BARNES WINS PLAY-OFF FOR £10,000 PRIZE
ON PGA EUROPRO TOUR IN SUFFOLK

Dean Barnes has won his first PGA EuroPro Tour event in dramatic fashion.
After three rounds of the 2007 Motocaddy Championship, Barnes from Ferndown Golf Club, Dorset and Eddie Vernon (Burton-on-Trent) were tied on nine-under at Ufford Park, Suffolk.
That meant a play-off with a replay of the 18th hole. Barnes held his nerve by sinking a 12ft birdie putt to claim the £10,000 top prize, a result that catapults him up from 69th to eighth in the 2007 Order of Merit to eighth in the ranking
Doncaster-based Graeme Clark, who had already won three events this season, was aiming to become the first player in the PGA EuroPro Tour’s six-year history to win four tour competitions in one year.
Rounds of 64 and 67 had left him on nine-under at the start of Friday’s play with a two-shot advantage over Russell Claydon (Gog Magog, Cambridgeshire), Daniel Brooks (Mill Hill, Middlesex) and Eddie Vernon.
However, Clark’s hopes of another victory ended when he had a double bogey on the ninth and then dropped further shots on the last two holes as he ended tied fifth.
Lee Gauthier (Bearwood Lakes) and Russell Claydon finished equal third, while Welshman Rhys Davies, who represents Britain and Ireland in the Walker Cup next month, was the leading amateur in level 18th.
South Wales-based Paul Doherty, the only Scot to survive the 36-hole cut, finished with a 71 for joint 11th place on four-under-par 206. That earned him £675.
Six of the top ten in the Order of Merit list qualified for the final day and each pound earned could prove crucial as the top five players will qualify for 2008 Challenge Tour cards.
There was also a further incentive for the other competitors as the leading 50 players after two more events will qualify for the end of season Tour Championships.
The 13th out of the 14 regular 2007 events is the Ethos Recycling Classic, which takes place at the Stonebridge Golf Club, Meriden, Warwickshire, from September 5 to 7.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 210 (3 x 70)
201 Dean Barnes (Ferndown) 68 66 67 (£10,000), Eddie Vernon (Burton on Trent) 65 68 68 (£5,000), Barnes won sudden-death play-off at first extra hole.
203 Lee Gauthier (Bearwood Lakes) 69 66 68, Russell Claydon (Gog Magog) 65 68 70 (£2,100 each).
204 Matt Morris (Eng) 69 69 66, James Ruebotham (Welwyn Garden City) 64 73 67, Mark Laskey (Brocket Hall) 67 67 70, Graeme Clark (Eng) 64 67 73 (£1,125 each).
205 Martin Le Mesurier (Eng) 69 72 64, Ian Keenan (Royal Liverpool) 67 67 71 (£825 each).
206 Mark Smith (Erewash Valley) 73 68 65, Paul Ring (The Warren) 69 69 68, Andy Smith (Chart Hills) 71 67 68, Paul Doherty (Sco) 65 70 71 (£675 each).
207 Paul Hendriksen (Fingle Glen) 68 70 69, Paul Maddy (Gog Magog) 67 71 69, Michael McDermott (Stackstown) 63 72 72 (£500 each).