LAW HAS COSTLY DOUBLE BOGEY AT
SECOND LAST HOLE IN FRANCE
A double bogey 5 at his second-last hole of the tournament cost Aberdeen's David Law around 5,000 euros in the Challenge Tour event, the Najeti Hotels Open at Aa Saint Omer Golf Club, Lumbres in France today (Sunday).
Law finished joint 12th on level par 284 with round sof 68, 71, 72 and 73. In his final round he had nly one birdie, at the ninth, and he bogeyed the eighth as well as his double bogey at the short 17th.
He earned 4,400 euros, compared with the approximate 10,000 euros for joint third on 282, which he would have finished had he parred the 17th.
Law will be back home in time to play off at noon in Monday's Paul Lawrie Golf Centre Northern Open pro-am at Murcar Links.
Scott Henry from Cardross, thanks to a very good final round, did finish on 282 with scores of 68, 74, 71 and 69 to earn 10,080 euros.
Henry finished five shots behind the Spanish winner of the 32,000 euros first prize, Jordi Garcia Pinto (71-65-71-70 for seven-under 277)
Jack Doherty tied with Law on 284 with scores of 73, 70, 70 and 72.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
par 284 (4x71)
277 Jordi Garcia Pinto (Spa) 71 65 71 70 (32,000 euros)
280 Carlos Aguilar (Spa) 73 68 68 71 (22,000 euros)
281 Mark Tullo (Chile) 71 71 71 68, Scott Henry (Sco) 68 74 71 69, Lloyd Kennedy (Eng) 71 70 70 71 (10,080 euros each).
OTHER SCOTS' TOTALS
284 David Law 68 71 72 73, Jack Doherty 73 70 70 72 (T12) (4,400 euros each).
ALL THE FINAL TOTALS
277 J Garcia Pinto (Esp) 71 65 71 70
280 C Aguilar (Esp) 73 68 68 71
282 L Kennedy (Eng) 71 70 70 71, A Rota (Ita) 69 69 72 72, L Gagli
(Ita) 72 71 68 71, M Tullo (Chi) 72 71 71 68, S Henry (Sco) 68 74 71
69
283 B Henson (USA) 72 70 72 69
284 D Vancsik (Arg) 72 72 70 70, P Widegren (Swe) 69 75 71 69, D Law (Sco) 68 71 72 73
285 B Hebert (Fra) 71 71 70 73, R McGowan (Eng) 71 71 68 75, P
Edberg (Swe) 70 70 71 74, J Doherty (Sco) 73 70 70 72, A Tadini (Ita)
70 68 74 73, L Jensen (Den) 71 73 69 72, T Lee (USA) 69 71 70 75
286 T Pilkadaris (Aus) 70 71 72 73, B Åkesson (Swe) 74 68 70 74, C
Paisley (Eng) 70 73 71 72, C Brazillier (Fra) 73 68 72 73, P
Figueiredo (Por) 71 71 72 72, J Lagergren (Swe) 69 75 71 71
287 A Marshall (Eng) 69 75 74 69, E Johansen (Nor) 72 72 73 70, C
Hanson (Eng) 68 72 70 77, O Stark (Swe) 70 70 76 71, C Mivis (Bel) 75
68 73 71, R Coles (Eng) 69 74 74 70, J Sjöholm (Swe) 72 71 71 73
288 B An (SKor) 74 70 73 71, D Gaunt (Eng) 68 70 77 73, J Winther
(Den) 71 73 73 71, F Bergamaschi (Ita) 73 69 69 77, R McEvoy (Eng) 73
69 72 74, J Lucquin (Fra) 72 72 74 70
289 S Wakefield (Eng) 74 70 73 72, M Delpodio (Ita) 71 72 69 77, E
Espana (Fra) 71 73 73 72, O Farr (Wal) 72 72 74 71, C Shinkwin (Eng) 73
70 76 70
290 J Guerrier (Fra) 65 76 74 75, N Johansson (Swe) 71 73 74 72, S
Hutsby (Eng) 69 73 75 73, A Domingo (Esp) 71 72 73 74, T Linard (Fra)
72 71 75 72
291 R Davies (Wal) 73 71 73 74, T Remkes (Ned) 71 71 73 76, P Archer (Eng) 72 72 74 73, M Hooper (Eng) 72 69 75 75
292 J Fahrbring (Swe) 71 73 76 72, J Rask (Swe) 69 73 73 77
293 S Arnold (Aus) 72 72 78 71, N Joakimides (Fra) 71 73 73 76, A Björk (Swe) 72 72 78 71, J Stalter (Fra) 74 68 76 75
294 A Bernadet (Fra) 74 69 77 74, W Besseling (Ned) 70 73 77 74
295 T Nørret (Den) 69 74 75 77, B Dredge (Wal) 72 69 78 76
296 D Coupland (Eng) 72 72 72 80,
How Brady came to claim this dubious distinction is one of golf’s classic stories, and like so many other classic golf stories, it stars Walter Hagen.
In 1919 Hagen was 26. He already had one national championship to his credit – the 1914 U.S. Open. But he had come up short in the 1915 and ’16 Opens, and the championship was suspended in 1917-18 because of World War I, so he was eager to reclaim the trophy.
Brady, a well-known Massachusetts pro, had seized the lead after 36 holes and stretched his advantage to five shots over Hagen after 54. Brady slumped to an 80 in the fourth round, however.
On the 18th green, Hagen faced an 8-foot birdie putt to win. Before he stroked it, he called for Brady to come out of the clubhouse to watch. The only un-Hagen-like aspect of the scene was that he lipped out the putt, and the two men prepared for an 18-hole playoff the next day.
Brady spent the night at home, resting. Hagen stayed out partying with singer Al Jolson and Jolson’s troupe. A sleep-deprived but supremely confident Hagen won the playoff, 77-78.
Hagen, of course, became a golf immortal, on and off the course. And things didn’t turn out so badly for Brady. After Hagen won the 1919 Open, he resigned as head pro at Oakland Hills and recommended Brady as his replacement. Brady got the job, and subsequently won the 1922 Western Open, a major of the era, at Oakland Hills.