KRIS NICOL'S TOP 20 FINISH AT RED SEA

Fraserburgh's Kris Nicol, playing out of the Paul Lawrie Golf Centre, finished the top Scot in the Alps Tour's 54-hole Red Sea Little Venice Open at Sokhna Golf Club, Egypt.Nicol had rounds of 71, 71 and 74 for a total of level par 216 which earned him a share of 19th place. Four bogeys dragged down his last-round effort to make the top 10. He had birdies at the short fifth and long 17th but dropped shots at the second, fourth, ninth and 18th.Ross Kellett finished joint 29th on 218 with scores of 71, 75 and 72.His last round had halves of 41 and 31. Double bogey 6s at the second and fourth might have knocked the stuffing out of the Motherwell man - but it didn't. In fact he covered his last 10 holes in six under par with an eagle 2 at the 10th and birdies at the ninth, 12th, 15th and long 17th.Michael Stewart from Troon could only muster an aggregate of four-over-par 220 with scores of 74, 74 and 72. He raised his spirits near the end with an inward half of 33 which included back to back birdies at the 15th, 16th and 17th.Three Englishmen tied at the top of the leaderboard on 10-under-par 206. Former US college player Andrew Cooley (70-68-68) won the sudden-death play-off against Jason Palmer (69-70-67) from Kirby Muxloe and Tom Shadbolt (71-67-68). RED SEA LITTLE VENICE OPEN Sokhna GC, Egypt.LEADING FINAL TOTALSPar 216 (3x72) 206 Andrew Cooley (Eng) 70 68 68, Jason Palmer (Eng) 69 70 67, Tom Shadbolt (Eng) 71 67 68 (Cooley won sudden-death play-off).207 Andrea Maestroni (Ita) 74 71 64SELECTED TOTALS212 Steven Brown (Eng) 723 70 70, Rhys Enoch (Wal) 67 70 75 (T8)215 Tom Sherreard (Eng) 72 73 70, Michael Bush (Eng) 73 69 73 (T14)216 Kris Nicol (Sco) 71 71 74 (T19)218 Ross Kellett (Sco) 71 75 72 (T29).220 Michael Stewart (Sco) 74 74 72 (T36) ends