Sunday, February 22, 2009

McLean, Drysdale fail to make

top 20 in Sunshine Tour event

Scots Alan McLean and David Drysdale both finished outside the top 20 despite finishing well under par in the South African Sunshine Tour's Telkom PGA championship at Country Club Johannesburg today (Sunday).
Glasgow-born Canada-based McLean had rounds of 72, 68, 69 and 69 for joint 22nd place on 10-under-par 278. He birdied the first, second, sixth, 14th, 16th, 17th and 18th in his final round but a mid-round slump which saw him bogeyed the seventh, eighth, ninth and 13th, cost him a much higher finish.
Dunbar's Drysdale scored 73, 70, 68 and 69 for a shared of 29th place with an eight-under-par total f0 280. After bogeying the first in his final round, Drysdale covered the remaining holes in four under par with birdies at the sixth, 15th, 16th and 18th.
South African Jaco Van Zyl birdied the 15th, 16th and 18th in his final round 66 to win the title with an 18-under-par total of 270. He finished one shot ahead of Canada's Graham DeLaet and South African Trevor Fisher junior.

LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4x72). Players from South Africa unless stated
270 Jaco Van Zyl 70 68 66 66.
271 Graham DeLaet (Can) 68 73 66 64, Trevor Fisher jun 69 68 69 65.
273 Jean Hugo 65 69 69 70, Thomas Aiken 65 71 66 71.
274 Branden Grtace 67 68 72 67, Anders Hansen (Den) 69 70 68 67, George Coetzee 69 70 67 68, Louis de Jager 69 67 69 69, Charl Coetzee 69 68 68 659.
275 James Kingston 69 66 71 69, Michiel Bothma 68 70 68 69, Marc Cayeux (Zim) 68 67 67 73.
Selected scores:
278
Alan McLean (Sco) 72 68 69 69 (jt 22nd).
280 David Drysdale (Sco) 73 70 68 69 (jt 29th)

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