PAUL STREETER FROM SOUTHWELL WINS
PGA PLAY-OFFS TICKET TO EURO STARTS
Southwell pro Paul Streeter shot a final round of three-under par to claim first place in the PGA Play-Offs at Notts Golf Club and in turn securing himself starts at a host of European Tour events next year.
Streeter was level par after the first day's play, but an inspired second round at the challenging course was enough to see off fellow Midlands golfers Simon Lilly (Wellingborough) and Matt Morris (Hatchford Brook).
Morris held a one-shot lead over the rest of the field at the end of play yesterday but his level-par round today was only enough to secure him third spot, while Lilly's two-under round ensured he claimed second position.
As well as pocketing £2,000 Streeter has won invitations to the BMW PGA Championship, Celtic Manor Resort Wales Open, Smurfit Kappa European Open and Barclays Scottish Open on the European Tour and the FirstPlus Wales Challenge, Challenge of Ireland, Scottish Challenge and Oceanico Pro-Am Challenge on the Challenge Tour.
And Streeter, who held a full Tour card in 2000, admits it will be 'awesome' to compete in the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth next May.
He said: "It's great to be playing some of the big Tour events next year and particularly the ones in England.
"It'll be awesome to play at Wentworth. The Tour School doesn't get you into Wentworth, so it'll be a fantastic experience to play there competitively.
"I had a lesson with my coach Graham Bradley three days ago and we changed my grip quite dramatically. It felt a bit strange but I've hit some gorgeous shots out there over the past two days, so it's certainly paid off.
"Before I was hitting it so far off-line so changing the grip has made a massive difference. I was worried about coming down the stretch under pressure how much that would affect it, but I'm pretty pleased with how it went.
"I said to my missus that I wanted to shoot under par for both days which would be two under. I was two under playing 18 yesterday and doubled it so I was level going into today. But once you get two you always want to get even lower.
"I'd take three under every day of the week around here."
FINAL TOTALS
141 P Streeter (Southwell) 72 69 (£2000).
142 S Lilly (Wellingborough) 72 70 (£1500).
143 M Morris (Hatchford Brook) 71 72.
Scots' scores:
145 G Hutcheon (Peterculter) 73 72 (jt 7th) (£658).
146 M Loftus (Cowglen) 72 74 (jt 10th) (£587).
150 P McKechnie (Braid Hills) 76 74 (jt 16th) (£435).
PGA PLAY-OFFS TICKET TO EURO STARTS
Southwell pro Paul Streeter shot a final round of three-under par to claim first place in the PGA Play-Offs at Notts Golf Club and in turn securing himself starts at a host of European Tour events next year.
Streeter was level par after the first day's play, but an inspired second round at the challenging course was enough to see off fellow Midlands golfers Simon Lilly (Wellingborough) and Matt Morris (Hatchford Brook).
Morris held a one-shot lead over the rest of the field at the end of play yesterday but his level-par round today was only enough to secure him third spot, while Lilly's two-under round ensured he claimed second position.
As well as pocketing £2,000 Streeter has won invitations to the BMW PGA Championship, Celtic Manor Resort Wales Open, Smurfit Kappa European Open and Barclays Scottish Open on the European Tour and the FirstPlus Wales Challenge, Challenge of Ireland, Scottish Challenge and Oceanico Pro-Am Challenge on the Challenge Tour.
And Streeter, who held a full Tour card in 2000, admits it will be 'awesome' to compete in the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth next May.
He said: "It's great to be playing some of the big Tour events next year and particularly the ones in England.
"It'll be awesome to play at Wentworth. The Tour School doesn't get you into Wentworth, so it'll be a fantastic experience to play there competitively.
"I had a lesson with my coach Graham Bradley three days ago and we changed my grip quite dramatically. It felt a bit strange but I've hit some gorgeous shots out there over the past two days, so it's certainly paid off.
"Before I was hitting it so far off-line so changing the grip has made a massive difference. I was worried about coming down the stretch under pressure how much that would affect it, but I'm pretty pleased with how it went.
"I said to my missus that I wanted to shoot under par for both days which would be two under. I was two under playing 18 yesterday and doubled it so I was level going into today. But once you get two you always want to get even lower.
"I'd take three under every day of the week around here."
FINAL TOTALS
141 P Streeter (Southwell) 72 69 (£2000).
142 S Lilly (Wellingborough) 72 70 (£1500).
143 M Morris (Hatchford Brook) 71 72.
Scots' scores:
145 G Hutcheon (Peterculter) 73 72 (jt 7th) (£658).
146 M Loftus (Cowglen) 72 74 (jt 10th) (£587).
150 P McKechnie (Braid Hills) 76 74 (jt 16th) (£435).
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