PAUL DOHERTY HAS TO SETTLE FOR £5,000 EUROPRO TOUR PRIZE

Former Scottish boys match-play champion Paul Doherty, based in South Wales, earned £5,000 as runner-up in this week's EuroPro Tour event, the WSL Open at Collingtree Park GC, Northampton.

Doherty, Scottish boys match-play champion at Dunbar in 2003, had rounds of 66, 71 and 72 for a seven-under-par final total, finishing one shot behind the £10,000 jackpot winner, James Hepworth (Ilkley) who scored 66-69-73 fo 208.

Doherty let first prize slip through his fingers with bogeys at the 15th and 17th.
 It was very, very windy during the final round,” said Hepworth. “Conditions on the first two days were pretty steady, although it was quite windy on Thursday afternoon.

“When I woke up on Friday morning it was raining quite heavily and it was very windy, so I knew that any score around par would be a good one.

“I saw on the leaderboard that I was one shot behind with four holes to play. At that point I thought I needed a birdie and then I three-putted the par-three 15th because I had hit a poor shot into the green.

“I knew the last hole would play havoc. It is a really tough last hole and it started raining as I was about to tee off but I managed to keep my concentration and make par.”

Zack Saltman (Archerfield Links) earned £350 for a joint 23rd place finish on 215 (71-70-74).

Former Scottish amateur champion and past Walker Cup player Graham Gordon (Newmachar) finished joint 28th on 216 (72-68-76).
  
LEADING FINAL TOTALS

Par 216 (3x72)

208 James Hepworth (Ikley) 66 69 73 (£10,000).

209 Paul Doherty (Vale Hotel) 66 71 72 (£5,000)

210 James Maw (Abbeydale0 69 70 71, Lee Clarke (Eng) 70 69 71, Jonathan Caldwell (Clandeboyne) 68 70 72, Steve Uzell (Hornsea) 68 68 74 (£1,700 each)

OTHER SCOTS TOTALS

215 Zack Saltman (Archerfield Links) 71 70 74 (T23) (£350)

216 Graham Gordon (Newmachar) (am) 72 68 76 (T28) .