Unknown Dane Harte wins by four at Ashburnham

Borrowman top Scot in Welsh

open amateur stroke-play

Dollar's Scott Borrowman was the highest-placed Scot among the final totals at the Welsh men's open amateur stroke-play championship won at Ashburnham Golf Club, South Wales by a comparatively unknown Dane, Andreas Harte, pictured right by courtesy of Tom Ward Photography.

Harte, who was never headed after taking the lead at the halfway stage, had rounds of 71, 68, 66 and 71 for 12-under-par 276, finishing clear of runner-up Matt Haines (Rochester &Cobham Park) who had scores of 73, 69, 69 and 69.
Borrowman finished joint fifth on 285 with rounds of 73, 73, 60 and 69.

James Ross (Royal Burgess), the rapidly-rising Edinburgh player, finished next best Scot in 13th place on level par 288 after a great final round of 66 which matched the best of the tournament, by Harte in the third round.

SCOREBOARD

Par 288 (4 x 72)

276 Andreas Harte (Denmark) 71 68 66 71.

280 Matt Haines (Rochester & Cobham Park) 73 69 69 69.

282 Mathew Southgate (Thorpe Hall) 69 72 68 73.

283 Jacob Roth (Denmark) 72 69 72 70.

285 Luke Goddard (Hendon) 70 75 71 69, Scott Borrowman (Dollar) 73 73 70 69, Oliver Farr (Ludlow) 69 72 75 69, Nigel Edwards (Whitchurch, Cardiff) 72 66 71, Joachim Hansen (Denmark) 73 68 71 73.

286 Tom Lewis (Welwyn Garden City) 71 76 71 68, Charles Ford (Kirby Muxloe) 71 73 73 69, Thomas Coulson (West Hove) 70 74 73 69.

288 James Ross (Royal Burgess) 76 72 74 66.

290 Tom Wilde (Castle Royle) 79 70 71 70, Adam Runcie (Abergele) 70 77 72 71, Miles Mackman (Broome Manor 73 73 72 72, Richard Smith (Nott) 70 74 72 74.

291 Daniel Lokke Denmark) 76 73 74 69, Mark Hillson (Craigielaw) 73 73 76 69.

292 Amir Habibi (Rochester & Cobham Park) 72 72 73 72.

293 James Frazer (Pennard) 79 70 76 68, Jonathan White (Saunton) 75 74 72 72, Adrian Ford (South Africa) 71 73 73 76.

294 Philip McLean (Peterhead) 73 76 73 72, Ben Loughrey (Wrag Barn) 75 70 74 75

295 Craig Evans (West Monmouthshire) 75 72 73 75.

296 Mark Bookless (Sandyhills) 72 73 76 75.

297 Dimitu Van Doren (Belgium) 74 75 76 72, Jonathan Gidney (Church Stretton) 74 74 74 75, Chris Robb (Inchmarlo) 81 68 73 75, Mark Fensham (South Africa) 74 75 71 77.

298 Mark Thistleton (Hayling) 77 71 75 75.

300 Joe Vickery (Newport) 74 75 79 72, Christopher Jusslin (Finland) 75 74 77 74, Adam Sagar (Keighley) 73 72 78 77, James Dimond (East Devon) 74 73 75 78.

301 Alex Christie (Tyrrells Wood) 76 73 76 76, Steven Ferreira (Reading) 76 71 73 81.