SPANISH Hi5 TOUR REPORT

Campbell wins play-off for 4,125 Euros prize

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Lloyd Campbell celebrated his first professional victory today after play-off for the title and top prize at the 2010 Polaris World Requelme Open at Hacienda Requelme near the city of Murcia in south-east Spain (where the top temperature was 20 degrees).
The four players who tied with six-under-par totals of 210 were Englishmen Campbell and Kevin Harper, Morten Hedegaard from Denmark and Spain's Gabriel Canizares.
Unfortunately Canizares missed the play-off as he had left the course, believing he had no chance of finishing at the top.
The three other players returned to the par-4 18th hole and all hit drives down the middle. It was Lloyd Campbell who produced the best approach shot, an eight iron to within 6ft of the flagstick.
Hedegaard knew he had to attack the flag to have a chance and the Dane produced also a fine shot to 12ft. Harper, last to play, hit his shot slightly to the right but still had a makeable birdie putt.
Both Harper and Hedegaard narrowly missed with their birdie putts, leaving the 25 year old Campbell with his first professional victory putt. Campbell duly sank his birdie putt to claim the 4,125 Euros first prize.
SCOTSWATCH: Former European Tour player Raymond Russell finished joint 16th on one-under-par 215 with rounds of 72, 73 and 70. Tartan Tour player Ross Cameron from Ellon, Aberdeenshire only just made the 36-hole cut after a second-round 80 but his third-round 67 was one of the best scores of the final day. Ross tied for 23rd place on one-over-217.
Another Tartan Tour man, Edward Thomson, from Lars had a desperate last round of 84 after opening with a pair of 73s. He finished last of the 49 qualifiers on 230.
Not a Scot, but spare a thought for Sweden's Robert Sture who finished joint 14th on 214. After struggling to a first-round 82, Robert shot the best 36-hole aggregate for the final two rounds - a 67 and a 65. If he had even shot 75 in the first round, his three-round total would have been good enough for victory.

FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72)
210 Lloyd Campbell (England) 71 68 71, Kevin Harper (England) 68 75 67, Gabriel Canizares (Spain) 69 71 70, Morten Hedegaard (Denmark) 66 72 72 (Canizares failed to turn up for the play-off which Campbell won at the first extra hole).
211 Jonathan Gidney (England) 72 71 68, Anders Kristiansen (Norway) (am) 69 71 71, Joachim Hansen (Denmark) (am) 69 70 72, Ben Jones (England) 66 72 73, James Busby (England) 67 72 72, Matthew Evans (England) 66 72 73.
213 Tuomas Pollari (Finland) 69 74 70, Peter Erofejeff (Finland) 71 71 71, Gary King (England) 72 69 72.
214 Christian Aronsen (Norway) 70 74 70, Robert Sture (Sweden) 82 67 65.
215 John Cheetham (England) 69 75 71, Miguel Angel Morton (Spain) 72 73 70, Ross Whitelock (England) 71 74 70, Raymond Russell (Scotland) 72 73 70, Jesper Lerchedahl (Denmark) 70 72 73, Michael McGeady (Ireland) 74 74 67.
216 George Woolgar (England) 71 71 74.
Selected scores:
217 James Need (England) 76 68 73, Steven Kattenhorn (England) 75 72 70, Ross Cameron (Scotland) 70 80 67 (jt 23rd).
218 Neil O'Briain (Ireland) 71 79 68 (jt 28th).
220 James Ruth (England) 70 77 73, James Housby (England) 75 75 70 (jt 32nd).
221 Sam Haywood (England) 69 71 81, Lee Clark (England) 73 77 71 9jt 38th).
222 Ger Hall (Ireland) 74 74 74 (jt 43rd).
223 Alex Christie (England) (am) 70 76 77 (jt 45h).
227 Mark Campbell (Ireland) 72 78 77 (jt 46th).
230 Edward Thomson (Scotland) 73 73 84 (49th).