England 1-2 at Royal Lytham & St Annes's

Lytham Trophy winner Matthew Haines (picture by Tom Ward, all rights reserved).

Mark Halliday Scots'

surprise packet of

Lytham Trophy

England supplied the winner - Matthew Haines - and the runner-up - Dale Whitnell - in the Lytham Trophy over 72 holes at Royal Lytham & St Anne's.
Top Scots, in joint sixth place, were Gavin Dear (Murrayshall) and Mark Halliday (Royal Aberdeen), the surprise packet of the tournament from Scotland's point of view.
Not even on the fringes of international selection, Halliday (picture right by courtesy of Cal Carson Golf Agency, all rights reserved) put together rounds of 74, 71, 70 and 74 for a total of 289, compared with Dear's efforts of 71, 70, 74 and 74.
Next best Scot, in 10th place, was Paul O'Hara (Colville Park) with his new swing, courtesy of Alan White, the Lanark pro.
Keir McNicoll (Carnoustie) was a shot behind in joint 11th place on 292.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
CSS 74 76 75 75
284 Matthew Haines (Rochester & Cobham) 68 72 74 70.
285 Dale Whitnell (Five Lakes) 70 72 73 70.
286 Shane Lowry (Eskerhills, Ireland) 72 73 72 69.
287 Chris Wood (Long Ashton) 71 75 73 68, Max Roehrig (Germany) 72 72 74 69.
289 Farren Keenan (Sunningdale) 73 71 74 74, Gavin Dear (Murrayshall) 71 70 74 74, Mark Halliday (Royal Aberdeen) 74 71 70 74.
290 Eddie Pepperell (Drayton Park) 74 73 70 73.
291 Paul O'Hara (Colville Park) 69 77 72 73.
292 Sam Hutsby (Liphook) 71 76 74 71, Keir McNicoll (Carnoustie) 71 76 70 75, Gareth J Evans (Northcliffe) 70 77 69 76, Luke Goddard (Hendon) 66 71 76 79.
293 Alexandre Knappe (Germany) 73 74 72 74, Niall Kearney (Royal Dublin) 74 72 73 74.
Other totals:
296 Scott Mann (Carnoustie) 75 72 73 76 (jt 23rd).
297 Bryan Fotheringham (Forres) 68 73 77 79 (jt 25th).
298 Wallace Booth (Comrie) 72 74 75 77 (jt 28th).
301 Gordon Yates (Hilton Park) 71 76 81 73 (jt 36th).
305 John Gallagher (Swanston New) 72 75 79 79 (jt 40th).