McLeary finishes second in Palmares Classic V

By COLIN FARQUHARSON

Jamie McLeary had to settle for second place, beaten by two shots by Portugal's Tiago Cruz, in the Algarve Pro Tour's Palmares Classic 5 at the Palmares Golf Resort, Alvor near Lagos today (Tuesday).

McLeary had two eagle 3s, at the 11th and 18th, in his repeat 66 for a 12-under-par total of 132.

But Cruz, who had two eagle 3s before the turn, birdied the 15th, 16th and 18th for a 64 and 130 to thwart the Peterhead man's victory bid.

Conor O'Neil (67-71 for 139), Craig Lawrie (69-71 for 140) and Sean Lawrie (70-73) for 143 finished T13, T18 and T33 respectively in a field of 91 players.

PALMARES CLASSIC V

Palmares Golf Resort, Alvor, nr Lagos, Portugal

LEADING FINAL TOTALS

par 144 (2x72)

130 Tiago Cruz (Por) 66 64

132 Jamie McLeary (Sco) 66 66

133 Ruaidhri McGee (NIr) 67 66

134 Tomas Santos Silva (Por) 67 67, Jamie Abbot (Eng) 65 69.

OTHER SCOTS' SCORES

139 Conor O'Neil 67 72 (T13)

140 Craig Lawrie 69 71 (T18)

143 Sean Lawrie 70 73 (T33).