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By Kent Gray
Clément Sordet joined the Challenge Tour’s Class of 2017 in style by clinching the NBO Golf Classic Grand Final in Muscat.

A closing 70 at Al Mouj Golf saw the Frenchman edge Swede Marcus Kinhult by two strokes for his second title of the year on the secondary European circuit.

The €71,600 payday saw Sordet finish second in the Race to Oman standings and graduate on to the full European Tour in 2018.

Here’s the full list of 15 grads which includes Chase Koepka, the younger brother of reigning U.S. Open champion Brooks:

“It feels great. I have been playing really good lately and to finish the season with the win is amazing,” Sordet told the European Tour afterwards.

“I played pretty good today. It was really tough not to think about the score and what the other guys were doing around me but I focused on doing my own job and I am really, really happy.

“It was definitely the best win of my career and it is the highlight of my career so far. To finish in the top 15 was my main goal at the start of the year and to finish the season second in the Rankings feels great.

“I am going to take two weeks off and enjoy some time at home then I will be ready for next season.”

Tapio Pulkkanen was crowned Challenge Tour No.1, the first Finn to achieve this honour.

Congrats to all the graduates: