SCOTT BIRDIES LAST THREE HOLES TO FORCE EXTRA HOLES
BROOKS BEATS HENRY IN EVENING
PLAY-OFF FOR MADEIRA OPEN
Daniel Brooks won an evening play-off for the Madeira Islands Open with a 4 on the first extra hole to Scott Henry's 5.
Both players found the 18th green in two but Henry three putted from 25ft to the right of the hole with Brooks safely two putting from 12 feet for victory.
They had tied at the end of the reduced 36-hole tournament on 135, three shots clear of the field.
Henry, a former Scottish boys and men's open amateur stroke play champion, led with a first-round 67 and added a long-delayed 68, birdieing the last three holes to force a play-off
Brooks had a first round of 67 and a second round of 68.
Brooks' play-off victory earned him 75,000 Euros, less than he would have won had the tournament been played over its intended 72 holes.
Henry won 50,000 Euros. Had he won the play-off it would have been his first European Tour victory.
BROOKS WINS ON DAY OF GREAT
SADNESS: DEATH OF CADDIE IAIN
REPORT BY EUROPEAN TOUR COMMUNICATIONS
LEADING FINAL TOTALS AND PRIZEMONEY IN EUROS
Par 144 (2x72)
135 Daniel Brooks (England) 68 67 (75,000) bt Scott Henry (Scotland) 67 68 (50,000) at first hole of sudden-death play-off.
138 Jordi Garcia Pinto (Spain) 69 69, Julien Guerrier (France) 69 69, Antonio Hortal (Spain) 69 69, Fabrizio Zanotti (Paraguay) 70 68 (21,375 each).
OTHER SCOTS' TOTALS
146 David Law 74 72 (T52) (1,547 Euros)
MISSED THE CUT
74 and better qualified
75 George Murray, Andrew McArthur
76 Jack Doherty
77 Duncan Stewart. Raymond Russell.
PLAY-OFF FOR MADEIRA OPEN
Daniel Brooks won an evening play-off for the Madeira Islands Open with a 4 on the first extra hole to Scott Henry's 5.
Both players found the 18th green in two but Henry three putted from 25ft to the right of the hole with Brooks safely two putting from 12 feet for victory.
They had tied at the end of the reduced 36-hole tournament on 135, three shots clear of the field.
Henry, a former Scottish boys and men's open amateur stroke play champion, led with a first-round 67 and added a long-delayed 68, birdieing the last three holes to force a play-off
Brooks had a first round of 67 and a second round of 68.
Brooks' play-off victory earned him 75,000 Euros, less than he would have won had the tournament been played over its intended 72 holes.
Henry won 50,000 Euros. Had he won the play-off it would have been his first European Tour victory.
Alastair
Forsyth has paid tribute to his caddie Iain McGregor and said he would
have wanted the Madeira Islands Open – Portugal – BPI tournament to
finish.
“Everybody is in shock," said Forsyth. “To see that happen to someone in front of your eyes - I don’t know how or when you get over that.
“Myself and playing partners Adam (Gee) and Tano (Goya) met Tournament Officials and spoke to George O’Grady on the phone before taking the decision to play on, because we felt that was what Mac would have wanted.
“He was a guy I've known for 15 years and was very popular amongst the caddies. Obviously my thoughts go out to his family at this time. For something like this to happen so suddenly is so sad.
“He’s was far too young for this to happen. He was the life and soul of the caddies’ lounge and a nice guy who will be sorely missed. I'm absolutely numb.”
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The Scotsman was playing the ninth hole when McGregor,
affectionately known to friends as ‘Mac’, collapsed on the fairway and
he was later pronounced dead.
Forsyth admitted it was one of the toughest things he has ever experienced and spoke in glowing terms of the Zimbabwean.
“Everybody is in shock," said Forsyth. “To see that happen to someone in front of your eyes - I don’t know how or when you get over that.
“Myself and playing partners Adam (Gee) and Tano (Goya) met Tournament Officials and spoke to George O’Grady on the phone before taking the decision to play on, because we felt that was what Mac would have wanted.
“He was a guy I've known for 15 years and was very popular amongst the caddies. Obviously my thoughts go out to his family at this time. For something like this to happen so suddenly is so sad.
“He’s was far too young for this to happen. He was the life and soul of the caddies’ lounge and a nice guy who will be sorely missed. I'm absolutely numb.”
Read more at http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2014/tournamentid=2014036/news/newsid=222609.html#PSFVKkesLVDydx1k.99
Alastair
Forsyth has paid tribute to his caddie Iain McGregor and said he would
have wanted the Madeira Islands Open – Portugal – BPI tournament to
finish.
“Everybody is in shock," said Forsyth. “To see that happen to someone in front of your eyes - I don’t know how or when you get over that.
“Myself and playing partners Adam (Gee) and Tano (Goya) met Tournament Officials and spoke to George O’Grady on the phone before taking the decision to play on, because we felt that was what Mac would have wanted.
“He was a guy I've known for 15 years and was very popular amongst the caddies. Obviously my thoughts go out to his family at this time. For something like this to happen so suddenly is so sad.
“He’s was far too young for this to happen. He was the life and soul of the caddies’ lounge and a nice guy who will be sorely missed. I'm absolutely numb.”
Read more at http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2014/tournamentid=2014036/news/newsid=222609.html#PSFVKkesLVDydx1k.99
The Scotsman was playing the ninth hole when McGregor,
affectionately known to friends as ‘Mac’, collapsed on the fairway and
he was later pronounced dead.
Forsyth admitted it was one of the toughest things he has ever experienced and spoke in glowing terms of the Zimbabwean.
“Everybody is in shock," said Forsyth. “To see that happen to someone in front of your eyes - I don’t know how or when you get over that.
“Myself and playing partners Adam (Gee) and Tano (Goya) met Tournament Officials and spoke to George O’Grady on the phone before taking the decision to play on, because we felt that was what Mac would have wanted.
“He was a guy I've known for 15 years and was very popular amongst the caddies. Obviously my thoughts go out to his family at this time. For something like this to happen so suddenly is so sad.
“He’s was far too young for this to happen. He was the life and soul of the caddies’ lounge and a nice guy who will be sorely missed. I'm absolutely numb.”
Read more at http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2014/tournamentid=2014036/news/newsid=222609.html#PSFVKkesLVDydx1k.99
BROOKS WINS ON DAY OF GREAT
SADNESS: DEATH OF CADDIE IAIN
REPORT BY EUROPEAN TOUR COMMUNICATIONS
Englishman Daniel
Brooks claimed his maiden European Tour title at the Madeira Islands
Open, beating Scott Henry in a play-off on a day tinged
with great sadness after the untimely death of caddie Iain McGregor at
Clube de Golf do Santo da Serra.
It
was a dramatic finale to a tournament which had been reduced to 36
holes due to adverse weather conditions, as Henry birdied the final
three holes to card a four under par 68, move to nine under alongside
Brooks and force extra holes.
It
was a par that sealed the play-off victory for the Englishman, who had
carded a five under final round of 67, after he knocked his approach
from the middle of the fairway to 12 feet past the pin in the first
extra hole.
Henry’s
second shot fell 25 feet to the right of the pin and the Scot came
up three feet short with his birdie attempt, before Brooks’ putt slid
past the hole leaving an easy par.
When
Henry missed his par putt, Brooks was left to tap in for a first win
and, while the 27 year old was delighted to add a European Tour trophy
to the cabinet, he found it hard to celebrate after the tragic events
earlier in the afternoon.
“It’s great to get a win, but it’s not nice to do it in these circumstances,” said the Essex native, who moved from 129th to 78th
in The Race to Dubai as winnings were cut by 75% for the purposes of
the rankings due to the reduction in holes.
“It’s horrible what happened
out there so my condolences go out to all of his family.
"I'm over the moon to have won on The European Tour but I played good golf for the last few days so I'm happy with that.
“Scott
did really well in the last three holes and it was a great performance
from him. I was pretty calm during the play-off, more tired than
anything, but I was a little bit nervous obviously.
“Anything
can happen in a play-off so to hit the fairway from the tee was nice
and then to hit a good shot in and put him under a bit of pressure was
great. It’s why we play golf, to win, so I'm really happy.”
Henry
was disappointed to lose out but took some consolation from the burst
of birdies which launched him back into contention late in the round.
“Obviously
I was not looking like catching up with Daniel towards the end,” said
the 27 year old, whose sole Challenge Tour win came courtesy of a
play-off victory at the 2012 Kazakhstan Open.
“But then I holed probably the best putt I've holed all week at the 15th hole for par and that got me going. The last three holes I made some really good putts so it was good just to force a play-off.
“I'm
obviously disappointed to be beaten in a play-off but after the week
and everything that’s happened, it puts things into perspective.”
Paraguayan
Fabrizio Zanotti, Julien Guerrier of France and Spanish duo Jordi
Garcia Pinto and Antonio Hortal shared third place on six under par
while Swede Johan Edfors, Frenchman Michael Lorenzo-Vera and Austria’s
Martin Wiegele were a shot further back in tied seventh.
- Ends -
LEADING FINAL TOTALS AND PRIZEMONEY IN EUROS
Par 144 (2x72)
135 Daniel Brooks (England) 68 67 (75,000) bt Scott Henry (Scotland) 67 68 (50,000) at first hole of sudden-death play-off.
138 Jordi Garcia Pinto (Spain) 69 69, Julien Guerrier (France) 69 69, Antonio Hortal (Spain) 69 69, Fabrizio Zanotti (Paraguay) 70 68 (21,375 each).
OTHER SCOTS' TOTALS
146 David Law 74 72 (T52) (1,547 Euros)
MISSED THE CUT
74 and better qualified
75 George Murray, Andrew McArthur
76 Jack Doherty
77 Duncan Stewart. Raymond Russell.
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOARD
Par 144 (2x72)
135 D Brooks (Eng) 68 67, S Henry (Sco) 67 68 (Brooks won play-off at first extra hole)
138 F Zanotti (Par) 70 68, J Garcia Pinto (Esp) 69 69, J Guerrier (Fra) 69 69, A Hortal (Esp) 69 69,
139 J Edfors (Swe) 70 69, M Lorenzo-Vera (Fra) 71 68, M Wiegele (Aut) 69 70,
140 J Lima (Por) 69 71, S Tiley (Eng) 72 68,
141 T Van Der Walt (RSA) 70 71, A Snobeck (Fra) 74 67, C Mivis (Bel) 71 70, A Saddier (Fra) 71 70,
142 B Åkesson (Swe) 72 70, J Dantorp (Swe) 71 71, E Espana (Fra) 73 69, B Paolini (USA) 73 69, L Nemecz (Aut) 72 70, S Arnold (Aus) 71 71, B Dredge (Wal) 72 70, C Paisley (Eng) 72 70,
143 O Fisher (Eng) 72 71, C Bouniol (Fra) 70 73, P Price (Wal) 72 71, A Gee (Eng) 73 70, T Lee (USA) 72 71, L Kennedy (Eng) 68 75, D Higgins (Irl) 72 71, R Davies (Wal) 72 71, E Goya (Arg) 73 70, T Cruz (Por) 73 70, P Oriol (Esp) 69 74, L Gagli (Ita) 72 71, P Widegren (Swe) 71 72, A Marshall (Eng) 69 74, J Palmer (Eng) 73 70,
144 K Benz (Sui) 72 72, C Aguilar (Esp) 70 74, H Santos (Por) 73 71, J Morrison (Eng) 72 72, D Gaunt (Eng) 74 70, P Sjöland (Swe) 74 70, S Walker (Eng) 72 72, C Arendell (USA) 73 71, M Lundberg (Swe) 74 70,
145 F Bergamaschi (Ita) 73 72, S Hutsby (Eng) 73 72, B An (Kor) 74 71, P Relecom (Bel) 74 71,
146 R Santos (Por) 72 74, D Vancsik (Arg) 74 72, C Lloyd (Eng) 72 74, M Jonzon (Swe) 73 73, D Law (Sco) 74 72, J Legarrea (Esp) 74 72, J Fahrbring (Swe) 73 73, G Shaw (Nir) 73 73,
147 C Shinkwin (Eng) 72 75, E Dubois (Fra) 73 74, A Domingo (Esp) 72 75,
148 S Brown (Eng) 71 77, A Forsyth (Sco) 73 75, M Grönberg (Swe) 73 75, J Carlota (am) (Por) 69 79
149 G Woolgar (Eng) 73 76,
150 D Ford (Irl) 74 76, T Linard (Fra) 74 76,
151 M Delpodio (Ita) 74 77, D Ulrich (Sui) 74 77,
152 A Rota (Ita) 74 78,
** A Kaleka (Fra) 73 RT, P Lawrie (Irl) 73 RT, T Pieters (Bel) 74 RT
138 F Zanotti (Par) 70 68, J Garcia Pinto (Esp) 69 69, J Guerrier (Fra) 69 69, A Hortal (Esp) 69 69,
139 J Edfors (Swe) 70 69, M Lorenzo-Vera (Fra) 71 68, M Wiegele (Aut) 69 70,
140 J Lima (Por) 69 71, S Tiley (Eng) 72 68,
141 T Van Der Walt (RSA) 70 71, A Snobeck (Fra) 74 67, C Mivis (Bel) 71 70, A Saddier (Fra) 71 70,
142 B Åkesson (Swe) 72 70, J Dantorp (Swe) 71 71, E Espana (Fra) 73 69, B Paolini (USA) 73 69, L Nemecz (Aut) 72 70, S Arnold (Aus) 71 71, B Dredge (Wal) 72 70, C Paisley (Eng) 72 70,
143 O Fisher (Eng) 72 71, C Bouniol (Fra) 70 73, P Price (Wal) 72 71, A Gee (Eng) 73 70, T Lee (USA) 72 71, L Kennedy (Eng) 68 75, D Higgins (Irl) 72 71, R Davies (Wal) 72 71, E Goya (Arg) 73 70, T Cruz (Por) 73 70, P Oriol (Esp) 69 74, L Gagli (Ita) 72 71, P Widegren (Swe) 71 72, A Marshall (Eng) 69 74, J Palmer (Eng) 73 70,
144 K Benz (Sui) 72 72, C Aguilar (Esp) 70 74, H Santos (Por) 73 71, J Morrison (Eng) 72 72, D Gaunt (Eng) 74 70, P Sjöland (Swe) 74 70, S Walker (Eng) 72 72, C Arendell (USA) 73 71, M Lundberg (Swe) 74 70,
145 F Bergamaschi (Ita) 73 72, S Hutsby (Eng) 73 72, B An (Kor) 74 71, P Relecom (Bel) 74 71,
146 R Santos (Por) 72 74, D Vancsik (Arg) 74 72, C Lloyd (Eng) 72 74, M Jonzon (Swe) 73 73, D Law (Sco) 74 72, J Legarrea (Esp) 74 72, J Fahrbring (Swe) 73 73, G Shaw (Nir) 73 73,
147 C Shinkwin (Eng) 72 75, E Dubois (Fra) 73 74, A Domingo (Esp) 72 75,
148 S Brown (Eng) 71 77, A Forsyth (Sco) 73 75, M Grönberg (Swe) 73 75, J Carlota (am) (Por) 69 79
149 G Woolgar (Eng) 73 76,
150 D Ford (Irl) 74 76, T Linard (Fra) 74 76,
151 M Delpodio (Ita) 74 77, D Ulrich (Sui) 74 77,
152 A Rota (Ita) 74 78,
** A Kaleka (Fra) 73 RT, P Lawrie (Irl) 73 RT, T Pieters (Bel) 74 RT
MISSED THE CUT
75 B Evans (Eng), O Stark (Swe), T Nørret (Den), P Archer (Eng) J Lando Casanova (Fra), J Elson (Eng) , C Hanson (Eng) , A McArthur (Sco), N Henriques (Por) , R Kind (Ned) , G Lockerbie (Eng) , R Finch (Eng) , P Figueiredo (Por) , A Hartø (Den) , A Velasco (Esp) , W Huang (Chn) , T Pilkadaris (Aus) , G Murray (Sco) , N Johansson (Swe) , J Rodriguez Martin (Esp) , J Garcia Del Moral (Esp), B Ritthammer (Ger)
76 J Winther (Den), S Little (Eng), D Coupland (Eng), G Porteous (Eng), N Quintarelli (Ita) , M Tullo (Chi), J Doherty (Sco), R McEvoy (Eng) , A Johnston (Eng), J Huldahl (Den), J Rask (Swe), A Björk (Swe), R McGee (Irl), M Ford (Eng), C Brazillier (Fra) 76, N Lemke (Swe), D Im (USA), J Gonnet (Fra)
77 D Frittelli (RSA) 77, M Lafeber (Ned) 77, J Roos (RSA) 77, L Goddard (Eng) 77, D Kemmer (USA) 77, D Stewart (Sco) 77, P Martin Benavides (Esp) 77, J Abbott (Eng) 77, R Russell (Sco) 77, O Farr (Wal) 77, G Watremez (Bel) 77, W Besseling (Ned) 77, M Korhonen (Fin) 77, S Wakefield (Eng) 77, F Andersson Hed (Swe) 77, J Sousa (Por) 77, J Barnes (Eng) 77,
78 O Wilson (Eng) 78, J Lagergren (Swe) 78, V Phillips (Eng) 78, K Phelan (Irl) 78, B Stone (RSA) 78, M Hensby (Aus) 78,
79 P Maddy (Eng) 79, T Sluiter (Ned) 79, J Heath (Eng) 79, G Pinto (Por) 79,
80 T Pulkkanen (Fin) 80, D Gavins (Eng) 80, J Sandelin (Swe) 80, J Sjöholm (Swe) 80, J Kennegard (Swe) 80, M Haastrup (Den) 80,
82 P Edberg (Swe) 82, M Novy (Cze) 82,
83 J Lara (Esp) 83,
84 O Floren (Swe) 84, P Kinnear (am) (Eng) 84,
87 N Connolly (Eng) 87,
** L Bjerregaard (Den) DQ, R Coles (Eng) DQ,
75 B Evans (Eng), O Stark (Swe), T Nørret (Den), P Archer (Eng) J Lando Casanova (Fra), J Elson (Eng) , C Hanson (Eng) , A McArthur (Sco), N Henriques (Por) , R Kind (Ned) , G Lockerbie (Eng) , R Finch (Eng) , P Figueiredo (Por) , A Hartø (Den) , A Velasco (Esp) , W Huang (Chn) , T Pilkadaris (Aus) , G Murray (Sco) , N Johansson (Swe) , J Rodriguez Martin (Esp) , J Garcia Del Moral (Esp), B Ritthammer (Ger)
76 J Winther (Den), S Little (Eng), D Coupland (Eng), G Porteous (Eng), N Quintarelli (Ita) , M Tullo (Chi), J Doherty (Sco), R McEvoy (Eng) , A Johnston (Eng), J Huldahl (Den), J Rask (Swe), A Björk (Swe), R McGee (Irl), M Ford (Eng), C Brazillier (Fra) 76, N Lemke (Swe), D Im (USA), J Gonnet (Fra)
77 D Frittelli (RSA) 77, M Lafeber (Ned) 77, J Roos (RSA) 77, L Goddard (Eng) 77, D Kemmer (USA) 77, D Stewart (Sco) 77, P Martin Benavides (Esp) 77, J Abbott (Eng) 77, R Russell (Sco) 77, O Farr (Wal) 77, G Watremez (Bel) 77, W Besseling (Ned) 77, M Korhonen (Fin) 77, S Wakefield (Eng) 77, F Andersson Hed (Swe) 77, J Sousa (Por) 77, J Barnes (Eng) 77,
78 O Wilson (Eng) 78, J Lagergren (Swe) 78, V Phillips (Eng) 78, K Phelan (Irl) 78, B Stone (RSA) 78, M Hensby (Aus) 78,
79 P Maddy (Eng) 79, T Sluiter (Ned) 79, J Heath (Eng) 79, G Pinto (Por) 79,
80 T Pulkkanen (Fin) 80, D Gavins (Eng) 80, J Sandelin (Swe) 80, J Sjöholm (Swe) 80, J Kennegard (Swe) 80, M Haastrup (Den) 80,
82 P Edberg (Swe) 82, M Novy (Cze) 82,
83 J Lara (Esp) 83,
84 O Floren (Swe) 84, P Kinnear (am) (Eng) 84,
87 N Connolly (Eng) 87,
** L Bjerregaard (Den) DQ, R Coles (Eng) DQ,
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