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One of the 27 holes at Palmares Golf Club, Lagos on Portugal's Algarve coastline. A new, five-star hotel will be built at the course next year.

SCOTS TRIO FINISH OUT OF THE 

MONEY AT PALMARES

Scots Jay Taylor, Ted Innes-Ker and Mark Hillson finished outwith the top 10 prizelist in this week's Algarve Pro Tour's 36-hole competition at the Palmares course near Lagos.
Taylor and Innes-Ker were joint 12th on 148, Taylor with rounds of 78-70, Innes-Ker with 76-72.
Hillson finished joint 19th on 151 (75-76).
Portugal's Tiago Cruz won the first prize of £1,500 with scores of 72 and 66 for six-under 138 - five shots ahead of joint runners-up Craig Farrelly (England) (77-66) and Rhodri Fieldhouse (Wrexham, Wales) (73-70). They each earned £850.
Farrelly did well to recover from a quadruple bogey 9 at the par-5 13th in his first round. His bogey-free second round of 66 contained birdies at the sixth, ninth, 13th, 15th, 16th and 18th.


LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72)
138 T Cruz (Portugal) 72 66 (£1,500)
143 C Farrelly (England) 77 66, R Fieldhouse (Wales) 73 70 (£850 each).
144 G Pinto (Portugal) 72 72 (£600).
146 V Phillips (England) 77 69, S Botham (England) 78 68, H Casey (England) 76 70, M Downes (England) 75 71, D Spalding (England) 75 71, J Maw (England) 74 72 (£333 each).

SCOTS' TOTALS
148 J Taylor 78 70, T Innes-Ker 78 70 (T12).
151 M Hillson 75 76 (T19).

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