EUROPEAN SENIORS TOUR

QUIROS SCORES FIRST TOUR WIN IN SWITZERLAND

Spain’s Juan Quiros collected his maiden European Seniors Tour title on only his seventh start, closing with a five under par 65 to win the Bad Ragaz PGA Seniors Open by two strokes from England’s Carl Mason.
Quiros finished the 54-hole tournament in the Swiss Alps on 14 under par 196 while Mason, a two-time winner of the European Seniors Tour Order of Merit, continued his return to form with a final round 65 to finish on 12 under.
England’s Nick Job and Scotland’s Bill Longmuir, both of whom had shared the overnight lead with Quiros, could only muster rounds of 68 to finish in a share of third place alongside Australian Stewart Ginn (64) on 11 under.
In his younger years, Quiros spent 13 seasons on The European Tour without tasting victory, so the 50 year old was especially delighted by his success at Golf Club Bad Ragaz in the Swiss Alps.
Northern Ireland’s Jimmy Heggarty, who like Quiros is a former European Tour player in his ‘rookie’ season as a senior, closed with a 65 for a share of 11th place on seven under par – his best result of the season so far.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Golf Club Bad Ragaz, Switzerland (par 70)
196 Juan Quiros (Spa ) 70 61 65.
198 Carl Mason (Eng ) 66 67 65.
199 Bill Longmuir (Sco ) 69 62 68, Stewart Ginn (Aus ) 65 70 64.
199 Nick Job (Eng ) 67 64 68.
201 Luis Carbonetti (Arg ) 68 68 65
202 Horacio Carbonetti (Arg ) 68 67 67, Gery Watine (Fra ) 73 64 65, John Bland (RSA) 65 68 69, José Rivero (Esp ) 67 67 68
203 Peter Teravainen (USA ) 70 64 69, David J Russell (Eng ) 68 66 69, Bob Cameron (Eng ) 70 67 66, Doug Johnson (USA ) 68 70 65, Jimmy Heggarty (Nir ) 69 69 65
204 Giuseppe Cali (Ita ) 70 68 66, Jean Pierre Sallat (Fra ) 70 70 64, Jim Rhodes (Eng ) 71 66 67
205 John Chillas (Sco ) 67 67 71, Mike Miller (Sco ) 68 69 68, Bertus Smit (SAf) 68 67 70.
206 Malcolm Gregson (Eng ) 72 72 62, Alan Tapie (USA) 70 68 68
207 Martin Gray (Sco ) 68 69 70, Katsuyoshi Tomori (Jap ) 66 72 69, Gordon J Brand (Eng ) 72 69 66, Delroy Cambridge (Jam ) 70 72 65, Bobby Lincoln (SAf) 71 66 70, Bob Charles (NZ ) 71 71 65, Adan Sowa (Arg ) 68 70 69
208 Angel Fernandez (Chi ) 71 71 66, Gavan Levenson (SAf ) 69 70 69
209 Bill Hardwick (Can ) 71 67 71, Bob Larratt (Eng ) 69 70 70, Ray Carrasco (USA ) 71 69 69
210 Ronald Stelten (USA ) 71 68 71, Glenn Ralph (Eng ) 68 74 68, Paul Leonard (NIr ) 67 72 71, Martin Poxon (Eng ) 72 69 69, Bob Lendzion (USA ) 69 72 69
211 Manuel Piñero (Spa ) 70 73 68, Mike Ferguson (Aus ) 71 70 70, Guillermo Encina (Chi ) 71 71 69, Simon Owen (Nzl ) 69 74 68, John Mashego (SAf ) 70 71 70
212 Emilio Rodriguez (Spa ) 72 73 67, Denis Durnian (Eng ) 73 71 68, Jerry Bruner (USA ) 69 72 71.
213 Pete Oakley (USA ) 69 74 70.
214 Terry Gale (Aus ) 70 71 73, David Good (Aus ) 73 73 68, Eddie Polland (NIr ) 73 70 71, Noel Ratcliffe (Aus ) 70 70 74, Gordon Townhill (Eng ) 72 72 70, Rex Caldwell (USA ) 71 72 71.
215 Bill Malley (USA ) 72 74 69, Tony Johnstone (Zim ) 71 75 69, Ian Mosey (Eng ) 75 67 73.
216 Kevin Spurgeon (Eng ) 75 69 72, Craig Defoy (Wal ) 74 74 68, Tony Charnley (Eng) 69 75 72
217 Bob Shearer (Aus ) 68 74 75
218 David Creamer (Eng ) 76 71 71, Victor Garcia (Spa ) 72 76 70
219 Antonio Garrido (Esp ) 73 72 74, Maurice Bembridge (Eng ) 77 72 70
220 Helmuth Schumacher (Sui ) 75 73 72, Kurt Cox (USA ) 78 69 73, Craig Maltman (Sco ) 77 71 72