Gordon looking on bright side after
joint 4th finish on EuroPro Tour
Graham Gordon slumped out of the lead with a four-over-par closing round of 76 and finished a disappointing joint fourth on one-under-par 215 in the PGA EuroPro Tour’s Stoke by Nayland championship at the Suffolk venue today (Friday).
For the Aberdonian, who only five years ago was Scottish amateur champion and a Walker Cup player in the same year, his take-home pay of £1,433 was considerably less than the £10,000 first prize he had his eyes on at the start of the day after rounds of 70 and 69 had put him in the pole position.
But Gordon should be accentuating the positive from this performance – his best for well over a year and perhaps a sign that he is about to turn the corner and regain the form and consistency that once made him a top pro prospect.
He virtually kissed goodbye to his victory chance when he bogeyed the first three holes and saw a one-hole lead almost immediately become a two-stroke deficit.
He did birdie the fourth and fifth but promptly gave the shots back with bogeys at the eighth, ninth and 11th. He had his third birdie of the round at the 15th but down went another bogey at the 18th in halves of 39 (his worst of the three days) and 37.
Gordon finished seven shots behind the English winner, Nicky Harris from Whitefield, with scores of 72, 69 and 67 for eight-under 208, one shot ahead of Jamie Harris (Nevill) with 70, 71 and 68 to collect the £5,000 runner-up prize.
Callum Nicoll from Prestwick earned £900 for rounds of 75, 71 and 71 for 217 and eighth place. He bogeyed the 16th and 17th or else he would have earned a four-figure sum.
Steven Mackie from Dunnikier Park, the only other Scot to make the last day, had scores of 75, 75 and 78 for a share of 33rd place on 224 for which he earned £272.50.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3 x 72)
208 N Harris (Eng) 72 69 67 (£10,000).
209 J Harris (Eng) 70 71 68 (£5,000).
212 M Ford (Eng) 71 69 72 (£2,500)
215 G Gordon (Sco) 70 69 76, D Mooney (NIr) 72 72 71, P Curry (Eng) 75 69 72 (£1,433 each).
Other Scots:
217 C Nicoll 75 71 71 (jt 8th) (£900).
224 S Mackie 71 75 78 (jt 33rd) (£272.50).
joint 4th finish on EuroPro Tour
Graham Gordon slumped out of the lead with a four-over-par closing round of 76 and finished a disappointing joint fourth on one-under-par 215 in the PGA EuroPro Tour’s Stoke by Nayland championship at the Suffolk venue today (Friday).
For the Aberdonian, who only five years ago was Scottish amateur champion and a Walker Cup player in the same year, his take-home pay of £1,433 was considerably less than the £10,000 first prize he had his eyes on at the start of the day after rounds of 70 and 69 had put him in the pole position.
But Gordon should be accentuating the positive from this performance – his best for well over a year and perhaps a sign that he is about to turn the corner and regain the form and consistency that once made him a top pro prospect.
He virtually kissed goodbye to his victory chance when he bogeyed the first three holes and saw a one-hole lead almost immediately become a two-stroke deficit.
He did birdie the fourth and fifth but promptly gave the shots back with bogeys at the eighth, ninth and 11th. He had his third birdie of the round at the 15th but down went another bogey at the 18th in halves of 39 (his worst of the three days) and 37.
Gordon finished seven shots behind the English winner, Nicky Harris from Whitefield, with scores of 72, 69 and 67 for eight-under 208, one shot ahead of Jamie Harris (Nevill) with 70, 71 and 68 to collect the £5,000 runner-up prize.
Callum Nicoll from Prestwick earned £900 for rounds of 75, 71 and 71 for 217 and eighth place. He bogeyed the 16th and 17th or else he would have earned a four-figure sum.
Steven Mackie from Dunnikier Park, the only other Scot to make the last day, had scores of 75, 75 and 78 for a share of 33rd place on 224 for which he earned £272.50.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3 x 72)
208 N Harris (Eng) 72 69 67 (£10,000).
209 J Harris (Eng) 70 71 68 (£5,000).
212 M Ford (Eng) 71 69 72 (£2,500)
215 G Gordon (Sco) 70 69 76, D Mooney (NIr) 72 72 71, P Curry (Eng) 75 69 72 (£1,433 each).
Other Scots:
217 C Nicoll 75 71 71 (jt 8th) (£900).
224 S Mackie 71 75 78 (jt 33rd) (£272.50).
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