Gareth Wright ties for second after mid-round 

slump in PGA professional championship

West Linton's Gareth Wright finished joint second, only one stroke behind winner Paul Hendriksen, in the PGA professional championship today after a disaster-strewn run of five over par for the eight holes between the seventh and 14th in his final round at Burnham and Berrow Golf Club,Somerset, writes Colin Farquharson .
The Welshman, who had birdied the fourth and fifth, had a double bogey 6 at the seventh and bogeys at the ninth, 10th and 14th
Wright got back on track with a birdie at the 16th but came to the last hole, needing a birdie to force a play-off with Hendricksen (72 for four-over-par 288).
He didn't get it but a par 4 for 289 put him level with second-placed Cameron Clark (Moore Hall) and they earned £5,260 each compared with the winner's £10,000 reward.
Graham Fox (Clydeway Golf) and Craig Everett (Caldwell) finished in the top 10. Fox signed off with a 73 for 291 and a T8 finish which earned him £1,800 while Everett finished T10 on 292 with a closing 70 for a £1,250 pay-out.

LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 284 (4x71) 
288 P Hendriksen (Dinnaton) 77 71 68 72
289 C Clark (Moor Hall) 76 70 72 71, G Wright (West Linton)_ 73 72 71
290 A Wrigley (Hartlepool) 71 73 75 71, A Belt (Snainton) 75 67 75 73, L Clarke (Beeston Fields) 73 74 70 73, M Watson (Wessex) 73 71 72 74
SCOTS' TOTALS
291 G Fox (Clydeway Golf) 73 74 71 73 (T8)
292 C Everett (Caldwell) 75 71 76 70 (T10)
294 P Wardell (North Berwick) 72 74 77 71 (T17)
297 C Ronald (Carluke) 756 72 75 74 (T27)
304 F Mann (Carnoustie GC) 79 74 73 76 (T49)
306 P Walker (Ballumbie Castle) 75 78 81 72 (T55)
307 S Savage (Dalmuir) 75 73 84 75 (T57)