Saltman outclassed by Danish amateur but

wins top cash prize of 1,650 Euros in Spain

Lloyd Saltman finished nine shots behind a Danish amateur Lasse Sonne Nielsen but won the top cash prize of 1650 Euros in this week's 54-hole Hi5 Spanish Tour event at the newly-opened Condado de Alhama golf course in south-east Spain.
Nielsen spreadeagled the field with a brilliant first round of 11-under-par 61 and followed that up with 71 and 70 for a 14-under-par total of 202. His prize was a Thomas Sabo watch.
Saltman scored 71, 68 and 72 for 211 finished three shots ahead of two players in joint third place, Englishman Ben Welch and Dutchman Tim Sluiter.
Zack Saltman, the youngest of the three Lothians golfing brothers, was well down the field on 224 with scores of 70, 78 and 76. On 226 was Shaun McAllister with 74, 77 and 75 for 226.
A Scotland international from yesteryear, David James, reappeared out of the blue to win the seniors' section and a first prize of 1,000 Euros and a Thomas Sabo watch by seven shots with a total of 207. James, like Nielsen, started with a brilliant first round - in his case a 63 - and a couple of par 72s after that were good enough to consolidate his victory from Englishman Kevin Dickens.
In the ladies division Sweden´s Elin Emanualsson eased her way to a 10 shot victory with another solid performance on the Nicklaus signature course ahead of Josefin Leijon also of Sweden. The ladies were using the Hi5 Pro Tour to prepare for the upcoming European Ladies Qualifying School at La Manga next week and also the week after.

HOW THEY FINISHED

LADIES (5 players)
Par 216 (3x72)
221 Elin Emanuelsson (Sweden) 69 76 76 (500 Euros + Thomas Sabo watch).
231 Josefin Leijon (Sweden) 78 78 75 (250 Euros).
237 Eva Bjarvall (Sweden) 80 79 78.
239 Tilly Magill (England) (amateur) 78 80 81.
242 Maria Ringdahl (Sweden) 81 83 78.

SENIORS
Par 216 (3x72)
207 David James (Scotland) 63 72 72 (1000 Euros + Thomas Sabo watch).
214 Kevin Dickens (England) 78 76 70 (750 Euros).
218 Stephen Shields (England) 71 74 72 (600 Euros).
219 Mus Deboub (Algeria) 73 73 73 (400 Euros)
229 John Green (England) 74 80 75, Paddy O'Boyle (Ireland) 75 77 77 (125 Euros each).
234 Willie Hickson (US) 82 76 786.
235 Dr Volker Bernhardt (Germany) 82 77 76.
237 Gilbert Durand (Switzerland) (amateur) 76 82 78.
238 Daniel Imhof (Switzerland) 80 76 82.
240 Peter Hickey (Ireland) 81 79 80.
243 Jean Christopher Godeau (France) 79 82 82.
247 Peter Schmidtner (Switzerland) 82 81 81, Fredric Hoffman (France) 81 84 82.
251 Rolf Grefe (Germany) (amateur) 88 76 87.
252 Roy Van Der Loopo (Netherlands) 86 83 83.
258 Mike Best (England) 83 87 88.
266 Capaul Marcel (Switzerland) 91 87 88.

MEN
Par 216 (3x72)
202 Lasse Sonne-Nielsen (Denmark) (amateur) 61 71 70 (Thomas Sabo watch).
211 Lloyd Saltman (Scotland) 71 68 72 (1,650 Euros).
214 Ben Welsh (England) 71 72 71, Tim Sluiter (Netherlands) 74 68 72 (857.50 Euros each).
215 Stephen Grant (Ireland) 68 73 74 (525 Euros).
217 Fredrik Widmark (Sweden) 72 71 74 (375 Euros).
219 Robert Svenson (Sweden) 77 71 71 (310 Euros).
221 Jason Levermore (England) 71 72 78 (300 Euros).
222 Thomas De Kesel (Germany) 69 76 77 (275 Euros).
223 Steven Kattenhorn (England) 69 79 75 (250 Euros).
224 Harrison Proos (England) 75 76 73, Gary King (England) 74 77 73, Zack Saltman (Scotland) 70 78 76.
226 Shaun McAllister (Scotland) 74 77 75, Adam Scallon (England) 78 71 77, Ben Mason (England) 70 77 79.
229 James Housby (England) 70 80 79.
231 Lewis Atkinson (England) 76 78 77, Ruaidri McGee (Ireland) 76 77 78.
232 Richard Carter (England) (amateur) 73 82 77.
236 Cahit Kaya (Turkey) 72 84 80.
243 Stephen Redford (Spain) 78 82 83.
244 Scott Clarkson (England) (amateur) 83 83 78.
247 Liam Murray (England) 77 85 85.
249 Denis Strnad (Austria) 83 84 82.
Withdrawn: Bradley Kerr (Scotland) 83 83 -.