PGA EuroPro Tour report and scores
McCullen wins six-hole play-off to chalk up first pro win
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Haydn
McCullen claimed his first professional win with victory in a six-hole
play-off in the HotelPlanner.com Championship at Prince’s Golf Club in
Kent.
The
19-year-old carded a four under par final-round 67 to conclude the
HotelPlanner.com PGA EuroPro Tour tournament 12 under par, the same
score as James Frazer (71, 66, 64; Pennard Golf Club), Chris Halley (67,
67, 67; Malton and Norton
Golf Club) and Darren Wright (64, 68, 69; Golf At Goodwood).
That forced a four-way sudden-death play-off on the 9th.
Wright made bogey five on the first extra hole while the other three
players made par.
However, the £3,666.67 he collected for a share of
second saw him to rise to the
top of the Race To Desert Springs, from which the top five at the end
of the season earn Challenge Tour cards for 2016.
It
took until the sixth extra hole for the play-off to reach its
conclusion. Frazer had been eliminated on the fifth play after a bogey
to leave Halley and McCullen in a head-to-head.
Both found the green in regulation on the sixth play-off hole but Halley three-putted, handing victory to McCullen.
“It
feels great to get the first professional win.” said McCullen, who
takes home £10,000, a brand new Motocaddy trolley, Bushnell Tour X range
finder, Bolle sunglasses and £500 to spend at HotelPlanner.com.
“I
knew I needed to play well this week because I was only just inside the
top 60 for getting into Tour Championship. That’s what I have done; I
have only made one bogey all tournament. It is satisfying to know I can
do it when I have to.
“The
play-off hole is a really tough hole to make birdie on. There isn’t
much trouble off the tee so if you can then hit the green it is down to
your putting.
“I have a great momentum now to take to Desert Springs. I don’t know the course but I have heard it is very good.
After
coming so close to his maiden EuroPro win Halley said: “It is very
disappointing to lose on the sixth hole of a play-off. But it does show
that I am playing well and it gives me something to build on going into
the Tour Championship.”
Frazer
commented: “I am disappointed but it has been a good week in all. It is
only my second tournament back after being off for a while after
appendix surgery and I certainly would have taken second. The other two
were hitting the greens
and I was having to make up and downs where they weren’t putting
themselves under as much pressure as I was.”
Wright
said: “I feel unlucky not to have got the win because I felt I was
playing well enough, so to then lose in a play-off is disappointing. But
I am number one on the rankings now and I know I am taking good form
into the Tour Championship
and European Tour Qualifying.”
The
top 60 on the Race To Desert Springs will now be invited to October’s
season-ending Matchroom Sport Tour Championship at Desert Springs Resort
in Spain.
Kevin Harper sealed 60th place on the rankings by just £44.80 from Kris Gray having finished tied 28th at Prince’s.
Kevin Harper sealed 60th place on the rankings by just £44.80 from Kris Gray having finished tied 28th at Prince’s.
Highlights of the HotelPlanner.com Championship will be broadcast on Sky Sports on Tuesday, September 15.
HOW THEY FINISHED, WHAT THEY WON
HOW THEY FINISHED, WHAT THEY WON
| 1 |
Haydn McCullen Delamere Forest (p) |
-4 | F | -12 | 68 | 66 | 67 | 201 | £10,000.00 | ||
| T2 |
James Frazer Pennard Golf Club |
-7 | F | -12 | 71 | 66 | 64 | 201 | £3,666.67 | ||
| T2 |
Chris Halley Malton and Norton Golf Club |
-4 | F | -12 | 67 | 67 | 67 | 201 | £3,666.67 | ||
| T2 |
Darren Wright Golf at Goodwood |
-2 | F | -12 | 64 | 68 | 69 | 201 | £3,666.67 | ||
| 5 |
Jack Colegate Deangate Ridge Golf Club |
-5 | F | -11 | 68 | 68 | 66 | 202 | £1,750.00 | ||
| 6 |
Graeme Clark Doncaster Golf Club |
-1 | F | -10 | 66 | 67 | 70 | 203 | £1,500.00 | ||
| T7 |
Chris Gane Lefthandedgolf at Silvermere |
-5 | F | -9 | 68 | 70 | 66 | 204 | £1,100.00 | ||
| T7 |
Matthew Moseley Tenby Golf Club |
-5 | F | -9 | 68 | 70 | 66 | 204 | £1,100.00 | ||
| T7 |
James Ablett Lee-on-the-Solent Golf Club |
-3 | F | -9 | 71 | 65 | 68 | 204 | £1,100.00 | ||
| T7 |
Will Roebuck Woburn Golf Club |
-2 | F | -9 | 68 | 67 | 69 | 204 | £1,100.00 | ||
| T7 |
Kris Nicol Paul Lawrie Golf Centre |
E | F | -9 | 66 | 67 | 71 | 204 | £1,100.00 | ||
| T12 |
Craig Hinton LJD Technology Services |
-4 | F | -8 | 68 | 70 | 67 | 205 | £775.00 | ||
| T12 |
Marcus Armitage Howley Hall Golf Club |
-3 | F | -8 | 70 | 67 | 68 | 205 | £775.00 | ||
| T14 |
Craig Farrelly TPS |
-3 | F | -7 | 69 | 69 | 68 | 206 | £650.00 | ||
| T14 |
Callum Macaulay Tulliallan Golf Club |
E | F | -7 | 67 | 68 | 71 | 206 | £650.00 | ||
| T14 |
Billy Hemstock Teignmouth Golf Club |
E | F | -7 | 68 | 67 | 71 | 206 | £650.00 | ||
| T17 |
Luke Cornford Cooden Beach Golf |
-3 | F | -6 | 69 | 70 | 68 | 207 | £482.27 | ||
| T17 |
Michael Skelton Middlesbrough Golf Club |
-3 | F | -6 | 72 | 67 | 68 | 207 | £482.27 | ||
| T17 |
Conor O'Neil Mearns Castle Golf Academy |
-3 | F | -6 | 70 | 69 | 68 | 207 | £482.27 | ||
| T17 |
James Lynch Ham Manor Golf Club |
-3 | F | -6 | 69 | 70 | 68 | 207 | £482.27 | ||
| T17 |
Alan Dunbar Team Ireland |
-3 | F | -6 | 71 | 68 | 68 | 207 | £482.27 | ||
| T17 |
Jamie Elson Team Jenahura |
-3 | F | -6 | 69 | 70 | 68 | 207 | £482.27 | ||
| T17 |
Sam Forgan Stowmarket Golf Club |
-2 | F | -6 | 70 | 68 | 69 | 207 | £482.27 | ||
| T17 |
Matthew Haines Rochester and Cobham Golf Club |
-1 | F | -6 | 65 | 72 | 70 | 207 | £482.27 | ||
| T17 |
Nick McCarthy Moortown Golf Club |
E | F | -6 | 69 | 67 | 71 | 207 | £482.27 | ||
| T17 |
Warren Harmston Wentworth Golf Club |
E | F | -6 | 65 | 71 | 71 | 207 | £482.27 | ||
| T17 |
Alex Wrigley Hartlepool Golf Club |
+1 | F | -6 | 67 | 68 | 72 | 207 | £482.27 | ||
| T28 |
Kieron Fowler Lyme Regis Golf Club |
-2 | F | -5 | 66 | 73 | 69 | 208 | £386.36 | ||
| T28 |
Andrew Marshall Bawburgh Golf Club |
-2 | F | -5 | 68 | 71 | 69 | 208 | £386.36 | ||
| T28 |
Laurie Canter Cumberwell Park Golf Club |
-2 | F | -5 | 71 | 68 | 69 | 208 | £386.36 | ||
| T28 |
Sam Connor Alsager Golf and Country Club |
-1 | F | -5 | 68 | 70 | 70 | 208 | £386.36 | ||
| T28 |
Benn Barham Pentland Golf |
-1 | F | -5 | 69 | 69 | 70 | 208 | £386.36 | ||
| T28 |
Kevin Harper East Devon Golf Club |
-1 | F | -5 | 69 | 69 | 70 | 208 | £386.36 | ||
| T28 |
Paul Shields Kirkhill Golf Club |
E | F | -5 | 71 | 66 | 71 | 208 | £386.36 | ||
| T28 |
Darryn Lloyd Stamford Marquees |
E | F | -5 | 66 | 71 | 71 | 208 | £386.36 | ||
| T28 |
Richard Weldon Killeen Castle Golf Club |
E | F | -5 | 69 | 68 | 71 | 208 | £386.36 | ||
| T28 |
Michael Watson Wessex Golf Centre |
+1 | F | -5 | 69 | 67 | 72 | 208 | £386.36 | ||
| T28 |
Steve Surry Cumberwell Park |
+2 | F | -5 | 68 | 67 | 73 | 208 | £386.36 | ||
| T39 |
Zane Scotland Woodcote Park GC/Princes GC |
-1 | F | -4 | 71 | 68 | 70 | 209 | £347.50 | ||
| T39 |
Adam Wootton Oxford Golf Centre |
E | F | -4 | 70 | 68 | 71 | 209 | £347.50 | ||
| T39 |
Sam Robertshawe Army Golf Club |
E | F | -4 | 68 | 70 | 71 | 209 | £347.50 | ||
| T39 |
Richard Bentham The Celtic Manor Resort |
E | F | -4 | 67 | 71 | 71 | 209 | £347.50 | ||
| T43 |
Scott Borrowman Dollar Golf Club |
E | F | -3 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 210 | £325.00 | ||
| T43 |
Luke Goddard Hendon |
E | F | -3 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 210 | £325.00 | ||
| T43 |
Ben Rawsthorne Bawburgh Golf Club |
E | F | -3 | 68 | 71 | 71 | 210 | £325.00 | ||
| T43 |
James Maw Rockliffe Hall |
+2 | F | -3 | 70 | 67 | 73 | 210 | £325.00 | ||
| T43 |
Neil Fenwick Dunbar Golf Club |
+3 | F | -3 | 70 | 66 | 74 | 210 | £325.00 | ||
| T48 |
Daniel Bennett Chart Hills Golf Club |
+1 | F | -2 | 68 | 71 | 72 | 211 | £297.50 | ||
| T48 |
Curtis Griffiths Wentworth |
+1 | F | -2 | 69 | 70 | 72 | 211 | £297.50 | ||
| T48 |
Jordan Findlay Paul Lawrie Golf Centre |
+1 | F | -2 | 70 | 69 | 72 | 211 | £297.50 | ||
| T48 |
Daniel Gavins Walton Driving Range |
+1 | F | -2 | 69 | 70 | 72 | 211 | £297.50 | ||
| T48 |
Dale Whitnell Forrester Park Golf Club |
+2 | F | -2 | 71 | 67 | 73 | 211 | £297.50 | ||
| T48 |
Joshua White Unattached |
+3 | F | -2 | 70 | 67 | 74 | 211 | £297.50 | ||
| T54 |
Matthew Tottey North Wales Golf Club |
+3 | F | E | 66 | 73 | 74 | 213 | £275.00 | ||
| T54 |
Andrew Cheese Sutton Coldfield Golf Club |
+3 | F | E | 66 | 73 | 74 | 213 | £275.00 | ||
| T54 |
Christopher Evans Wishaw Golf club |
+4 | F | E | 69 | 69 | 75 | 213 | £275 | ||
| T57 |
Greg Payne Chobham Golf Club |
+5 | F | +2 | 69 | 70 | 76 | 215 | £260 | ||
| T57 |
Tom Wade Portsmouth Golf Centre |
+6 | F | +2 | 70 | 68 | 77 | 215 | £260 | ||
| T57 |
Craig Lawrie Paul Lawrie Golf Centre |
+7 | F | +2 | 69 | 68 | 78 | 215 | £260 | ||
| 60 |
Blane Breheny Woburn Golf Club |
+8 | F | +3 | 71 | 66 | 79 | 216 | £250 | ||
Labels: EUROPRO TOUR
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