Friday, February 29, 2008

DEAR LAST SCOT TO FALL IN SECOND
ROUND OF SPANISH CHAMPIONSHIP
Murrayshall's Gavin Dear, the only one of the four Scottish qualifiers for the match-play stages, to survive the first-round test, was beaten in the second round of the Spanish men's open amateur golf championship at Platja de Pals Golf Club, Gerona in the North-east of the country.
Dear, 20th of the 32 qualifiers, beat No 13, Borja Etchart (Spain), by one hole in the morning but lost by 2 and 1 to the No 4 seed, Benjamin Hebert from France in the afternoon.
Leading qualifier Paul Betty (Stirling University) was cut down to size by the last of the 32 who advanced from the stroke-play part of the championship, Johann Lopez Lasaro from France who beat him by 3 and 2.
Fellow Stirling student Gordon Yates went down by 8 and 7 to English Walker Cup player Daniel Willett by 8 and 7. Willett, the No 12 seed, won again in the afternoon to reach the last eight.
Glenn Campbell (Blairgowrie) lost by 4 and 3 to Guillaume Cambis (France).
There are three Englishmen and one Irishman in the last eight.
Results:
First round - J L Lazaro (Fra) bt P Betty (Sco) 3 and 2, F Colombo (Ita) bt E Dubois (Fra) at 19th, P Cutler (Ire) bt B Hemstock (Eng) at 19th, H P Bacher (Aut) bt S Hutsby (Eng) 6 and 5, P Oriol (Spa) bt S Ward (Ire) 3 and 2, D Willett (Eng) bt G Yates (Sco) 8 and 7, G Dear (Sco) bt B Etchart (Spa) 1 hole, B Hebert (Fra) bt S Einhaus (Ger) 1 hole, E Richardson (Eng) bt P Widegren (Swe) 7 and 6, T Pollari (Fin) bt J Hurst (Eng) 3 and 2, C Wood (Eng) bt M Bush (Eng) 3 and 2, J G Pinto (Spa) bt J F Sarasti (Spa) 4 and 3, D Whitnell (Eng) bt S Lowry (Ire) 2 and 1, E Pepperell (Eng) bt D Antonelli (Fra) at 19th, G Cambis (Fra) bt G Campbell (Sco) 4 and 3, N Chaudhuri (Eng) bt V Dubuisson (Fra) at 19th.
Second round - Lazaro bt Colombo 5 and 4, Cutler bt Bacher 5 and 4, Willett bt Oriol 2 and 1, Hebert bt Dear 2 and 1, Richardson bt Pollari 5 and 4, Pinto bt Wood 3 and 2, Pepperell bt Whitnell 2 and 1. Camnbis bt Chaudhuri 4 and 2.
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