Scot trails Pakistan Open winner by eleven strokes

HUME FINISHES 10th
AFTER INWARD HALF

BEATS HIM AGAIN

Former Scottish amateur champion Barry Hume from Glasgow tied for 10th place on eight-under-par 280 in the Pakistan Open at Karachi Golf Club today.
Hume, pictured right, who will be 25 on January 30, looked on target for a top-five finish when he reached the turn in three-under-par 33 shots in his final round, having birdied the second, third and fifth.
But, as in his three previous rounds, the Scot failed to master the inward half. Bogeys at the 11th, 15th and 16th more than cancelled out birdies at the 14th and 17th in his closing one-under-par 71.
Hume was a collective 12 under par for the opening nine holes but four over par for the second nine. He earned $5,124
Malaysian Airil Rizman Zahari was a first-time winner with a 19-under-par total of 269 – two shots ahead of Australian Scott Hend with Englishman Simon Hurd fading into third place on 274. His cash prize was $47,550.

Hurd bogeyed the fourth, fifth and sixth on his way to a closing 72.

Welshman Mark Mouland had a triple bogey 7 at the sixth but still finished with a 70 to be on the 280 mark alongside Barry Hume.

Scot Ross Bain shared 15th place on 281 after a closing 69 which included an outward half of 32 with birdies at the second, fourth, fifth and sixth.

Another ex-pat Scot, Simon Dunn, had a 68, easily his best round of the fourth, to tie for 26th place on 283. He birdied the third, fifth, eighth, 10th and 13th with only one bogey, at th12th.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4 x 72)
269 Airil Rizman Zahari (Mal) 67 68 64, 70.
271 Scott Hend (Aus) 70 66 66 69.
274 Simon Hurd (Eng) 68 65 69 72.
276 Muhammad Shabbir (Pak) 66 72 67 71.
278 Chris Rodgers (Eng) 69 70 68 71, Rahil Gangjee (Ind) 71 67 69 71.
Other totals:
280 Barry Hume (Sco) 68 68 73 71, Mark Mouland (Wal) 70 69 71 70 (jt 10th).
281 Ross Bain (Sco) 71 71 70 69 (jt 15th).
283 Simon Dunn (Sco) 70 74 71 68 (jt 26th).
284 Simon Griffiths (Eng) 73 67 71 73 (jt 29th).
287 Steve Parry (Eng) 74 69 73 71 (jt 45th).
288 Ben St John (Eng) 73 71 71 73 (jt 52nd).

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