McArthur and Ramsay finish well
but no Dutch treat for Scots

From Michael Gibbons, Challenge Tour Press Officer
Not even outstanding final rounds of five under par 67 and eight under par 64 could help Andrew McArthur and Richie Ramsay muscle into the business end of the leaderboard at the Dutch Futures presented by Royal Bank of Scotland today.
Both Scots made valiant attempts to barge their way into contention at the Golf Club Houtrak but it was too little too late as the irresistible duo of Denmark’s Jeppe Huldahl and Holland’s Taco Remkes turned the event into a two-horse race.
Respective final round scores of 65 and 66 left Huldahl and Remkes tied on 13 under par 265 aggregates before the Dutchman delighted his home crowd by producing a birdie 4 at the first extra play-off hole to secure his second victory of the season.
McArthur’s €1,820 cheque for his 17th place finish on eight under saw him climb one spot on the Challenge Tour Rankings into 24th place. The Scot has three events of the season remaining to break into the all-important top 20 to guarantee a European Tour card for next season.
Ramsay’s position of 11th on the Rankings after finishing one behind McArthur in 20th place, will be good enough for a card, but he will be looking to improve his position over the closing weeks of the season in order to maximise his playing opportunities on The European Tour next season.
Chris Doak, the Tartan Tour No 1, finished alongside Ramsay on seven under par at Golf Club Houtrak.
FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4 x 72)
275 Taco Remkes (Ned) 72 68 69 66 (Remkes won at the first extra hole), Jeppe Huldahl (Den) 73 69 68 65
276 Marcus Higley (Eng) 71 68 71 66
277 Matthew Morris (Eng) 71 69 68 69, Chris Gane (Eng) 71 66 70 70
278 Andrew Butterfield (Eng) 74 68 69 67, Andrew Tampion (Aus) 71 66 71 70, Ralph Miller (Ned) 68 72 69 69, Richard Mcevoy (Eng) 75 68 66 69, Michael Hoey (NIrl) 69 69 68 72
279 Inder Van Weerelt (Ned) 72 69 69 69, Robert Coles (Eng) 71 74 66 68, Roland Steiner (Aut) 70 69 71 69, Ben Evans (Eng) 69 72 67 71, Ryan Blaum (US) 73 68 68 70, Stuart Davis (Eng) 70 70 68 71
280 Andrew McArthur (Sco) 73 67 73 67, Christophe Brazillier (Fra) 75 65 70 70, Sebastien Delagrange (Fra) 70 70 69 71
281 Richie Ramsay (Sco) 71 72 74 64, Christian Aronsen (Nor) 73 69 67 72, Joakim Haeggman (Swe) 72 71 70 68, Chris Doak (Sco) 70 71 70 70, Marco Soffietti (Ita) 73 69 71 68, Adrien Bernadet (Fra) 72 73 67 69, Wil Besseling (Ned) 70 73 66 72
282 Branden Grace (Rsa) 73 71 69 69, Matthew Cort (Eng) 69 70 70 73, Johan Axgren (Swe) 75 71 69 67, David Carter (Eng) 70 72 67 73, Adam Gee (Eng) 72 72 67 71, Daniel Wardrop (Eng) 73 71 66 72, Wilhelm Schauman (Swe) 73 73 65 71, Joost Steenkamer (Ned) 70 69 70 73
283 Mattias Eliasson (Swe) 75 67 71 70, John E Morgan (Eng) 72 70 71 70
284 Kyron Sullivan (Wal) 68 74 70 72
285 Gary Clark (Eng) 75 70 70 70
286 Klas Eriksson (Swe) 72 70 72 72
287 Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa) 71 72 73 71, Steven Jeppesen (Swe) 73 69 73 72, Matthew Zions (Aus) 75 70 72 70, Lorenzo Gagli (Ita) 73 70 72 72
288 Simon Robinson (Eng) 74 70 72 72, Lars Brovold (Nor) 74 71 72 71, Edward Rush (Eng) 71 74 71 72, Eirik Tage Johansen (Nor) 71 75 72 70, Reinier Saxton (Ned) 72 73 70 73, Floris De Vries (Ned) 77 68 74 69
289 Gustavo Rojas (Arg) 70 71 76 72, Nicolas Vanhootegem (Bel) 73 73 74 69, Pablo Del Grosso (Arg) 71 75 70 73
290 Benjamin Miarka (Ger) 70 75 75 70, Greig Hutcheon (Sco) 69 75 75 71, Ben Mason (Eng) 73 73 74 70, Alexandre Rocha (Bra) 72 73 73 72
291 Charles-Edouard Russo (Fra) 74 72 71 74
292 Peter Bronson (USA) 73 71 72 76, Jean-Nicolas Billot (Fra) 73 73 75 71, Andreas Hogberg (Swe) 71 75 76 70, Rodolfo Gonzalez (Arg) 76 69 73 74
293 James Morrison (Eng) 75 71 73 74, Miguel Rodriguez (Arg) 72 73 78 70
295 Richard Kind (Ned) 75 70 72 78
296 Johan Wahlqvist (Swe) 74 69 76 77
298 Oliver Whiteley (Eng) 73 72 75 78, Frank Van Hoof (Ned) 73 71 76 78
299 Jurrian Van Der Vaart (Ned) 73 73 79 74
300 Anthony Snobeck (Fra) 73 69 78 80
302 Jack Kutumane (Rsa) 75 71 79 77
303 Damian Ulrich (Swi) 74 72 79 78