Back to back seniors tour wins
by Yorkshireman Gordon Brand
From Colin Callander
Yorkshireman Gordon J. Brand saw his rich run of form continue when he closed with a two under par 70 to win his second European Seniors Tour title in the space of seven days at the Travis Perkins plc Senior Masters at Woburn Golf Club.
The previous weekend Brand needed six extra holes to see off the challenge of Scot Gordon Brand junior at the De Vere PGA Seniors Championship at Slaley Hall but this time he birdied the first to move in front and then recorded further birdies on the fourth, ninth, 11th and 18th to finish two shots in front of Spain’s Juan Quiros and three ahead of defending champion Carl Mason on nine under par 207.
The win was worth €46,986 (£37,500) and took his earnings for the two tournaments to €110,446 (£97,500).
The back-to-back victories also mean that Brand travels to this week’s Casa Serena Open in the Czech Republic knowing that another good performance could see him put pressure on both Ian Woosnam and Bernhard Langer at the top of the European Seniors Tour Order of Merit.
“It’s been a great seven days for me,” said Brand who has now won five times since turning 50 almost exactly three years ago. “I was excited last week but I think I feel even better this time.
“This is a massive event and the crowds have been fantastic all week.”
Mason started the day three shots behind overnight leader Quiros but when the Spaniard hit his opening drive out-of-bounds to run up an ugly double bogey seven it look as if he might be Brand’s nearest challenger. However the Spaniard did not let that early upset affect him and two closing birdies gave him a one over par 73 and pipped Mason for second place.
“It wasn’t to be”, said Mason after singing for a one under par 71. “I played well. I only dropped one shot but I couldn’t get quite close enough to put any pressure real on Gordon. “He played very well.”
Further down the leaderboard first round leader Angel Franco closed with a 73 to claim fourth place just ahead of Ireland’s Eamonn Darcy and Australia’s Stewart Ginn while Italian Ryder Cup star Costantino Rocca overcame a ruinous 9 on the 537yd par-5 14th to post a 74 and finish tied in seventh place alongside English trio Peter Mitchell, Nick Job and Jim Rhodes on level par 216.
Meanwhile Order of Merit leader Woosnam dropped three shots over his last five holes but still returned a 73 that saw him climb into a share of eleventh place with Horacio Carbonetti and Seiji Ebihara on one over par 217.
Mark James closed with a two over par 74 on finish in a tie for 14th place on two over par 218 while Sam Torrance was the leading Scot, one shot further back after a final round 71.
European Seniors Tour Scoreboard
TRAVIS PERKINS GROUP SENIOR MASTERS
The Duke's Course, Woburn GC, Milton Keynes, Bucks
FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3 x 72)
207 Gordon J Brand (Eng) 68 69 70
209 Juan Quiros (Spa) 68 68 73
210 Carl Mason (Eng) 73 66 71
213 Angel Franco (Par) 66 74 73
215 Eamonn Darcy (Irl) 69 71 75, Stewart Ginn (Aus) 75 69 71
216 Costantino Rocca (Ita) 70 72 74, Jim Rhodes (Eng) 69 70 77, Nick Job (Eng) 73 71 72, Peter Mitchell (Eng) 71 70 75
217 Horacio Carbonetti (Arg) 68 72 77, Seiji Ebihara (Jpn) 73 71 73, Ian Woosnam (Wal) 71 73 73
218 Mark James (Eng) 69 75 74, Bob Cameron (Eng) 70 75 73, Luis Carbonetti (Arg) 73 71 74
219 Katsuyoshi Tomori (Jpn) 73 74 72, Sam Torrance (Sco) 75 73 71, Andrew Murray (Eng) 73 74 72, Tony Johnstone (Zim) 75 72 72, Pete Oakley (US) 73 76 70
220 Gordon Brand Jnr (Sco) 71 73 76, Denis Durnian (Eng) 72 73 75, Kevin Spurgeon (Eng) 72 73 75
221 Bob Boyd (USA) 69 76 76, Bill Longmuir (Sco) 74 72 75, Jerry Bruner (USA) 71 75 75, Emilio Rodriguez (Spa) 75 70 76, Domingo Hospital (Spa) 73 75 73, Bruce Heuchan (Can) 74 73 74, Philippe Dugeny (Fra) 71 79 71
222 Matt Briggs (Eng) 74 75 73, Peter Barber (Eng) 74 75 73, Jose Maria Canizares (Spa) 75 73 74
223 Martin Poxon (Eng) 74 69 80, Bobby Lincoln (Rsa) 73 73 77
225 Ross Drummond (Sco) 76 74 75, Noel Ratcliffe (Aus) 75 72 78, John Bland (Rsa) 69 77 79, Adan Sowa (Arg) 74 72 79, Delroy Cambridge (Jam) 75 78 72
226 Tony Allen (Eng) 73 76 77, Simon Owen (Nzl) 77 74 75, John Benda (USA) 74 75 77, Guillermo Encina (Chi) 81 71 74, Tommy Horton (Eng) 74 74 78, Denis O'Sullivan (Irl) 72 78 76, David Merriman (Aus) 74 75 77, Ian Mosey (Eng) 73 78 75, Eddie Polland (NIrl) 72 77 77
227 Giuseppe Cali (Ita) 76 80 71, Jimmy Heggarty (NIrl) 79 73 75
228 David J Russell (Eng) 75 80 73, Gavan Levenson (Rsa) 74 75 79, Angel Fernandez (Chi) 76 74 78
229 Tim Rastall (Eng) 73 74 82, Victor Garcia (Spa) 76 74 79, Jose Rivero (Spa) 75 73 81, David Good (Aus) 74 76 79
230 Maurice Bembridge (Eng) 77 73 80, Terry Gale (Aus) 74 82 74, Tony Price (Wal) 77 74 79
231 Bob Larratt (Eng) 76 77 78, Martin Gray (Sco) 71 79 81, Manuel Pinero (Spa) 78 79 74, Jeff Hall (Eng) 76 76 79
232 Alfonso Barrera (Arg) 75 74 83
234 Bob Charles (Nzl) 77 79 78, Mike Miller (Sco) 79 74 81, Antonio Garrido (Spa) 79 75 80
235 John Hoskison (Eng) 79 75 81
236 John Chillas (Sco) 80 76 80
by Yorkshireman Gordon Brand
From Colin Callander
Yorkshireman Gordon J. Brand saw his rich run of form continue when he closed with a two under par 70 to win his second European Seniors Tour title in the space of seven days at the Travis Perkins plc Senior Masters at Woburn Golf Club.
The previous weekend Brand needed six extra holes to see off the challenge of Scot Gordon Brand junior at the De Vere PGA Seniors Championship at Slaley Hall but this time he birdied the first to move in front and then recorded further birdies on the fourth, ninth, 11th and 18th to finish two shots in front of Spain’s Juan Quiros and three ahead of defending champion Carl Mason on nine under par 207.
The win was worth €46,986 (£37,500) and took his earnings for the two tournaments to €110,446 (£97,500).
The back-to-back victories also mean that Brand travels to this week’s Casa Serena Open in the Czech Republic knowing that another good performance could see him put pressure on both Ian Woosnam and Bernhard Langer at the top of the European Seniors Tour Order of Merit.
“It’s been a great seven days for me,” said Brand who has now won five times since turning 50 almost exactly three years ago. “I was excited last week but I think I feel even better this time.
“This is a massive event and the crowds have been fantastic all week.”
Mason started the day three shots behind overnight leader Quiros but when the Spaniard hit his opening drive out-of-bounds to run up an ugly double bogey seven it look as if he might be Brand’s nearest challenger. However the Spaniard did not let that early upset affect him and two closing birdies gave him a one over par 73 and pipped Mason for second place.
“It wasn’t to be”, said Mason after singing for a one under par 71. “I played well. I only dropped one shot but I couldn’t get quite close enough to put any pressure real on Gordon. “He played very well.”
Further down the leaderboard first round leader Angel Franco closed with a 73 to claim fourth place just ahead of Ireland’s Eamonn Darcy and Australia’s Stewart Ginn while Italian Ryder Cup star Costantino Rocca overcame a ruinous 9 on the 537yd par-5 14th to post a 74 and finish tied in seventh place alongside English trio Peter Mitchell, Nick Job and Jim Rhodes on level par 216.
Meanwhile Order of Merit leader Woosnam dropped three shots over his last five holes but still returned a 73 that saw him climb into a share of eleventh place with Horacio Carbonetti and Seiji Ebihara on one over par 217.
Mark James closed with a two over par 74 on finish in a tie for 14th place on two over par 218 while Sam Torrance was the leading Scot, one shot further back after a final round 71.
European Seniors Tour Scoreboard
TRAVIS PERKINS GROUP SENIOR MASTERS
The Duke's Course, Woburn GC, Milton Keynes, Bucks
FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3 x 72)
207 Gordon J Brand (Eng) 68 69 70
209 Juan Quiros (Spa) 68 68 73
210 Carl Mason (Eng) 73 66 71
213 Angel Franco (Par) 66 74 73
215 Eamonn Darcy (Irl) 69 71 75, Stewart Ginn (Aus) 75 69 71
216 Costantino Rocca (Ita) 70 72 74, Jim Rhodes (Eng) 69 70 77, Nick Job (Eng) 73 71 72, Peter Mitchell (Eng) 71 70 75
217 Horacio Carbonetti (Arg) 68 72 77, Seiji Ebihara (Jpn) 73 71 73, Ian Woosnam (Wal) 71 73 73
218 Mark James (Eng) 69 75 74, Bob Cameron (Eng) 70 75 73, Luis Carbonetti (Arg) 73 71 74
219 Katsuyoshi Tomori (Jpn) 73 74 72, Sam Torrance (Sco) 75 73 71, Andrew Murray (Eng) 73 74 72, Tony Johnstone (Zim) 75 72 72, Pete Oakley (US) 73 76 70
220 Gordon Brand Jnr (Sco) 71 73 76, Denis Durnian (Eng) 72 73 75, Kevin Spurgeon (Eng) 72 73 75
221 Bob Boyd (USA) 69 76 76, Bill Longmuir (Sco) 74 72 75, Jerry Bruner (USA) 71 75 75, Emilio Rodriguez (Spa) 75 70 76, Domingo Hospital (Spa) 73 75 73, Bruce Heuchan (Can) 74 73 74, Philippe Dugeny (Fra) 71 79 71
222 Matt Briggs (Eng) 74 75 73, Peter Barber (Eng) 74 75 73, Jose Maria Canizares (Spa) 75 73 74
223 Martin Poxon (Eng) 74 69 80, Bobby Lincoln (Rsa) 73 73 77
225 Ross Drummond (Sco) 76 74 75, Noel Ratcliffe (Aus) 75 72 78, John Bland (Rsa) 69 77 79, Adan Sowa (Arg) 74 72 79, Delroy Cambridge (Jam) 75 78 72
226 Tony Allen (Eng) 73 76 77, Simon Owen (Nzl) 77 74 75, John Benda (USA) 74 75 77, Guillermo Encina (Chi) 81 71 74, Tommy Horton (Eng) 74 74 78, Denis O'Sullivan (Irl) 72 78 76, David Merriman (Aus) 74 75 77, Ian Mosey (Eng) 73 78 75, Eddie Polland (NIrl) 72 77 77
227 Giuseppe Cali (Ita) 76 80 71, Jimmy Heggarty (NIrl) 79 73 75
228 David J Russell (Eng) 75 80 73, Gavan Levenson (Rsa) 74 75 79, Angel Fernandez (Chi) 76 74 78
229 Tim Rastall (Eng) 73 74 82, Victor Garcia (Spa) 76 74 79, Jose Rivero (Spa) 75 73 81, David Good (Aus) 74 76 79
230 Maurice Bembridge (Eng) 77 73 80, Terry Gale (Aus) 74 82 74, Tony Price (Wal) 77 74 79
231 Bob Larratt (Eng) 76 77 78, Martin Gray (Sco) 71 79 81, Manuel Pinero (Spa) 78 79 74, Jeff Hall (Eng) 76 76 79
232 Alfonso Barrera (Arg) 75 74 83
234 Bob Charles (Nzl) 77 79 78, Mike Miller (Sco) 79 74 81, Antonio Garrido (Spa) 79 75 80
235 John Hoskison (Eng) 79 75 81
236 John Chillas (Sco) 80 76 80
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