Kennedy wins Selsdon Park Masters
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Lloyd Kennedy has won the Ivobank PGA EuroPro Tour Selsdon Park Masters in Croydon by four shots with a fantastic score of 198 – 12 under par.
Kennedy (Chelmsford GC) went into the final round in a commanding position after rounds of 63 and 64 on Wednesday and Thursday put him four shots clear at 13 under par. But the 23 year-old bogeyed the first hole to get off to a shaky start and had his four-shot lead cut to just one after further bogeys at seven and ten.
“I started horrendously today,” said Kennedy. “Four shots is a big lead but on this course you can’t take anything for granted.
“I didn’t really do a lot wrong but I found myself ten under all of a sudden! I got a bad lie on the tenth and that’s a tough hole anyway, usually a par five but we were playing it as a four. When I birdied 11 and 12 I knew I was back on track though and just had to make sure I didn’t do anything silly as I knew there were a few players like Colin Roope who had made a move.”
Kennedy picked up his 15th birdie of the tournament on the 15th to seal the victory and the £10,000 first prize, holding off the challenges of Roope (wstore.co.uk), Dale Marmion (Eaton) and Martin Le Mesurier (Vear Group) – the trio finishing tied in second spot at eight under (202).
Le Mesurier started at six under and was one of the few players who broke 70 on a tough day, thanks to some tricky weather, his two under 68 ensuring him a share of second spot, working out at £3,066.66.
Marmion and Roope pick up the same cheque, the former shooting 71 playing with the winner, the latter going round level with a bogey at the last costing him sole possession of second spot.
Matthew Ford (Marriot Tudor Park) finished in fifth spot at five under (205) with George Woolgar (Capitalservices.com), Andrew Oldcorn (Kings Acre), Jamie Moul (Stoke by Nayland) and Steven Capper (Caldy GC) sharing sixth spot at six under (207).
Kennedy’s victory moves him up to second in the Order of Merit behind Irishman Noel Fox (MMI) and ahead of Alan Murray (Greystones GC). Kennedy will be playing the rest of this year’s tournaments on the Ivobank PGA EuroPro Tour, which moves to Northamptonshire’s Whittlebury Park next week.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 210 (3x 70)
198 Lloyd Kennedy 63 64 71 (£10,000).
202 Colin Roope 65 67 70, Dale Marmion 64 67 71, Martin Le Mesurier 65 69 68 (£3,066.66 each).
205 Matthew Ford 69 66 70 (£1,400).
207 George Woolgar 69 70 68, Andrew Oldcorn 70 67 70, Jamie Moul 66 71 70, Steven Capper 71 67 73 (£987.50 each).
Other Scots scores:
210 G Gordon 70 69 71 (jt 12th) £536).
212 P Doherty 69 70 73 (jt 23rd) (£360).
213 B Hume 70 71 72 (jt 26th) (£305).
216 N Mitchell 70 73 73, M Kerr 69 70 77 (jt 44th) (£225 each).
MISSED THE CUT (143 or better)
145 G Brown 70 75, E Saltman 73 72.
146 C Campbell 76 70.
148 C Nicoll 73 75.
150 S Keane (am) 75 75
Retired - L Kelly 70 -.