Peter Fowler is the Senior Wizard of Oz

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Peter Fowler sealed a sentimental return to the course where six years ago he feared for his golfing future, clinching a hard-fought one-stroke victory in the Acorn Jersey Open at La Moye Golf Club.
The Australian, who celebrates his 56th birthday on Tuesday, injured his back on the eve of his European Senior Tour debut on the Channel Island in 2009 and subsequently required surgery which kept him out of the game for nearly a year.
But this time fortune proved to be in his favour as he survived a nervous finish to card a one under par closing round of 71 and a seven under par winning score of 209, holding off the challenge of playing partner Anders Forsbrand to capture his fourth Senior Tour title, and first since the 2013 French Riviera Masters
Coincidentally, Fowler also made his European Tour debut at La Moye Golf Club 32 years ago, and despite the painful memories of the carer-threatening injury he sustained at the venue, he admits it is a special place for him.
“I made my European Tour debut here and my Senior Tour debut as well, and it is fantastic to now win here too,” said Fowler. 
 “It’s a course I’m very fond of, so it is special. I also lost in a play-off here to John Morgan in 1986 and my caddie this week, Tim Morton, was on the bag then. I’m staying with him this week, so it’s nice for us to come back together nearly 30 years later and go one better.
“It was a good tussle today with Anders. We played the Tour at the same time and he played very strong today, hitting a lot of greens, but my putting was the difference. I’ve worked hard on my putting and it has come back the last couple of weeks, because it wasn’t very good last year.”
Although he just missed out on a second Senior Tour title, Forsbrand can take heart from his best finish on the Senior Tour since his victory in the SSE Scottish Senior Open in 2012.
“I played great, but I only holed one putt today,” he said. “That was almost as good as I can play, but if you don’t hole anything, you can’t win. Peter got it up and down from everywhere and battled fantastically. That was the difference. If I can keep hitting it like this, and suss out the putting, I will hit some decent numbers this year.”
Welshman Mark Mouland posted a closing round of 69 to finish tied third on five under par, alongside Switzerland’s André Bossert, who birdied the last for a round of 71.
Irish pair Des Smyth and Philip Walton both signed for rounds of 68 to share fifth place with France’s Marc Farry (72) and Englishman Andrew Sherborne (73).
American Gary Rusnak produced a spectacular finish, carding three birdies and an eagle in his final four holes, for the lowest round of the day - a six under par 66. That meant he leaped up the leaderboard into a five-way share of ninth place on two under par, alongside former Ryder Cup captain Mark James
FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72)
209 P Fowler (Aus) 70 68 71
210 A Forsbrand (Swe) 70 68 72
 211 M Mouland (Wal) 73 69 69, A Bossert (Sui) 68 72 71
 213 P Walton (Irl) 73 72 68, M Farry (Fra) 70 71 72, D Smyth (Irl) 73 72 68, A Sherborne (Eng) 72 68 73,
 214 M James (Eng) 72 72 70, J Remesy (Fra) 71 72 71, R Gibson (Can) 69 72 73, G Rusnak (USA) 75 73 66, K Tarling (Can) 70 72 72 
215 D Russell (Eng) 73 71 71, G Brand Jnr (Sco) 73 72 70, R Drummond (Sco) 75 71 69, P Golding (Eng) 72 69 74, B Lane (Eng) 70 76 69, T Thelen (USA) 75 68 72
 216 M Harwood (Aus) 74 71 71, M Davis (Eng) 69 71 76, G Manson (Aut) 74 72 70, P Wesselingh (Eng) 73 71 72, C Mason (Eng) 70 75 71,
 217 J Quiros (Esp) 68 75 74, M Mackenzie (Eng) 75 69 73,
 218 P Way (Eng) 73 74 71,
 219 S Brown (Eng) 74 73 72, S Luna (Esp) 75 69 75, M Martin (Esp) 73 74 72,
 220 T Price (Aus) 78 71 71, R Rafferty (Nir) 76 70 74, J Harrison (Eng) 75 70 75, P Eales (Eng) 76 72 72,
 221 G Wolstenholme (Eng) 74 75 72, D O'Sullivan (Irl) 73 74 74, P Mitchell (Eng) 76 74 71, N Job (Eng) 74 73 74, J Bruner (USA) 73 74 74,
 222 D Hospital (Esp) 76 74 72, L Carbonetti (Arg) 75 76 71,
 224 I Woosnam (Wal) 72 74 78,
 225 T Elliott (Aus) 76 77 72, A Oldcorn (Sco) 76 73 76, P Linhart (Esp) 75 78 72,
 226 G Brand (Eng) 72 77 77, T Johnstone (Zim) 78 73 75, C Williams (RSA) 78 73 75,
 227 W Grant (Eng) 77 72 78, B Longmuir (Sco) 74 74 79,
 228 J Berendt (Arg) 74 75 79,
 231 P Harrison (Eng) 79 77 75,
 233 M Deeley (Eng) 81 76 76, S Torrance (Sco) 78 79 76, G Emerson (Eng) 80 78 75,
 235 N Ratcliffe (Aus) 79 79 77,
 242 W Stephens (Eng) 88 78 76,
 ** S Tinning (Den) 74 74 WD,
 ** G Marks (Eng) 71 WD  0, B Cameron (Eng) 76 RT  0,

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