JAMIE McLEARY PLEASED WITH TIED EIGHT FINISH IN COLOMBIA

CHALLENGE TOUR REPORT AND SCORES
From Neil Ahern of the European Tour Press staffnahern@europeantour.com
Jamie McLeary was happy with his start to the 2012 season after a one under par round of 71 earned him tied eighth spot at the Pacific Rubiales Colombia Classic, where England’s Phillip Archer claimed his third Challenge Tour title.
It was McLeary’s best result since a fifth place finish at the ALLIANZ Golf Open du Grand Toulouse in November 2010 as he finished on three under par for the tournament alongside English debutante Tyrrell Hatton at Country Club de Barranquilla, just outside Barranquilla on Colombia’s Caribbean coast.
The Edinburgh-born former Scottish Hydro Challenge winner, pictured, had an eventful final round, with six birdies and five bogeys but it was the final stretch, in which he bogeyed the 17th and 18th, which pleased him the most.
“It was nice to finish like that,” said the 30 year old, who picked up a cheque of €4,866, “I haven’t done so well on the final stretch in god knows how long so it was nice. It wasn’t playing easy out there, it’s so easy to make a bogey out of absolutely nothing.
“I've played well all four days so I can’t complain. I just had a couple of bad breaks around the back nine yesterday and it got away from me a little bit then.
“Today I had a couple of funny ones again but not as bad, but I just didn’t putt as well as I did the first three rounds. If I played like that and got a bit of extra luck, you never know, I could have been up there somewhere at the top but it’s the best weekend I've had in a while.
“I had a wrist injury after Qualifying School last December so I didn’t pick up a club and then I came back and played this week and I've been enjoying it a lot more so I’m looking forward to Kenya now.”
Callum Macaulay was the next best Scot in Colombia despite a two over par round of 74, which left him tied 14th alongside five others and earned him a cheque of €2,714.
Scott Henry’s one over par round of 73 meant he finished tied 20th on one over par for the tournament while Raymond Russell was a shot further back in tied 30th after a final round of 76 and Jack Doherty’s final round of 73 left him in tied 37th on four over par.
Meanwhile, Archer claimed the third Challenge Tour title of his career after he held his nerve and holed a tricky four-foot putt to win the inaugural tournament.
The Warrington man was two shots clear at one point during an enthralling final day but superb performances down the stretch from young guns Chris Lloyd and Morten Orum Madsen meant Archer had to birdie a final hole on which he had failed to gain a shot all week to avoid a play-off.
When Archer drove into the rough to the left on the par five 18th, the 39 year old knew he would have to do it the hard way, but his second shot nestled just shy of the green before a solid up and down sealed what he claimed was his “best win yet”.

FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4x72)
280 P Archer (Eng) 71 71 68 70,
281 C Lloyd (Eng) 73 73 68 67, M Madsen (Den) 76 69 66 70,
282 N Dougherty (Eng) 71 70 68 73, C Hanson (Eng) 72 69 70 71, M Haines (Eng) 69 75 67 71,
284 M Lorenzo-Vera (Fra) 72 71 70 71,
285 T Hatton (Eng) 73 70 67 75, J McLeary (Sco) 72 69 73 71,
286 A Hartø (Den) 75 70 70 71,
287 B Barham (Eng) 74 68 70 75, F Damus (Arg) 75 70 70 72, P Pinto (Arg) 70 75 70 72,
288 E Kofstad (Nor) 70 71 75 72, F Ojeda (Arg) 73 72 67 76, S Saavedra (Arg) 69 72 75 72, M Carlsson (Swe) 74 71 72 71, S Fernandez (Arg) 74 71 71 72, C Macaulay (Sco) 75 70 69 74,
289 G Clark (Eng) 73 74 71 71, S Henry (Sco) 76 70 70 73, F De Vries (Ned) 75 72 71 71, J Huldahl (Den) 73 73 69 74, M Cryer (Eng) 74 69 75 71, L Goddard (Eng) 72 72 74 71, J Lima (Por) 70 72 73 74, N Lemke (Swe) 79 70 70 70, M Villegas (Col) 68 74 75 72, R Celia (am) (Col) 72 75 74 68,
290 R Russell (Sco) 71 72 71 76, L Jensen (Den) 70 77 75 68, P Del Grosso (Arg) 79 70 69 72, J Garrido (Col) 72 75 71 72, S Rivas (Col) 74 68 75 73, C Paisley (Eng) 77 71 69 73,
291 M Ruiz (Par) 74 72 71 74,
292 C Brazillier (Fra) 74 73 73 72, J Amaya (Col) 75 73 69 75, S Kim (Kor) 72 72 78 70, S Franky (Col) 78 70 72 72, J Rivas (Col) 71 71 79 71, P Reed (USA) 73 76 72 71, J Doherty (Sco) 73 76 70 73,
293 C Ford (Eng) 74 73 73 73, A Wagner (Arg) 75 73 73 72, J Luna (Col) 73 75 72 73, A Echavarria (Col) 74 74 74 71, R Quiros (Esp) 76 73 74 70
294 M Glauert (Ger) 72 73 78 71, D Larrazabal (Ven) 71 72 78 73
295 D Vancsik (Arg) 77 72 73 73, D Gaunt (Aus) 76 71 77 71, C Monasterio (Arg) 76 73 73 73
296 M Hurtado (Col) 74 71 78 73, C Suneson (Esp) 73 71 79 73, D Lokke (Den) 77 72 74 73, P Dwyer (Eng) 76 73 71 76, D Brooks (Eng) 68 73 76 79, J Clavijo (Col) 73 74 71 78
298 J Osmar (Col) 73 74 75 76, A Knappe (Ger) 77 72 76 73
299 A Butterfield (Eng) 74 74 77 74, S Benson (Eng) 74 75 77 73
300 H Cespedes (Par) 74 75 75 76, J Abbott (Eng) 76 73 77 74
301 P Relecom (Bel) 73 74 78 76
303 E Aristizabal (Col) 75 74 76 78
305 S Tiley (Eng) 73 74 81 77
307 E Arrazola Jr (am) (Col) 73 76 84 74