MARK BOOKLESS FINISHES

JOINT 11th IN CHIBERTA

GRAND PRIX

Mark Bookless from Sandyhills Golf Club, Glasgow, last year's Scottish boys' open stroke-play champion, turned the clock back to that title-winning performance at Blairgowrie by finishing a highly creditable joint 11th in an international field for the Chiberta Grand Prix tournament at Biarritz, southwest France today.
Bookless, pictured above by Rob Eyton-Jones, had rounds of 66, 73, 67 and 70 for a four-under-par total of 276 over the tricky par-70 course.
Kris Nicol from Fraserburgh tied for 39th place with a total of 289, made up of scores of 72, 70, 73 and 75.
Greg Paterson (St Andrews) was disqualified after returning a pair of 70s. There was no indication as to why he was ruled out of the tournament.
Frenchman Alexander Levy was the winner with an 11-under-par total of 269 (67 70 68 64), finishing two shots ahead of Billy Hemstock (68 73 64 66) from Teignmouth, Devon and Sweden's Arthur Gabella-Wenne (67 75 65 66).
France's Romain Schneider, who had a second-round 61 to take the lead which he maintained after 54 holes, faded with a closing score of 73 to a share of eighth place on 274.

LEADING TOTALS
Par 280 (4x70)
Players from France unless stated
269 Alexander Levy 67 70 68 64.
271 Arthur Gabelle-Wenne (Sweden) 67 73 65 66, Billy Hemstock (England) 68 73 64 66.
273 Daniel Lokke (Norway) 66 75 66 66, J Pierre Verselin 69 67 68 69.
Selected scores:
274 Romain Schneider 71 61 69 73 (jt 8th).
276 Mark Bookless (Scotland) 66 73 67 70 (jt 11th).
283 Liam O'Neil (England) 69 69 75 70 (jt 24th).
288 Adam Keogh (England) 70 74 73 72 (jt 35th).
289 Kris Nicol (Scotland) 72 70 73 74 (jt 39th).
Disqualified - Greg Paterson (Scotland) 70 70 disq.