ENGLISHMAN FILL FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD PLACES

LUTTON AND BUCHANAN JOINT TOP 

SCOTS IN ABU DHABI OPEN

Clarke Lutton and Tom Buchanan shared the honour of being the top Scot in the final placings at the Abu Dhabi Open championship at Saadiyat Beach Golf Club today (Wednesday).

They finished joint 20th on the level par 216 mark. Lutton shot 72, 73 and 71; Buchanan 71, 71 and 74.

Another ex-pat, Simon Dunn finished joint 28th on 218 (73-69-66) and amateur Daniel Kay shot 76, 70 and 73 for 219 and joint 30th place.

Englishmen filled the first three place with Luke Joy earned the US $9,000 first prize with scores of 70, 67 and 68 for 11-under-par 205 - a shot ahead of Ross McGowan (68-66-72) with Zane Scotland third on 207 (65-71-71).

LEADING FINAL TOTALS

Par 216 (3x72)

205 L Joy (Eng) 70 67 69

206 R McGowan (Eng) 68 66 72

207 Z Scotland (Eng) 65 71 71.

SCOTS' TOTALS

216 C Lutton 72 73 71, T Buchanan 71 71 74 (T20)

218 S Dunn 73 69 76 (T28)

219 D Kay (am) 76 70 73 (T30).