PGA EUROPRO TOUR REPORT

Scott Jamieson wins £1,650 for

third place at Stoke by Nayland

By ANTHONY LEAVER
Tom Haylock romped to victory in The Stoke by Nayland Championship 2009, shooting a final round 65 to win by eight strokes at 16 under.
Haylock (Ground Construction Ltd) began the day tied for the lead at nine under and followed a solid level opening three holes with birdies at four, six and eight to move to 12 under. He showed no signs of nerves on the back nine either; with four more birdies seeing him shoot 65 for a comprehensive victory.
The 45/1 pre-tournament shot with Sky Bet dropped just two shots in the three rounds, both on the front nine on the opening day, and his round matches Antonio Sobrinho’s eight shot win in 2003 as the biggest margin of victory in the Tour’s history, and takes Haylock into fourth spot on the Order of Merit.
Chris Gaunt endured a topsy-turvy round that eventually saw him rather fall into second place. The Australian parred just four holes in his final round and a bogey at the last saw him finish on level par for the day, eight under for the tournament.
It appeared that had ruined Gaunt’s chances of sole possession of runners-up spot, but James Ruebotham (Welwyn Garden City GC) – who began the day tied for the lead with Haylock – never got of the traps and found himself at eight under for the tournament at the last, where he dropped a shot to finish in a five-way tie for third.
Jamie Moul (Stoke by Nayland) shot a two under 70 to join Ruebotham in third, along with Glasgow's Scott Jamieson (pictured above), Matthew Ford (Marriot Tudor Park) and Nicky Harris (Whitefield GC) who won at Stoke by Nayland last year and follows his runners-up finish at Bovey Castle with a third place in Suffolk.
Steve Surry (Cumberwell Park) was one stroke behind overnight after a blistering nine under 63 in his second round, but it was a frustrating day for the 27 year-old, who was level until dropping a shot at the eighth and a double bogey at 13 prevented him from finishing higher than tied eighth, along with Mark Kerr (Golf Fit Ltd/Bathgate GC) and Elliot Saltman (Aegon) who carded a final round of 68. Both Scots earned £850.
Kerr is hoping his strong showing will earn him a spot in the Scottish Challenge later in the month.
While unable to secure his first win in the professional ranks – a closing round of 74 left him in a tie for eighth in the EuroPro Tour event – Kerr reckoned that he could take a lot of positives from his overall performance in Suffolk.
"Unfortunately, I dropped shots at the last two holes where pars would have seen me finish in the top three but it has still been a good week on the whole for me," he said.
"It was great to be in the mix again and my finish should earn me a spot in the Challenge Tour event at Spey Valley as a top-five Scot on the EuroPro Tour Order of Merit."
Kerr finished alongside Elliot Saltman on six-under, the Archerfield Links player having stormed up the leaderboard with a closing 68, the highlight of which was an eagle-3 at the The next event on the PGA EuroPro tour is the Motocaddy Masters at The Players Club in Bristol, beginning on July 14.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72)
1 Tom Haylock 68-67-65-200/ £10,000
2 Chris Gaunt 71-65-72-208/ £5,000
=3 Jamie Moul 71-68-70-209/ £1,560
=3 Scott Jamieson 70-69-70-209/ £1,560
=3 Matthew Ford 68-70-71-209/ £1,560
=3 Nick Harris 68-70-71-209/ £1,560
=3 James Ruebotham 71-64-74-209/ £1,560

WHERE THE OTHER SCOTS FINISHED:
=8 Mark Kerr 68-68-74-210/ £850.00
=8 Elliot Saltman 70-72-68-210/ £850.00
=15 Paul Doherty 69-72-72-213/£500.00
=15 Lorne Kelly 68-70-75-213/£500.00
=26 Jack Doherty 71-71-74-216/ £308.75
=34 Lee Harper 69-74-74-217/ £272.50
=38 Scott Herald 73-71-74-218/ £242.50
=38 John Gallagher 72-70-76-220/£242.50
50 Duncan Stewart 75-70-77-222/ £200.00
=55 Barry Hume 73-69-82-224/ £172.50