Play-off climax to EuroPro Tour event at The Carrick on Loch Lomond
Dramatic victory moves Cheshire golfer top of Race To Desert Springs
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Sam
Connor won his second HotelPlanner.com PGA EuroPro Tour event of the
season in a dramatic play-off to end the COBRA PUMA GOLF Open at The
Carrick on Loch Lomond.
Connor
(65, 73, 70; Alsager Golf a Country Club) carded a final-round 70,
one under par, to join Neil Fenwick (72, 69, 67; Dunbar Golf Club) and
Robbie Busher (70, 66, 72; Salisbury and South Wilts GC) in a three-way
play-off to be played
on the 18th hole until a winner was determined.
On
the first extra hole Busher found the trees to the left of the where
the fairway dog legs, and played out to the middle from the garden of a
Cameron House lodge having taken a penalty drop.
With Connor and Fenwick both making par at the first attempt, Busher picked up his ball to concede on the green.
On
the second play-off hole Fenwick went right off the tee and deep into
the trees and was unable to locate his ball. Connor too had a ball
search on his hands but quickly managed to find his and took a penalty
drop.
Both
played solid approaches and that meant Connor was on the green in
three, with Fenwick there in four. Both two-putted, meaning Connor took
the £10,000 winner’s cheque and a second EuroPro victory of the season
to catapult himself to
the top of the Race To Desert Springs standings.
“It
feels great,” said Connor, who also takes home a brand new Motocaddy
trolley, Bushnell Tour X range finder, Bolle sunglasses and £500 to
spend at HotelPlanner.com.
“Myself,
Neil and Robbie, we all tied really this week and they deserved the win
as much as I did. It is disbelief again, just like the win at Longhirst
Hall earlier in the season.
“It
was an extraordinary play-off. The last hole here is very difficult
even under normal circumstances. Robbie hit a bad tee shot the first
time and on the second time myself and Neil both hit bad ones but his
went deeper into the trees
and I managed to take a penalty drop and hit it onto the green and
two-putt for the win.
“The
second putt, it was a tap-in and I didn’t have any doubts. I know I can
make those ones pretty comfortably. I was relieved when it went in
though because there were a lot of nerves out there in the play-off.
“I feel like I should get my Challenge Tour card now and I will re-assess my goals now to try and finish No.1 on this tour.”
Connor
moves to the top of the Race To Desert Springs rankings, where he is
joined in the all-important top five by Gary King, Darren Wright, Paul
Howard and Aaron Rai.
As
two of the season’s most consistent performers, the £4,500 Fenwick and
Busher shared for second-place moves them up to seventh and 13th respectively on the rankings, from which the top five at the end of the season earn a
Challenge Tour card for 2016.
Highlights
of the COBRA PUMA GOLF Open will be broadcast on Sky Sports on Tuesday,
August 18. The HotelPlanner.com PGA EuroPro Tour continues next week
with the Break90 Championship at Slaley Hall in Northumberland, which
beings on Wednesday,
August 12 and concludes on Friday, August 14.
FINAL TOTALS AND PRIZEMONEY
| 1 |
Sam Connor Alsager Golf & Country Club (p) |
-1 | F | -5 | 65 | 73 | 70 | 208 | £10,000.00 | ||
| T2 |
Neil Fenwick Dunbar Golf Club |
-4 | F | -5 | 72 | 69 | 67 | 208 | £4,500.00 | ||
| T2 |
Robbie Busher Salisbury and South Wilts GC |
+1 | F | -5 | 70 | 66 | 72 | 208 | £4,500.00 | ||
| T4 |
Callum Macaulay Tulliallan Golf Club |
-4 | F | -4 | 70 | 72 | 67 | 209 | £1,875.00 | ||
| T4 |
Jonathan Caldwell BetMcLean |
+1 | F | -4 | 67 | 70 | 72 | 209 | £1,875.00 | ||
| 6 |
Matthew Cort Beedles Lake Golf Club |
+2 | F | -2 | 69 | 69 | 73 | 211 | £1,500.00 | ||
| T7 |
Luke Goddard Hendon |
-1 | F | -1 | 77 | 65 | 70 | 212 | £1,100.00 | ||
| T7 |
Luke Joy Remedy Oak/Yas Links Abu Dhabi |
E | F | -1 | 71 | 70 | 71 | 212 | £1,100.00 | ||
| T7 |
Ryan Brown Worksop Golf Club |
E | F | -1 | 71 | 70 | 71 | 212 | £1,100.00 | ||
| T7 |
Jason Timmis Newcastle-Under-Lyme GC |
+1 | F | -1 | 72 | 68 | 72 | 212 | £1,100.00 | ||
| T7 |
Tim Rice Limerick Golf Club |
+4 | F | -1 | 67 | 70 | 75 | 212 | £1,100.00 | ||
| T12 |
Zane Scotland Woodcote Park GC/Princes GC |
-3 | F | E | 75 | 70 | 68 | 213 | £675.00 | ||
| T12 |
Fraser McKenna Balmore Golf Club |
E | F | E | 69 | 73 | 71 | 213 | £675.00 | ||
| T12 |
Luke Cornford Cooden Beach Golf |
E | F | E | 75 | 67 | 71 | 213 | £675.00 | ||
| T12 |
Aaron Rai DCD Group |
+2 | F | E | 70 | 70 | 73 | 213 | £675.00 | ||
| T12 |
Jamie Rutherford Knebworth Golf Club |
+3 | F | E | 70 | 69 | 74 | 213 | £675.00 | ||
| T12 |
Greg Payne Chobham Golf Club |
+3 | F | E | 75 | 64 | 74 | 213 | £675.00 | ||
| 18 |
Jordan Smith Bowood Golf & Country Club |
+1 | F | +1 | 72 | 70 | 72 | 214 | £525.00 | ||
| T19 |
Jamie Howarth Mottram Hall Golf Club |
-1 | F | +2 | 72 | 73 | 70 | 215 | £495.00 | ||
| T19 |
James White Lundin Golf Club |
-1 | F | +2 | 71 | 74 | 70 | 215 | £495.00 | ||
| T19 |
Hugo Dobson Woodbridge Golf Club |
+1 | F | +2 | 74 | 69 | 72 | 215 | £495.00 | ||
| T19 |
Kris Gray Slaley Hall |
+4 | F | +2 | 69 | 71 | 75 | 215 | £495.00 | ||
| T23 |
Alex Wrigley Hartlepool Golf Club |
E | F | +3 | 71 | 74 | 71 | 216 | £445.00 | ||
| T23 |
Jamie Abbott Fynn Valley Golf Club |
E | F | +3 | 71 | 74 | 71 | 216 | £445.00 | ||
| T23 |
James Wilkinson John Letters Golf |
E | F | +3 | 70 | 75 | 71 | 216 | £445.00 | ||
| T23 |
Craig Farrelly TPS |
+1 | F | +3 | 75 | 69 | 72 | 216 | £445.00 | ||
| T23 |
Ben Hall Wollaton park golf club |
+1 | F | +3 | 74 | 70 | 72 | 216 | £445.00 | ||
| T23 |
Nicholas Garland Nordec Property Services |
+1 | F | +3 | 68 | 76 | 72 | 216 | £445.00 | ||
| T29 |
Steve Surry Cumberwell Park |
+1 | F | +4 | 74 | 71 | 72 | 217 | £396.00 | ||
| T29 |
James Ruebotham Welwyn Garden City Golf Club |
+2 | F | +4 | 73 | 71 | 73 | 217 | £396.00 | ||
| T29 |
Richard Bentham The Celtic Manor Resort |
+3 | F | +4 | 70 | 73 | 74 | 217 | £396.00 | ||
| T29 |
Sam Crowther Mottram Hall |
+3 | F | +4 | 72 | 71 | 74 | 217 | £396.00 | ||
| T29 |
Neil Henderson The Renaissance Club |
+6 | F | +4 | 69 | 71 | 77 | 217 | £396.00 | ||
| T34 |
Andrew Marshall Bawburgh Golf Club |
+2 | F | +5 | 74 | 71 | 73 | 218 | £370.00 | ||
| T34 |
Christopher Evans Wishaw Golf club |
+2 | F | +5 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 218 | £370.00 | ||
| T34 |
Tom Wade Portsmouth Golf Centre |
+3 | F | +5 | 74 | 70 | 74 | 218 | £370.00 | ||
| T34 |
Darryn Lloyd Stamford Marquees |
+4 | F | +5 | 69 | 74 | 75 | 218 | £370.00 | ||
| T34 |
Sebastian George Garcia Grout Golf de Poniente Mallorca |
+6 | F | +5 | 72 | 69 | 77 | 218 | £370.00 | ||
| T39 |
Matthew Haines Rochester and Cobham Golf Club |
+4 | F | +7 | 77 | 68 | 75 | 220 | £340.00 | ||
| T39 |
Rhodri Fieldhouse Wrexham Golf Club |
+4 | F | +7 | 76 | 69 | 75 | 220 | £340.00 | ||
| T39 |
Conor O'Neil Mearns Castle Golf Academy |
+5 | F | +7 | 72 | 72 | 76 | 220 | £340.00 | ||
| T39 |
Graeme Clark Doncaster Golf Club |
+5 | F | +7 | 73 | 71 | 76 | 220 | £340.00 | ||
| T39 |
Jordan McColl Kingsbarns Pro - Academy |
+5 | F | +7 | 72 | 72 | 76 | 220 | £340.00 | ||
| T39 |
Robert Sutton Dunstable Downs Golf Club |
+6 | F | +7 | 72 | 71 | 77 | 220 | £340.00 | ||
| T39 |
Paul Reed Bristol & Clifton Golf Club |
+7 | F | +7 | 71 | 71 | 78 | 220 | £340.00 | ||
| T46 |
Jamie Dick Sherdons Golf Centre |
+5 | F | +8 | 72 | 73 | 76 | 221 | £312.50 | ||
| T46 |
Warren Harmston Wentworth Golf Club |
+5 | F | +8 | 75 | 70 | 76 | 221 | £312.50 | ||
| T46 |
Steve Martin Unattached |
+5 | F | +8 | 72 | 73 | 76 | 221 | £312.50 | ||
| T46 |
Jack Colegate Deangate Ridge Golf Club |
+8 | F | +8 | 67 | 75 | 79 | 221 | £312.50 | ||
| 50 |
Robert Hearty Bromborough Golf Club |
+11 | F | +12 | 72 | 71 | 82 | 225 | £300.00 | ||
Labels: EUROPRO TOUR
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