Elliot Saltman slumps in final round, finishes jt 16th
GREWAL SETS NEW PGA EUROPRO TOUR RECORD
WITH A ROUND OF 60 AT WHITTLEBURY
Sandeep Grewal has re-written the PGA EuroPro Tour record books by shooting the best round in its history.
Grewal, 25, fired a score of 60, including an albatross 2 at the par-5 ninth, during the final day of the PartyPoker.net English Masters at the Whittlebury Park Golf and Country Club in Northamptonshire.
However, his day could have been even better as he narrowly missed with a putt on the last that would have gave him the magical score of 59, a total achieved by only a handful of players in world golf.
"This is the best round of my career by far," said a delighted Grewal, a member of the Heswall Golf Club in Merseyside.
"I was one-under after eight and I had just played steadily with nothing special. But I holed my second shot at the ninth and that got me going.
"I just played solidly, kept hitting it to ten-feet from the pin and I didn't miss a putt. There was not much wind, the conditions were perfect and I birdied the last six holes."
Grewal, a former England amateur international, turned professional in 2000 and has been a regular on the PGA EuroPro Tour, the leading developmental golf tour in Europe, since it began in 2002.
Grewal started the final day in level 39th after scores of three-over and one-over at the par-71 course before his record-breaking 11-under 60 saw him become the clubhouse leader.
However, he could not clinch the first prize as Doncaster-based Graeme Clark won his third tournament of the PGA EuroPro Tour season.
Clark will be playing on the Challenge Tour in 2008 after winning his third tournament of the PGA EuroPro Tour season.
Doncaster-based Clark, who also won at Faithlegg, Waterford and The Players Club, Bristol, ended on 10-under-par for the 54 holes to secure another £10,000 first prize.
This takes his 2007 winnings to more than £35,000 and guarantees him a place inside the top five on the end of season Order of Merit.
As a result he will secure automatic qualification for the Challenge Tour.
Clark did not make the best of starts as a level-par 71 on Wednesday left him in equal 21st and four shots behind the lead.
WINNER BY ONE STROKE
But a four-under 67 on Thursday brought him back in contention before he ended his week in style with a six-under 65 to win by one shot.
Grewal tied for second on nine-under alongside Ian Keenan (Royal Liverpool) and Martin Le Mesurier (Vear Group).
Elliot Saltman from Dalkeith was joint leader at the start of the final day but such is the high standard of play on this satellite circuit that a two-over-par 73 dropped him down to a share of 16th place on three-under--par 210. Elliot earned only £415. He bogeyed the second, fourth, fifth and sixth which just about killled his chances even though he did birdie the ninth to be out in three-over-par 38.
Coming home Elliot, bogeyed the 13th, birdied the 16th, bogeyed the 17th and then finished in the grand manner with an eagle 3 at the 18th .
Saltman could have done with Lee Harper's final round of 66. The Archerfield Links player came storming home in 31 with an eagle at the 11th, birdies at the 12th, 16th, 17th and 18th - and one bogey, at the 13th.
He also had three birdies on the way out, at the second, third and ninth. Lee's payday was £340.
Neil Mitchell from Murcar Links also broke par at the last time of asking with a 69 for one-under-par 212 for a £299 pay-out. Neil birdied the first, third and sixth and then covered the last 12 holes with 11 pars and a bogey at the 17th in halves of 32 and 37.
FINAL TOTALS
Par 213 (3 x 71)
203 G Clark (Eng) 71 67 65 (£10,000.
204 S Grewal (Eng) 74 70 60, I Keenan (Eng0 71 69 65, M Le Mesurier (Eng) 69 69 66 (£3,066 each).
Scottish scores:
210 E Saltman 72 65 73 (jt 16th) (£415).
211 L Harper 76 69 66 (jt 24th) (£340).
212 N Mitchell 70 73 69 (jt 29th) (£299).
FINAL TOTALS TO COME LATER
WITH A ROUND OF 60 AT WHITTLEBURY
Sandeep Grewal has re-written the PGA EuroPro Tour record books by shooting the best round in its history.
Grewal, 25, fired a score of 60, including an albatross 2 at the par-5 ninth, during the final day of the PartyPoker.net English Masters at the Whittlebury Park Golf and Country Club in Northamptonshire.
However, his day could have been even better as he narrowly missed with a putt on the last that would have gave him the magical score of 59, a total achieved by only a handful of players in world golf.
"This is the best round of my career by far," said a delighted Grewal, a member of the Heswall Golf Club in Merseyside.
"I was one-under after eight and I had just played steadily with nothing special. But I holed my second shot at the ninth and that got me going.
"I just played solidly, kept hitting it to ten-feet from the pin and I didn't miss a putt. There was not much wind, the conditions were perfect and I birdied the last six holes."
Grewal, a former England amateur international, turned professional in 2000 and has been a regular on the PGA EuroPro Tour, the leading developmental golf tour in Europe, since it began in 2002.
Grewal started the final day in level 39th after scores of three-over and one-over at the par-71 course before his record-breaking 11-under 60 saw him become the clubhouse leader.
However, he could not clinch the first prize as Doncaster-based Graeme Clark won his third tournament of the PGA EuroPro Tour season.
Clark will be playing on the Challenge Tour in 2008 after winning his third tournament of the PGA EuroPro Tour season.
Doncaster-based Clark, who also won at Faithlegg, Waterford and The Players Club, Bristol, ended on 10-under-par for the 54 holes to secure another £10,000 first prize.
This takes his 2007 winnings to more than £35,000 and guarantees him a place inside the top five on the end of season Order of Merit.
As a result he will secure automatic qualification for the Challenge Tour.
Clark did not make the best of starts as a level-par 71 on Wednesday left him in equal 21st and four shots behind the lead.
WINNER BY ONE STROKE
But a four-under 67 on Thursday brought him back in contention before he ended his week in style with a six-under 65 to win by one shot.
Grewal tied for second on nine-under alongside Ian Keenan (Royal Liverpool) and Martin Le Mesurier (Vear Group).
Elliot Saltman from Dalkeith was joint leader at the start of the final day but such is the high standard of play on this satellite circuit that a two-over-par 73 dropped him down to a share of 16th place on three-under--par 210. Elliot earned only £415. He bogeyed the second, fourth, fifth and sixth which just about killled his chances even though he did birdie the ninth to be out in three-over-par 38.
Coming home Elliot, bogeyed the 13th, birdied the 16th, bogeyed the 17th and then finished in the grand manner with an eagle 3 at the 18th .
Saltman could have done with Lee Harper's final round of 66. The Archerfield Links player came storming home in 31 with an eagle at the 11th, birdies at the 12th, 16th, 17th and 18th - and one bogey, at the 13th.
He also had three birdies on the way out, at the second, third and ninth. Lee's payday was £340.
Neil Mitchell from Murcar Links also broke par at the last time of asking with a 69 for one-under-par 212 for a £299 pay-out. Neil birdied the first, third and sixth and then covered the last 12 holes with 11 pars and a bogey at the 17th in halves of 32 and 37.
FINAL TOTALS
Par 213 (3 x 71)
203 G Clark (Eng) 71 67 65 (£10,000.
204 S Grewal (Eng) 74 70 60, I Keenan (Eng0 71 69 65, M Le Mesurier (Eng) 69 69 66 (£3,066 each).
Scottish scores:
210 E Saltman 72 65 73 (jt 16th) (£415).
211 L Harper 76 69 66 (jt 24th) (£340).
212 N Mitchell 70 73 69 (jt 29th) (£299).
FINAL TOTALS TO COME LATER
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