leaderboard, Casey explained: &#8220;I love this place. I really do, so it was a wonderful day.<br \/>&#8220;This is now home. I now live in Switzerland, so it would mean an awful lot.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It feels like a home week for me. And tomorrow, whatever happens, and I hope I win, and I&#8217;ll be playing really hard, but I&#8217;ll make sure that all my prize money is going to the charity and the victims of the fire here in Crans-Montana. So I&#8217;ve got a lot to play for tomorrow.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Cheltenham-born golfer now lives in Switzerland, where the Omega European Masters has been held since 1923.<\/p>\n<p>A seven-under par third round had seen Casey establish his advantage going into Sunday thanks to eight birdies.<\/p>\n<p>He had been aiming to win his 22nd professional event and his first since the 2021 Omega Dubai Desert Classic.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Paul Casey tees off at the Omega European Masters\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Getty\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/paul-casey-england-tees-off-1106071330.jpg\" data-caption=\"Casey vowed to give his prize money to the victims of the Crans-Montana bar fire\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/paul-casey-england-tees-off-1106071330.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>Casey vowed to give his prize money to the victims of the Crans-Montana bar fireCredit: GettyPlay-off agony for Casey<\/p>\n<p>However, an eight-under final round from Lawrence saw the pair end the weekend level on -18 after Casey finished two-under for the day.<\/p>\n<p>The subsequent play-off saw nothing between the duo through the first three holes.<\/p>\n<p>A birdie from Lawrence on the fourth play-off hole was enough to clinch victory.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking afterwards, he admitted: &#8220;It&#8217;s crazy. That&#8217;s probably the most emotion I&#8217;ve ever shown, in a happy way. Normally I cry.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I can&#8217;t believe it, but I just fought so hard today. I just gave it my everything.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In picking up his third European Masters win, Lawrence will also take home \u00a3470,000 from the \u00a32.76million prize fund.<\/p>\n<p>Read More on talkSPORT<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Thriston Lawrence celebrates winning the Omega European Masters with the trophy\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Getty\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/thriston-lawrence-south-africa-poses-1106108423.jpg\" data-caption=\"Lawrence beat Casey in a play-off to win the event for a third time\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/thriston-lawrence-south-africa-poses-1106108423.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>Lawrence beat Casey in a play-off to win the event for a third timeCredit: Getty<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Casey is set to donate his \u00a3304,000 winnings to the victims of the bar fire.<\/p>\n<p>Lawrence added: &#8220;I feel for Paul. He played great golf and it looked like it was his all day. Even in the play-off, he missed a couple of short ones, but it&#8217;s just the best feeling in the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Paul Casey is set to donate over \u00a3300,000 to charity after his second place finish at the Omega&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1190719,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4106],"tags":[322710,41160,322709,97848,2826,187714,89979,79,76605,16,15],"class_list":["post-1190718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-crans-montana","tag-dp-world-tour","tag-european-masters","tag-european-tour","tag-golf","tag-omega-european-masters","tag-paul-casey","tag-sports","tag-thriston-lawrence","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/117227591538917948","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1190718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1190718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1190718\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1190719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1190718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1190718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1190718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}