O'Hara scores first win as a pro ... in Germany
Motherwell's Paul O'Hara scored his first win as a professional in the EPD Tour's Furst Fugger Privatbank Classic at GC Am Habsberg, Nuremberg in southern Germany today.
The rookie won 4,815 Euros with a brilliant three-ro9und total of 20-under-par 196, made up of scores of 66, 63 and 67 over the par-72 circuit.
Paul won by three shots from Ben Parker, son of an English club pro who has been based in Germany for a number of years.
O'Hara has disappeared from the limelight in Scotland in his rookie year as a pro but he has been playing well on the EPD Tour. He is now lying seventh in its Order of Merit with 13,058 Euros to his credit. He has had six top 10 finishes - of of them in the leading five - in the 10 tournaments in which he has played.
LEADING TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72)
196 Paul O'Hara (Sco) 66 63 67 (4,814 Euros).
199 Ben Parker (Eng) 67 63 69 (2,784 Euros).
201 Grant Jackson (Eng) 63 69 69 (1,625 Euros).
202 Dennis Kupper (Ger) 70 68 64, Jurrian Van Der Vaart (Net) 67 65 70 (1,376 Euros each).
Selected scores:
211 Lee Corfield (Eng) 71 70 70 (jt 24th) (352 Euros).
212 Stephen Grant (Ire) 71 74 74 (32nd) (281 Euros).
Scots who missed the cut (level par 144 or better).
146 Craig Miller 75 71.
147 Stephen Murphy 74 73.
152 Gordon Johnston 74 78.
156 Ross MacDonald 77 79.

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