PGA ASSISTANTS' CHAMPIONSHIP

LEE HARPER JOINT FOURTH BEHIND CHAMPION TAYLOR

Former Scottish boys match-play champion Lee Harper, now attached to Archerfield Links Golf Club, finished joint fourth - the only Scot in the top 12 - behind title-winner Brett Taylor (Chelmsford) in the 2006 Powerade PGA assistants' championships, in association with FootJoy, at the London Club.
Taylor, held a four-shot lead overnight and his closing round of 68 (the lowest of the day), following up two consecutive 69s, saw him finish on 10-under-par 206, five strokes ahead of Ifield's Ryan Fenwick.
As well as the £5,000 cheque, Taylor received an invitation to the 2006 Australian PGA Futures Championship at Sandhurst, Melbourne, and the TaylorMade-adidas Golf PGA assistant professional championship at Port St Lucie, Florida.
He also won a pair of FootJoy Classics and £250-worth of FootJoy outerwear.
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Harper had ever-improving rounds of 74, 72 and 70 for a level-par total of 216
The assistants' championship, first played in 1930, is the PGA's longest running event. Brett Taylor now joins a list of previous winners including Tony Jacklin, Peter Alliss and Dai Rees.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
206 (-10) Brett Taylor (Chelmsford) 69 69 68.
211 Ryan Fenwick (Ifield) 64 78 69.
213 Matthew Marsh (Hallowes) 71 71 71
216 Lee Harper (Archerfield Links) 74 72 70; Peter Appleyard (Wildernesse) 71 74 71.
218 Andrew Herridge (Wetherby) 74 73 71.
220 Robert Bright (Marriott Goodwood Pk) 77 71 72; Lewis Atkinson (Wentworth) 70 75 75; Matthew Ford (Cobtree Manor) 74 70 76.
221 Alex Belt (Bridlington Links) 73 78 70; Matthew Freeland (Wisley) 72 72 77.
222 Gary Wardlow (Dunmurry) 74 72 76.