Sunday, May 13, 2018

Top 10 finish by Ewen Ferguson in Challenge Tour's Portugal Open

Glasgow's Ewen Ferguson finished T8 and earned 4,520 euros in the Challenge Tour's Portugal Open which ended today at Morgado Golf Resort, Portimao on the Algarve.

The former British boys champion (pictured) from Bearsden had rounds of 73, 69, 72 and 71 for a three-under-par total of 285.
The only other Scot to survive the halfway cut, Scott Henry, finished T45 on 292 with rounds of 71, 71, 76 and 74. He earned 1,020 euros.
The winner by a two-stroke margin was Australian Dimitriouis Papadatos with scores of 73, 66, 73 and 69 for a seven-under-par aggregate of 282. He earned 32,000 euros.

LEADING FINAL TOTALS
par 288 (4x72)
281 D Papadatos (Australia) 73 66 73 69
283 J-F Lima (Portugal) 74 68 69 72, A Rozner (France) 72 71 70 70 

SCOTS' TOTALS
285 Ewen Ferguson 73 69 72 71 (T8) (4,520 euros)
292 Scott Henry 71 71 76 74 (T45) (1,020 euros)




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Aussie scores breakthrough victory
 
dimitrios papadatos trophy
Image of Dimitrios Papadatos by courtesy of  Filipe Guerra
Day Four report
Dimitrios Papadatos secured his maiden European Challenge Tour title by carding a gritty three under par final round of 69 to win the 56˚ Open de Portugal @ Morgado Golf Resort by one shot.
The Australian started the final day in Portimão one shot behind overnight leaders José-Filipe Lima and Stuart Manley but overtook the pair with two birdies in his first four holes and never looked back.
The 26 year old, a three-time winner on the PGA Tour of Australasia, rolled in a 25-foot birdie putt at the tenth to extend his advantage over the chasing pack and despite dropping a shot at the par five 16th he rallied to bag his fourth gain of the day at the par three 17th.
After coping with the windy conditions all day the man from Sydney was left with a tricky eight-foot par putt on the 18th but he holed out with aplomb to set the clubhouse target at seven under par.
With home favourite Lima unable to birdie the 18th to force a play-off it was Papadatos who was crowned champion, and he was delighted to have claimed his first victory in Europe.
“It feels pretty good and a big relief, especially after the last couple of days,” he said. “It’s been very windy and difficult, you had to grind out results in such a bunched field when it’s very hard to break away and get in front. But I was fortunate enough to do that in the end.
“I played the course well today. I was very solid finishing long par putts, and I didn’t threaten to make many birdies as I was hitting it poorly today. But I hung in there and my short game was good and I took a couple of opportunities when I got them.
“I’ve had a couple of wins back in Aus and I’ve never won in Europe, so it’s maybe not the biggest but it’s definitely the most important as it’s going to get me going over here.
“I’ve been trying the last two or three years to get myself going in Europe and onto the main tour, so this is a big step forward and it’s going to help me out a lot.
“I flew into Portugal on Monday lunchtime and only booked my flights last Friday, so this tournament wasn’t even on my radar.
“I was just going to come over for Walton Heath for the US Open qualifier, but with my category I happened to get in here. I was second reserve for Spain next week, so the win might sneak me in there now.”
With victory in Portugal Papadatos moves up to ninth place on the Road to Ras Al Khaimah Rankings with 32,000 points.
Lima, whose share of second place is the highest finish by a Portuguese player in their home open, also rises up the Rankings and now occupies 16th place with 16,350 points.

Final scores:
 
 281 D Papadatos (Aus) 73 66 73 69, 
 283 A Rozner  (Fra) 72 71 70 70, J Lima  (Por) 74 68 69 72, 
 284 J Davidson (Wal) 70 70 72 72, A Arnaus (Esp) 67 71 74 72, G Hurley (Irl) 70 69 74 71, T Cruz  (Por) 70 73 72 69, 
 285 E Ferguson  (Sco) 73 69 72 71, J Girrbach (Sui) 71 68 77 69, M Cort (Eng) 73 69 73 70, P Figueiredo  (Por) 71 71 70 73, G King (Eng) 75 69 74 67, 
 286 K Koivu (Fin) 73 69 73 71, 
 287 J Allan  (Eng) 70 76 71 70, I Cantero Gutierrez  (Esp) 70 75 71 71, R Davies (Wal) 70 75 69 73, A Meronk  (Pol) 72 71 69 75, L Nemecz (Aut) 69 71 73 74, F Mruzek (Cze) 74 69 72 72, M Carlsson  (Swe) 75 70 69 73, V Lopes (am) (Por) 69 74 71 73, 
 288 S Forsström (Swe) 70 72 74 72, S Manley (Wal) 73 70 68 77, O Edwards  (Wal) 69 76 72 71, G Porteous (Eng) 72 73 72 71, J Carlota (Por) 73 69 73 73, J Singh Brar  (Eng) 76 65 71 76, 
 289 L Van Meijel (Ned) 71 74 76 68, A Karlsson  (Swe) 71 69 74 75, D Dixon (Eng) 71 72 75 71, R Sciot-Siegrist  (Fra) 73 71 74 71, U Coussaud (Fra) 73 71 72 73, S Soderberg (Swe) 73 71 73 72, J Pastor (Esp) 72 71 72 74, 
 290 O Lengden (Swe) 74 68 70 78, M Kim (Kor) 72 71 73 74, B Parker  (Eng) 74 71 74 71, D Huizing (Ned) 72 74 71 73, J Freiburghaus (am) (Sui) 73 71 70 76, 
 291 M Fenasse (Fra) 75 71 69 76, A Ahokas (Fin) 73 71 73 74, V Riu  (Fra) 73 72 71 75, R Enoch  (Wal) 71 73 76 71, R Roussel  (Fra) 73 73 71 74, 
 292 R Santos  (Por) 74 72 77 69, D McElroy (Nir) 70 75 74 73, B Moore  (Eng) 72 71 76 73, S Henry  (Sco) 71 71 76 74, J Brun  (Fra) 74 72 71 75, R De Sousa (Sui) 72 74 70 76, 
 293 R Kakko  (Fin) 70 72 80 71, W Besseling  (Ned) 72 72 77 72, T Tree (Eng) 72 70 78 73, M Salminen (Fin) 72 74 72 75, 
 294 M Haastrup  (Den) 73 70 82 69, J Cafourek (Cze) 73 71 74 76, B Virto  (Esp) 73 70 74 77, J Senior (Eng) 71 75 73 75, M Lampert (Ger) 73 73 74 74, 
 295 A Chapman  (Eng) 71 73 76 75, H Casey (Eng) 74 71 74 76, 
 296 J Abbott (Eng) 74 71 71 80, 
 298 D Berna Manzanares (Esp) 70 73 75 80, P Tarver-Jones (Eng) 75 70 74 79, L Cohen-Boyer (Fra) 73 70 79 76, S Grehan  (Irl) 75 71 76 76, 
 299 S Robertshawe (Eng) 73 73 75 78, T Santos Silva  (Por) 74 72 76 77, 
 300 C Selfridge  (Nir) 73 73 75 79, 

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