Saturday, March 20, 2010

Scotland finish 14th at Sotogrande

England men run away with
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European Nations Cup

England, the defending champions with a team of three Walker Cup players: Tommy Fleetwood, Matt Haines and Chris Paisley, plus British boys champion Tom Lewis, won the European Nations Cup men's tournament by the runaway margin of 23 strokes at Sotogrande on Spain's Costa del Sol today.
Italy were runners-up in 853.
Wales finished fifth with a team total (best three from four scores counted daily) on 861 - 31 shots behind England.
Ireland came sixth on 864 while Scotland, represented by Ross Kellett, James White, Philip McLean and David Law, were a disappointing 14th in a field of 18 teams. The Scots' team total was 885.
Kellett and White had counting scores in all four rounds. McLean had three out of four counting scores, missing out only in the first round.

FINAL TOTALS
(Best three from four individual scores counted daily; NC = non-counting score)
830 ENGLAND
FLEETWOOD, TOMMY NC 70 67 68.
HAINES, MATT 69 69 70 71 279.
PAISLEY, CHRIS 68 71 68 NC.
LEWIS, TOM 70 NC NC 69.
853 ITALY
BERTASIO, NINO 70 73 64 68 275
QUINTARELLI, NICCOLO NC NC NC 74.
MANASSERO, MATTEO 75 69 71 70.
MOTTA, LEONARDO ITALIA 75 76 68 NC.
857 DENMARK
HANSEN, JOACHIM BRANDT 77 69 NC 69.
LOKKE, DANIEL 67 72 73 NC.
BJERREGAARD, LUCAS 71 NC 71 71.
HARTOE, ANDREAS NC 71 73 73.
858 FRANCE
SORDET, CLEMENT NC 74 NC 69.
LOPEZ LAZARO, JOHANN 73 67 69 71 280
WATTEL, ROMAIN 76 73 69 74 292
LEVY, ALEXANDER 72 NC 71 NC.
861 WALES
FARR, OLIVER 72 NC 69 74.
FRAZER, JAMES 72 71 70 NC.
PUGH, RHYS 73 74 73 72 292
VICKERY, JOE NC 73 NC 68.
865 IRELAND
CUTLER, PAUL 73 73 71 70 287.
DUNBAR, ALAN NC 71 68 NC.
MURRAY, PAT 73 NC 72 70.
LERNIHAN, DARA 76 76 NC 72.
867 BELGIUM.
871 SPAIN.
873 GERMANY.
874 FINLAND.
878 AUSTRIA.
880 SWEDEN.
882 NETHERLANDS.
885 SCOTLAND
KELLET, ROSS 72 72 75 73 292.
WHITE, JAMES 75 78 72 72 297 885
McLEAN, PHILIP NC 79 71 75.
LAW, DAVID 71 NC NC NC.
894 PORTUGAL.
896 NORWAY.
903 CZECH REPUBLIC.
962 SLOVENIA
+Switch over to our sister website, www.kirkwoodgolf.co.uk to see the final totals in the European Nations Cup for women at Sotogrande.

England get to keep the cup after fifth victory

REPORT FROM THE ENGLISH GOLF UNION WEBSITE
England retained the European Nations Cup with a dazzling display of golf over four days at Sotogrande in southern Spain.The four-man team of Matt Haines, Tom Lewis, Chris Paisley and Tommy Fleetwood, who capped a personal triumph with a hole-in-one, finished on 830, 34 under par, 23 strokes ahead of runners-up Italy and 27 clear of Denmark in third place.
With the best three scores to count on each day, the England quartet led from start to finish and such was their supremacy over the other 17 competing teams that their overall score was ten shots better than their winning mark last year.
The only missing element was the individual prize which Sam Hutsby won last year. That went to Italy’s Nino Bertasio on 275, one ahead of Fleetwood while Haines was third on 279.
In fact, all four England players finished in the top six with Paisley joint fourth on 280 and British and English boy champion Lewis sixth on 282.
The English quartet made their mark from the start. They led on day one with 207, eight strokes better than Denmark and Germany, then added 210 on day two for 417, nine ahead of the Germans.
Despite being outscored by Italy with 203 to 205 on day three, thanks mainly to a brilliant 64 from Bertasio, England increased their advantage to 19 strokes over the second-placed Italians which left them in an almost unassailable position going into the final day.
Even then, the English boys maintained their dominance, posting 208 to Italy’s 212 to win by 23 strokes.
Fleetwood recorded England’s lowest round with 67 on day three, finishing birdie-eagle-birdie, the eagle being his ‘ace’ with a seven iron at the 171yd 17th, while all England’s counting scores on each day were under par. It was Fleetwood’s second ever hole-in-one.
“It was a staggering performance,” said team manager Bob Meston. “It was a real team effort and as this was England’s fifth victory in the event, we are being allowed to keep the trophy in perpetuity.”
The England team’s performance must have impressed Walker Cup captain Nigel Edwards, who was present for all four days.
Picture above shows, from left to right, Chris Paisley, Matt Haines, Tommy Fleetwood, Tom Lewis, Bob Meston.
LEADING INDIVIDUAL TOTALS
275 N Bertasio (Ita) 70 73 64 68.
276 T Fleetwood (Eng) 71 70 67 68.
279 M Haines (Eng) 69 69 70 71.
280 J Lopez Lazaro (Fra) 73 67 69 71, C Paisley (Eng) 68 71 68 73.
282 T Lewis (Eng) 70 71 72 69.
283 R Kind (Ned) 72 71 70 70

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