PGA EUROPRO TOUR
TOP SCOT GRAHAM GORDON EARNS
ONLY £415 FOR TOP-20 FINISH
Three years ago on Saturday Graham Gordon was winning the Scottish amateur championship by beating Stuart Wilson in the 36-hole final over The Duke’s Course, St Andrews.
The fact that the Aberdeen’s tour pro career since then has not got off the ground was underlined with a share of 34th place for a reward of only £415 in the PGA EuroPro Tour event – the Partypoker.com International Open – which finished at Collingtree Park, Northants today.
Gordon improved with every round for a two-under-par total of 214 with scores of 74, 72 and 68. He birdied the fourth, fifth, seventh and 14th in a bogey-free final round. A triple bogey 8 at the 18th in his first round cost him a top-10 finish.
Chris Kelly (Cawder) was the next best Scot with erratic rounds of 76, 68 and 76 for four-over-par 220 and a share of 34th place which earned him £270. Kelly had double bogeys at the seventh and 11th in his final round.
The only other Scots to make the final day, Callum Nicoll (Prestwick) and Paul Doherty (Vale of Gamorgan tied for 39th place on 221, to earn £247 each. Nicoll shot 75, 73 and 72, while Dochery had 78, 67 and 76.
The tournament ended with a play-off in which Andrew Willey beat fellow-Englishman Simon Griffiths for the £10,000 prize. They had tied on five-under-par 207, both men signing off with 66s .
ONLY £415 FOR TOP-20 FINISH
Three years ago on Saturday Graham Gordon was winning the Scottish amateur championship by beating Stuart Wilson in the 36-hole final over The Duke’s Course, St Andrews.
The fact that the Aberdeen’s tour pro career since then has not got off the ground was underlined with a share of 34th place for a reward of only £415 in the PGA EuroPro Tour event – the Partypoker.com International Open – which finished at Collingtree Park, Northants today.
Gordon improved with every round for a two-under-par total of 214 with scores of 74, 72 and 68. He birdied the fourth, fifth, seventh and 14th in a bogey-free final round. A triple bogey 8 at the 18th in his first round cost him a top-10 finish.
Chris Kelly (Cawder) was the next best Scot with erratic rounds of 76, 68 and 76 for four-over-par 220 and a share of 34th place which earned him £270. Kelly had double bogeys at the seventh and 11th in his final round.
The only other Scots to make the final day, Callum Nicoll (Prestwick) and Paul Doherty (Vale of Gamorgan tied for 39th place on 221, to earn £247 each. Nicoll shot 75, 73 and 72, while Dochery had 78, 67 and 76.
The tournament ended with a play-off in which Andrew Willey beat fellow-Englishman Simon Griffiths for the £10,000 prize. They had tied on five-under-par 207, both men signing off with 66s .
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