Improving Paul O'Hara ties for fourth place in Morocco

... despite a double bogey at the short 14th on final day

Rookie pro Paul O'Hara earned 1,376 Euros for a joint fourth place finish today in this week's EPD Tour event, the Samanah Classic at Marrakech, Morocco.
The man from Motherwell is improving. Last week he finished joint ninth and picked up 811 Euros in the Al Maaden Classic.
A par 3 at the short 14th in his last round of 69 instead of a double bogey 5 would have given the Scot third place and a pay-out of 1,624 Euros.
Earlier in the round, O'Hara had birdied the second, the fourth, the long ninth and the long 12th. After his disaster at the 14th, he bounced back by birdieing another par-5 hole, the 16th, for his best round of the tournament following scores of 73 and 70 over the par-72 course.
Portugal's Tiago Cruz won the top prize of 4,818 Euros, beating Germany's Benjamin Miarka in a sudden-death play-off after they had tied on 209. Ireland's Brian McElhinney finished joint fourth alonside O'Hara with idential rounds of 73, 70 and 69..

LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72)
209 Tiago Cruz (Portugal) 74 69 66 (4,818 Euros), Benjamin Miarka (Germany) 73 69 67 (2,784 Euros). Cruz won sudden-death play-off.
211 Constantin Schwierz (Germany) 72 73 66 (1,624 Euros).
212 Paul O'Hara (Scotland) 73 70 69, Brian McElhinney (Ireland) 73 70 69 (1,376 Euros each).
213 Christoph Gunter (Germany) 74 74 65, Grant Jackson (England) 72 70 71, Leo Astl (Austria) 72 73 68 (1,117 Euros each).
Selected totals:
219 Stephen Grant (Ireland) 78 71 70 (jt 18th) (478 Euros).
220 Ben Parker (England) 74 75 71, Michael Lowe (Engl;and) 74 74 72 (jt 21st) (361 Euros each).
221 Tim Rice (Ireland) 74 72 75, Cian McNamara (Ireland) 76 74 71 (jt 30th) (261 Euros each).
222 Lee Corfield (England) 75 72 75 (jt 35th) (214 Euros).