SOMERSET PLAYER SHOOTS 11-UNDER 131 TO CLAIM 2,000 EUROS PRIZE3

DAVID DIXON IS FIRST WINNER ON 

NEW ALGARVE PRO TOUR 

David Dixon (37) from Bridgwater, Somerset is the first winner on the new, 15-event Algarve Pro Tour.
At the Alamos course, near Portimao, today, Dixon, pictured below, who won the

2009 Saint-Omer Open on the European Tour and ws leading amateur in the 2001 Open, shot rounds of 66 and 65 for 11-under-par 131 to win the 2,000 euros first prize by three strokes from two other Englishmen who tied for second place - Harry Casey (71-63) and James Maw (69-65), both on 131.
They earned 1,125 euros each.
It was an English 1-2-3-4 as Will Roebuck earned 800 euros for fourth place on 135 (68-67).
Only two Scots in the field of 40 - both these numbers will increase as the 15-event schedule becomes better known within the golfing fraternity
Ted Innes-Ker finished T10 on 141 (71-70) while Mark Hillson slumped to T21 on 144 with rounds of 68 and 76.
The second Algarve Pro Tour event is on Monday-Tuesday at Espiche Golf Club near the town of Lagos.

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