TORRANCE FINDS BARRY LANE IS A ONE-WAY ROAD TO VICTORY

By Neil Ahern, European Seniors Tour Press Officer
nahern@europeantour.com
Sam Torrance made a swift foray up the leaderboard in the final round of the Casa Serena Open but did not do enough to catch Barry Lane as the Englishman sealed his second win of the season in the Czech Republic, having won the Cleveland Golf/Srixon Scottish Senior Open last month.
Torrance entered the final day nine shots off the lead set by Lane, who brok the course record with an incredible second round nine under par 62 at Casa Serena Golf.
Torrance did threaten Lane’s lead after a front nine 29 left him just four shots back but his challenge for the title was knocked back after he failed to card a single birdie on the way home, instead dropping a shot with a bogey on the 15th on the way to a 66.
That left him tied for fifth place alongside Marc Farry, as Lane shot a steady two under par final round of 69 to clinch a two shot victory in the Czech Republic.
Roger Chapman and Peter Fowler led the charge to topple Lane in a tense final group but while the five-time European Tour winner did not quite match his second-round heroics he showed nerves of steel to card a 69 and finish on 15 under par, sealing a third Senior Tour title.
The Englishman has been on fire since finishing as the highest European at The Senior Open Championship presented by Rolex in July, defending his Cleveland Golf/Srixon Scottish Senior Open title on his next Senior Tour appearance before following that up with a second place finish at the Travis Perkins plc Senior Masters a fortnight ago.

FINAL TOTALS
Par 213 (3x71)
198 B Lane (Eng) 67 62 69,
200 P Fowler (Aus) 69 64 67,
202 R Chapman (Eng) 64 68 70, C Mason (Eng) 69 66 67,
204 S Torrance (Sco) 67 71 66, M Farry (Fra) 68 68 68,
206 A Murray (Eng) 69 68 69, M James (Eng) 77 63 66, G Wolstenholme (Eng) 68 67 71, M Harwood (Aus) 67 68 71,
207 A Franco (Par) 73 70 64, D Russell (Eng) 66 70 71, B Lincoln (RSA) 68 72 67, T Thelen (USA) 68 69 70, G Manson (Aut) 66 73 68,
208 K Tomori (Jpn) 71 68 69, M Mouland (Wal) 65 70 73, R Drummond (Sco) 71 68 69, C Williams (RSA) 71 69 68, J Quiros (Esp) 70 67 71, D Hospital (Esp) 66 70 72, A Sowa (Arg) 70 71 67, B Cameron (Eng) 69 74 65, D Cambridge (Jam) 69 70 69,
209 G Banister (Aus) 70 68 71, A Forsbrand (Swe) 67 73 69, C Rocca (Ita) 70 66 73, D Merriman (Aus) 69 71 69, L Carbonetti (Arg) 69 71 69, N Job (Eng) 67 74 68,
210 P Mitchell (Eng) 68 71 71, A Fernandez (Chi) 74 71 65, G Brand Jnr (Sco) 71 70 69, G Ralph (Eng) 74 68 68, J Gould (Eng) 69 72 69,
211 I Woosnam (Wal) 73 71 67, E Darcy (Irl) 70 69 72, D O'Sullivan (Irl) 69 73 69, A Oldcorn (Sco) 69 72 70,
212 M Bembridge (Eng) 70 69 73, J Chillas (Sco) 69 69 74, B Longmuir (Sco) 68 68 76,
213 M Cunning (USA) 71 71 71,
214 B Vaughan (USA) 72 72 70, G Brand (Eng) 71 71 72, D Durnian (Eng) 71 71 72, J Harrison (Eng) 69 73 72, J Rhodes (Eng) 72 71 71,
215 A Sherborne (Eng) 74 69 72, J Bruner (USA) 70 75 70, B Smit (RSA) 72 73 70,
216 H Carbonetti (Arg) 72 72 72, S Van Vuuren (RSA) 72 73 71,
217 M Moreno (Esp) 70 75 72, N Ratcliffe (Aus) 71 74 72, J Rivero (Esp) 70 74 73, T Johnstone (Zim) 67 75 75, R Davis (Aus) 70 75 72,
218 G Cali (Ita) 71 75 72, M Belsham (Eng) 70 75 73, M Clayton (Aus) 72 76 70,
219 J Juhaniak (Cze) 74 69 76,
220 K Spurgeon (Eng) 74 71 75, D Smyth (Irl) 77 70 73, P Dahlberg (Swe) 70 76 74, J Stuart (USA) 71 72 77,
222 J Seifert (Cze) 72 71 79,
223 A Garrido (Esp) 76 73 74,
225 F Mann (Sco) 72 77 76,
227 H Chang (Tpe) 77 72 78,
237 E Polland (Nir) 80 76 81,
265 P Tsai (Tpe) 87 89 89,
** G Ryall (Eng) 76 WD 0,