Handicapped Scots do well to finish fifth of 16 

in Men's Nations Cup at Sotogrande

By COLIN FARQUHARSON

Scotland, handicapped by the disqualification of Ewen Ferguson in the first round, finished a creditable fifth of 16 teams in the Men's Nations Cup amateur golf tournament at Sotogrande on Spain's Costa del Sol today.

Ireland (882), spearheaded by Jack Hume who won the individual title by six strokes,  won from France (892), Wales (895), England (906) and Scotland (908).

Ferguson's dismissal from the tournament for failing to sign his first-round card put the pressure on his team-mates, all of whose scores had to count. The rest of the teams were able to discard their worst score per round.

TEAM TOTALS

882 IRELAND

892 FRANCE

895 WALES

906 ENGLAND

908 SCOTLAND

910 DENMARK

911 SPAIN, GERMANY, NORWAY

918 AUSTRIA

920 ITALY

938 NETHERLANDS, PORTUGAL

940 SWEDEN

947 FINLAND 

951 BELGIUM

LEADING INDIVIDUAL FINAL TOTALS
285 Jack Hume (Ireland) 72 64 74 75
291 Romain Langasque (France) 75 75 69 72, Owen Edwards (Wales) 76 73 68 74.

SELECTED TOTALS
297 Bob MacIntyre (Sco) 70 80 69 78 (T6)
300 Ashton Turner (Eng) 75 78 75 72 (T9)
302 Marco Penge (Eng) 77 78 73 74, Jack McDonald (Sco) 78 75 71 78 (T14)
303 Alex Gleeson (Ire) 74 78 75 76 (18th)
304 Evan Griffith (Wal) 77 76 76 75, Dermot McElroy (Ire) 77 79 71 77 (T19)
305 Stuart Grehan (Ire) 72 86 71 76 (22nd)
307 James Allan (Eng) 76 78 77 76 (T25)
309 Grant Forrest (Sco) 77 83 75 74, Jack Davidson (Wales) 79 75 72 83
312 Adam Chapman (Eng) 77 81 74 80 (T40)
315 Joshua Davies (Wal) 79 85 77 74 (T47)
Disq - Ewen Ferguson (Sco)
Field of 72 players

Scotland did not enter a team in the Women's Nations Cup won by hosts Spain (594) from Austria (602) and France (604). England (641) finished ninth in a field of 10 teams.

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