Englishman wins individual title, Finland take team trophy

Argentina cup winner Sullivan

boosts Walker Cup claims

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Andrew Sullivan (Nuneaton, Warwickshire) gave his Walker Cup hopes a major boost when he won the individual title in the Tailhade Cup in Argentina on Sunday.
The 23 year old Midlander carded a closing round of 68 at Los Lagartos Country Club in Buenos Aires to tie on 281, seven under par, with Norway’s Espen Kofstad but won the play-off at the third extra hole.
The pair played the 18th twice in par figures but when they took on the ninth, another par 4 sealed Sullivan’s success as Kofstad took bogey.
This is Sullivan’s biggest win to date, his first on foreign soil, and comes hard on the heels of his inclusion in the 23-strong Walker Cup squad for next year’s match with the United States at Royal Aberdeen, and in the England squad for 2010-11.
In the team event, England finished in third place on 577, 12 strokes behind runaway winners Finland, but just one adrift of runners-up, Norway.
This was a good recovery by Sullivan and his English partner Neil Raymond (Corhampton, Hampshire) who went into the final round in fifth place. Raymond finished tied 21st in the individual event.
Sullivan’s success extends England’s fine record in the Tailhade Cup in which winning pairings have included Nick Dougherty and Gary Wolstenholme in 2000, Zane Scotland and David Skinns in 2001, Gary Lockerbie and Michael Skelton in 2003, and Seve Benson and Ed Richardson in 2006.
The pair now move on to this week’s Argentine Amateur Championship at Highland Park Country Club in Buenos Aires.
LEADING FINAL INDIVIDUAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4x72)
281 A Sullivan (England) 67 76 70 68, E Kofstad (Norway) 70 70 69 72
(Sullivan won play-off at third extra hole)
282 M Veijalainen (Finland) 72 72 67 71
283 T Pulkkanen (Finland) 70 75 69 69
284 R McCarthy (Australia) 72 68 73 71.
Selected total:
296 N Raymond (England) 73 76 73 74

FINAL TEAM TOTALS
565 FINLAND 142 147 136 140
MIRO VEIJALAINEN 72 72 67 71 282
TAPIO PULKKANEN 70 75 69 69 283

576 NORWAY 143 142 143 148
ESPEN KOFSTAD 70 70 69 72   281
ELIAS BERTHEUSSEN 73 72 74 76 295

577 ENGLAND 140 152 143 142
ANDREW SULLIVAN 67 76 70 68 281
NEIL RAYMOND 73 76 73 74 296

581 ARGENTINA 149 141 143 148
TOMAS COCHA 75 70 73 72 290
JORGE FERNANDEZ VALDES 74 71 70 76 291

582 SPAIN 144 144 146 148
SCOTT FERNANDEZ SALMON 69 69 76 76 290
ANTONIO HORTAL 75 75 70 72 292

583 AUSTRALIA 150 140 149 144
RYAN McCARTHY 72 68 73 71 284
NATHAN HOLMAN 78 72 76 73 299

588 PORTUGAL 152 146 145 145
GONÇALO PINTO 74 68 71 73 286
TOMAS SILVA 78 78 74 72 302

592 SOUTH AFRICA 154 147 143 148
RYAN MATTHEW DREYER 75 75 69 76 295
DANIEL JONATHON HAMMOND 79 72 74 72 297

600 URUGUAY 145 143 155 157
JUAN ALVAREZ 70 70 78 79 297
AGUSTIN TARIGO 75 73 77 78 303

604 MEXICO 143 159 150 152
JUAN PABLO HERNANDEZ 69 77 75 77 298
SANTIAGO GAVIÑO VALLADARES 74 82 75 75 306

605 CANADA 151 153 154 147
RICHARD JUNG 74 79 75 72 300
MITCHELL ROSS EVANECZ 77 74 79 75 305

607 COLOMBIA 146 153 148 160
DANIEL ZULUAGA OCAMPO 74 75 69 78 296
JUAN SEBASTIAN MUÑOZ AMAYA 72 78 79 82 311

610 NEW ZEALAND 149 151 151 159
MATHEW PAUL PERRY 71 72 75 80 298
GARY-JOHN HILL 78 79 76 79 312