CRAIGIELAW'S SHAUN McALLISTER IS TOP SCOT AT EUROPRO TOUR EVENT

Craigielaw's Shaun McAllister earned £625 as the highest placed Scot in joint 12th place at the PGA EuroPro Tour event, the WPT Championship at the Oxfordshire Resort.
McAllister had rouns of 71, 70 and 68 for a total of seven-under-par 209 - four shots behind play-off participants from England, William Harrold and George Woolgar.
Woolgar won the play-off to take the £10,000 jackpot prize with Harrold receiving £5,000.
Paul McKechnie (Braid Hills) tied for 16th place on 210 with rounds of 72, 69 and 69. He earned £429.
Paul Doherty (Vale Hotel) earned £355 for a joint 24th place finished with scores of 72, 71 and 69 for 212.
Paul Shields (Kirkhill), the last of the four Scots who survived the 36-hole cut, finished joint 37th on 215 with scores of 68, 74 and 73.
He earned £247.

LEADERBOARD
Par 216 (3x72)
205 George Woolgar (Eng) 66 66 73, William Harrold (Sheringham) 69 64 72. Woolgar (£10,000) won play-off, Harrold (£5,000).
206 Greg Payne (Chobham) 70 71 65, Max Smith (Donnington Grove) 68 69 69, Tim Dykes (Penrith) 70 67 69 (£1,866 each).

SCOTS' SCORES
209 Shaun McAllister (Craigielaw) 71 70 68 (T12) (£625)
210 Paul McKechnie (Braid Hills) 72 69 69 (T16) (£429)
212 Paul Doherty (Vale Hotel) 72 71 69 (T24) (£355)
215 Paul Shields (Kirkhill) 678 74 73 (T37) (£247).

Chesterfield golfer first to win two events this season
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George Woolgar won a play-off at the end of a remarkable WPT Championship at The Oxfordshire to become the first 888poker.com PGA EuroPro Tour player to win two events this season.

The Chesterfield golfer looked to be cruising after extending his overnight lead to four shots but a bogey on 16, a double at 17 and a bogey on the 18^th – achieved with a superb up and down – saw him conclude the tournament at 11 under, joining William Harrold (Sheringham Golf Club) in a play-off.

Harrold had shot a final-round 72, level par, to remain at 11 under, while Woolgar shot a 73 to add to two rounds of 66.

The play-off took two plays of the 18^th to complete, and Woolgar won with a par on the second play after Harrold bogeyed despite coming close with his birdie putt.

Woolgar claimed his second £10,000 winner’s cheque of the season, and a brand new Motocaddy trolley. He tops the 888poker.com PGA EuroPro Tour Order of Merit and is now almost certain to earn a Challenge Tour card, the reward for finishing in the top five at the end of the season.

“I was flying, a few under after the first nine and birdied one of the holes going in as well to go to 16 under for the tournament,” he said. “I don’t quite know what happened on the last few but you have to stay patient and I tried to do that and ended up coming out on top.

“On the last I thought I had to chip in to make par, it was a tricky shot but I had a chance. I have been putting well all week and that was the difference.

“I’m top of the Order of Merit now but it isn’t over until the fat lady sings as they say, anything can happen in the last few events. I just want to keep making cuts, get some more money on the board and then see what happens.”

Greg Payne (Chobham Golf Club), Max Smith (Donnington Grove Country Club), Tim Dykes (Penrith Golf Club) tied for third on ten under.

Highlights of the WPT Championship will be shown four times on Wednesday, September 11. The next 888poker.com PGA EuroPro Tour event is the Eagle Orchid Scottish Masters at Montrose Golf Links, beginning Tuesday, September 25.