PGA EUROPRO TOUR

DOHERTY TOP SCOT WITH LEVEL PAR
AT UFFORD PARK TOURNAMENT

South Wales-based Paul Doherty finished the top Scot in this week’s PGA EuroPro Tour event, the MCP Classic at Ufford Park, Suffolk.
The former Scottish boys’ match-play champion, pictured left, had rounds of 71, 71 and 68 for a level par total of 210 over the par-71 course.
A share of ninth place earned Paul £825.
Aberdonian Graham Gordon had a double bogey 7 at the last hole of his third-round 72 and that cost him £200 in his pay cheque. He had earlier rounds of 68 and 73. A final placing of joint 18th on 213 earned him £411, instead of £600+ for those on 211.
Graham had earlier birdied the seventh, but bogeyed the 11th and 12th before a 2 at the short 15th put him back on track for at least a par 70. He parred the 16th and 17th and then fell heavily at the long last hole.
Chris Kelly (Cawder), the only other Scot to qualify for the final day, finished 39th equal on seven-over-par 217 with scores of 69, 73 and 75 to earn £242.
Englishman John Morgan scored a runaway win by seven shots with scores of 66, 63 and 70 for 11-under-par 199. He won £10,000.
FIVE SCOTS QUALIFY FOR THE AZORES
Five Scots have qualified to play in the Azores PGA EuroPro Tour championship at Batalha Golf Club, the Azores from October 21 to 23.
Only the top 50 in the Order of Merit at the conclusion of this week’s event will be able to play in the championship.
The Scots are:
16th Eric Ramsay £10,222; 20th Graham Gordon £7,215; 22nd Euan Little £6,925; 34th Paul Doherty £4,818; 41st Graham Rankin £3,887.

LEADING TOTALS
Par 70
199 J Morgan (Eng) 66 63 70 (£10,000).
206 M Smith (Eng) 70 67 69, K Harper (Eng) 68 68 70 (£3,750 each).
207 C Smith (Wal) 68 68 71, R Winchester (Eng) 72 63 72 (£1,550 each).
Scots’ scores:
210 P Doherty 71 71 68 (£825) (jt 9th).
213 G Gordon 68 73 72 (£411) (jt 18th).
217 C Kelly 69 73 75 (£242) (jt 39th).