Friday, June 23, 2006

PGA EUROPRO TOUR NEWS

AUSSIE WINS AS GRAY FADES OUT OF

FINAL-ROUND PICTURE AT WHITEKIRK

 

Australian Daniel Gaunt came with a strong late run to win the PGA EuroPro Tour’s Kronenbourg Classic at Whitekirk Golf Club today after Hayston’s Stephen Gray slumped out of the lead over the final round.

Gray shot a brilliant second-round 65 to have a one-shot advantage over the field going into the final round. But he bogeyed the first, sixth, eighth and 16th and could muster only one birdie in returning a three-over-par 75 for a total of three-under-par 213.

Gaunt scored 73, 66 and 69 for a tally of eight-under-par 208 and a two-shot win from Carnoustie’s Eric Ramsay whose scores – a hat-trick of 70s – suggested steadiness personified.

In fact, in his final round, the former Australian open amateur champion had a roller-coaster ride of birdies and bogeys. He birdied the second, fifth, ninth, 11th, 13th, 15th, 16th and 18th and had bogeys at the first, third, sixth, eighth, 12th and 14th in halves of 36 (one over par) and 34 (one under par).

The three late birdies lifted Eric up into second place on 210, a shot ahead of Graham Rankin (Drumpellier) and England’s Scott Jackson.

Rankin dropped a shot at the 17th in a closing 69.

 

SCOREBOARD

 

PGA EUROPRO TOUR – Kronenbourg Classic

Whitekirk Golf Club, East Lothian

LEADING FINAL TOTALS

208 D Gaunt (Aus) 73 66 69.

210 E Ramsay (Carnoustie) 70 70 70.

211 G Rankin (Drumpellier) 71 71 69, S Jackson (Eng) 71 69 71.

213 G Clark (Eng) 75 65 73, S Gray (Hayston) 72 66 75.

214 F Mann (Musselburgh) 71 73 70, M Prue (Eng) 75 70 69, D Jones (Ire) 74 69 71, P Rowe (Eng) 69 73 72.

215 N Fox (Ire) 75 71 69, G Oliver (Eng) 76 71 68, N Walker (Eng) 76 69 70, C Billing (Eng) 75 68 72, M Woods (Eng) 74 69 72.

Other Scottish scores:

217 S Lamb (Cardrona) 75 73 69.

219 L Vannet (Carnoustie) 75 71 73, J Doherty (Vale of Glamorgan) 80 69 70.

222 L Harper (Archerfield) 77 70 75.

223 G McInnes (Murcar Links) 77 69 77.

225 R Cameron 77 72 76.

227 C Nicoll (Prestwick) 73 73 81, C Mitchell (Blairgowrie) 78 68 81.

SCOTS WHO MISSED CUT

150 L Kelly 79 71, P Wardell 76 74.

152 D Roger 83 69, R Valentine 80 72, C Everett 83 69.

154 S Savage 79 75.

155 G Gordon 79 76, P Doherty 82 73.

160 E Thomson 82 79.

163 S Gillespie 80 83.

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