ENGLAND GAIN TWO SECONDS IN LIMA INTERNATIONAL

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England’s glowing record in the annual 72-hole Lima International was extended by Jamie Rutherford and Greg Payne with two runners-up spots at Lima Golf Club.

Rutherford (Knebworth, Hertfordshire) finished second in the individual ranking for the Manuel Prado Cup, while the duo were runners-up in the team event, the Carlos Raffo Cup.

In the individual competition, Rutherford, England's reigning National County Champion, was always near the top of the leaderboard throughout the four days and finished on nine-under-par 279, three strokes behind the winner, Patricio Alzamora from the home club.

Payne, (Chobham, Surrey) didn’t enjoy the best of weeks, ending joint 16^th on 297, nine over par.

However, together they finished on level par 576, comfortably in second spot in the team event, but 15 shots behind the runaway winners, Alzamora and his home club partner Jean Peglau.

Leading final scores:

Team:

561 Lima GC (Alzamora and Peglau)

576 England Golf (Rutherford and Payne)

582 Peru (Barco and Tola), Tennessee (Burgan and Golliher), Oregon (S Hval and J Dukeminier)

Individual

276 P Alzamora (Lima) 72 70 65 69

279 J Rutherford (England Golf) 69 72 68 70

283 J Dukeminier (Oregon) 67 72 73 71

284 M Tola (Peru) 67 73 70 74; G Hill (Ontario) 71 73 71 69; A Aduddell (Arizona) 72 70 72 70

Other score:

297 G Payne (England Golf) 74 72 72 79