Robert McKnight, Jason Palmer tied 2nd in
Chiberta Grand Prix
By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Whatever happened to the leading final totals from the Chiberta Grand Prix at Biarritz in Southwest France?
That's a good question, one I've been asking myself over the past week. Because I had to break off in the middle of the tournament - reporting on it from the tournament website - and go down to Southport for the R&A Junior Open last week, I lost track of it ... and, worse than that, although I found the tournament website again, quite unbelievably it did not have a recap on the final totals!
But, thanks to the R&A's David Moir, the man who organises the World Amateur Golf Rankings and, to that end, gathers in open tournament scores literally from around the world, I can now plug the gap in our service of reports and scores.
So, here we are:
Frenchman Cambis won by nine strokes
Robert McKnight from the Caprington club, Ayrshire, finished joint second with Englishman Jason Palmer on 269 - nine shots behind the all-the-way-leader, presumably a Frenchman, Guillaume Cambis.
Cambis shot 63, 65, 65 and 67 for 260. Not quite sure what the par was. I know it is a shortish course but that is still very good golf indeed.
McKnight (picture above by Cal Carson Golf Agency), scored 65, 68, 67 and 69 for 269, the same total as Jason Palmer (Kirby Muxloe, Leicestershire), the 23-year-old Midland open amateur champion, who scored 68, 68, 66 and 67. Farren Keenan (Sunningdale), who played four years on the American college circuit as a student at the University of Texas, finished fifth on 272 with scores of 68, 70, 66 and 68.
In sixth place was another representative of the English Golf Union, Billy Hemstock from the Teignmouth club in Devon. Billy scored 68, 66, 72 and 67.
James White (Lundin), the 2006 Scottish boys' match-play champion and Stirling University student, slipped over the last couple of rounds to finish joint 25th on 283 with scorfes of 67, 70, 75 and 71.
Matthew Clark (Kilmacolm), the third Scot in the international field, tied for 32nd place with scores of 67, 71, 72 and 75 for 285.
Cambis won the men's title by nine shots and Linn Gustafsson from Sweden did even better in the women's championship. She won that by ELEVEN shots!
Linn completed her freshman year in May at Texas State University. She comes from Ekero in Sweden.
Her scores in the Chiberta Grand Prix women's championship - once won by Kirsty Fisher, I recall, were 78, 73, 68 and 66 for 275.
Runner-up on 286 was one of the Derrey sisters from France - Stephanie, with 70, 73, 72 and 71 for 286.
Joint third on 288 were the halfway leader Marion Ricordeau, who had a disastrous last round of 81 (for 288) which undid all her good earlier work of 68, 68 and 71, and Fanny Bernard.
LEADING TOTALS
MEN
260 Guillaume Cambis (France) 63 65 65 67.
269 Jason Palmer (Kirby Muxloe) 68 68 66 67, Robert McKight (Caprington) 65 68 67 69.
270 Ignacio Elvira 687 71 66 65.
272 Farren Keenan (Sunningdale) 68 70 66 68.
273 Billy Hemstock (Teignmouth) 68 66 72 67.
Other totals:
283 James White (Lundin) 67 70 75 71 (jt 25th).
285 Matthew Clark (Kilmacolm) 67 71 72 75 (jt 32nd).
WOMEN
275 Linn Gustafsson (Sweden) 68 73 68 66.
286 Stephanie Derrey (France) 70 73 72 71.
288 Fanny Bernard 71 72 73 72, Marion Ricordeau 68 68 71 81.
By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Whatever happened to the leading final totals from the Chiberta Grand Prix at Biarritz in Southwest France?
That's a good question, one I've been asking myself over the past week. Because I had to break off in the middle of the tournament - reporting on it from the tournament website - and go down to Southport for the R&A Junior Open last week, I lost track of it ... and, worse than that, although I found the tournament website again, quite unbelievably it did not have a recap on the final totals!
But, thanks to the R&A's David Moir, the man who organises the World Amateur Golf Rankings and, to that end, gathers in open tournament scores literally from around the world, I can now plug the gap in our service of reports and scores.
So, here we are:
Frenchman Cambis won by nine strokes
Robert McKnight from the Caprington club, Ayrshire, finished joint second with Englishman Jason Palmer on 269 - nine shots behind the all-the-way-leader, presumably a Frenchman, Guillaume Cambis.
Cambis shot 63, 65, 65 and 67 for 260. Not quite sure what the par was. I know it is a shortish course but that is still very good golf indeed.
McKnight (picture above by Cal Carson Golf Agency), scored 65, 68, 67 and 69 for 269, the same total as Jason Palmer (Kirby Muxloe, Leicestershire), the 23-year-old Midland open amateur champion, who scored 68, 68, 66 and 67. Farren Keenan (Sunningdale), who played four years on the American college circuit as a student at the University of Texas, finished fifth on 272 with scores of 68, 70, 66 and 68.
In sixth place was another representative of the English Golf Union, Billy Hemstock from the Teignmouth club in Devon. Billy scored 68, 66, 72 and 67.
James White (Lundin), the 2006 Scottish boys' match-play champion and Stirling University student, slipped over the last couple of rounds to finish joint 25th on 283 with scorfes of 67, 70, 75 and 71.
Matthew Clark (Kilmacolm), the third Scot in the international field, tied for 32nd place with scores of 67, 71, 72 and 75 for 285.
Cambis won the men's title by nine shots and Linn Gustafsson from Sweden did even better in the women's championship. She won that by ELEVEN shots!
Linn completed her freshman year in May at Texas State University. She comes from Ekero in Sweden.
Her scores in the Chiberta Grand Prix women's championship - once won by Kirsty Fisher, I recall, were 78, 73, 68 and 66 for 275.
Runner-up on 286 was one of the Derrey sisters from France - Stephanie, with 70, 73, 72 and 71 for 286.
Joint third on 288 were the halfway leader Marion Ricordeau, who had a disastrous last round of 81 (for 288) which undid all her good earlier work of 68, 68 and 71, and Fanny Bernard.
LEADING TOTALS
MEN
260 Guillaume Cambis (France) 63 65 65 67.
269 Jason Palmer (Kirby Muxloe) 68 68 66 67, Robert McKight (Caprington) 65 68 67 69.
270 Ignacio Elvira 687 71 66 65.
272 Farren Keenan (Sunningdale) 68 70 66 68.
273 Billy Hemstock (Teignmouth) 68 66 72 67.
Other totals:
283 James White (Lundin) 67 70 75 71 (jt 25th).
285 Matthew Clark (Kilmacolm) 67 71 72 75 (jt 32nd).
WOMEN
275 Linn Gustafsson (Sweden) 68 73 68 66.
286 Stephanie Derrey (France) 70 73 72 71.
288 Fanny Bernard 71 72 73 72, Marion Ricordeau 68 68 71 81.
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