STEWART MAKES TOP 20 IN CHALLENGE TOUR'S GERMAN EVENT

Duncan Stewart earned 2,210 Euros for a joint 16th place finish in the Bad Griesbach Challenge event on the European Challenge Tour in Germany today.
Stewart, from Grantown on Spey, had rounds of 69, 68,74 and 68 for an aggregate of nine-under-par 279 at the Hartl Resort course.
He finished 10 shots behind the winner of the 27,200 Euros top prize, Italian Andrea Pavan who shot 68, 67, 66 and 68 for 19-under-par 269, winning by a shot from another Italian, Marco Crespi.
Raymond Russell, the only other Scot to survive the halfway cut, finished joint 64th on 290 with scores of 73, 69, 73 and 75. He earned 434 Euros.

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PAVAN, CRESPI MAKE IT AN ITALIAN 1-2 

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Andrea Pavan has won his third Challenge Tour title with  a one-stroke victory at the Bad Griesbach Challenge Tour by Hartl Resort.

The 24 year old Italian finished on 19 under par after a 68 today to edge out compatriot Marco Crespi, who three putted the last hole for a bogey, having charged into a share of the lead with just two holes to go.

However, when Pavan needed it most, he made a clutch birdie two at the 17^th and was able to make a bogey down the last and still take the title.

He got off to the ideal start in the final round with a birdie at the par four first, before another at the third that extended his advantage in Bad Griesbach.

A bogey followed at the fourth, but he bounced straight back with another birdie two holes later, and when he reeled off further red figures on 11 and 12 his advantage was two with just the daunting final three holes to play.

The finish to the Beckenbauer course in Germany has caught a number of people out in all four rounds, but Pavan handled them with aplomb and in doing so, put the finishing touches on a fine victory that moves him up to second on the Challenge Tour Ranking.

“It feels great as it is tough to win, and you can’t control that,” said Pavan. “But today was a battle, I played very well, and I hit so many good putts, and to make that birdie on 17 was great with Marco making a move behind.

“My caddie just told me to stay patient, to keep playing the same way I have been, and the putts will drop, and they did, so it’s great. It’s not easy to win out here, and to get a win at this time of the season it gives me a lot of confidence.

It had looked like plain sailing for Pavan for much of the final round, with the Italian a couple in front for the majority of Sunday, but when Crespi hit top gear on the back nine he really applied the pressure to his countryman.

Nine birdies in the final round  saw Crespi bound up the board, but he dropped a couple of shots at crucial times, and that ended up being the difference.

Victor Riu had led after the first two rounds, and played the final day alongside Pavan, but level par on Sunday was not quite good enough for the Frenchman to contend for the title, and he finished in a tie for third alongside Norway’s Knut Borsheim.

 

FINAL TOTALS

Par 288 (4x72)

269 A Pavan (Ita) 68 67 66 68,

270 M Crespi  (Ita) 69 69 66 66,

274 K Borsheim  (Nor) 67 72 67 68, V Riu  (Fra) 63 69 70 72,

275 L Kennedy  (Eng) 70 67 69 69, S Kim (Kor) 72 69 69 65, E Dubois (Fra) 69 67 68 71, D Huizing (Ned) 66 68 69 72, J Huldahl (Den) 68 68 71 68,

276 R Kind (Ned) 66 71 71 68, J Dantorp (Swe) 69 69 71 67

277 L Bjerregaard  (Den) 68 71 69 69, B An (Kor) 68 69 71 69, E Johansen  (Nor) 68 66 70 73

278 L Weber (Fra) 68 69 71 70

279 C Aguilar  (Esp) 69 70 69 71, T Pilkadaris (Aus) 68 68 70 73, L Goddard  (Eng) 70 72 67 70, D Stewart (Sco) 69 68 74 68, K Ferrie (Eng) 67 74 65 73

280 J Garcia Pinto (Esp) 72 68 70 70, C Hanson (Eng) 65 74 68 73, D Palm (Swe) 67 68 74 71, S Heisele (Ger) 68 72 71 69, W Besseling  (Ned) 72 69 72 67, A Gee  (Eng) 67 73 69 71, P Relecom  (Bel) 65 72 70 73

281 A Johnston (Eng) 69 72 68 72, B Hemstock (Eng) 70 71 70 70, N Quintarelli (Ita) 69 68 74 70, J Lando Casanova  (Fra) 66 69 75 71, J Mommo  (Fin) 70 72 67 72, B Ritthammer (Ger) 68 70 75 68,

282 S Manley (Wal) 69 68 71 74, M Trappel  (Aut) 69 67 75 71, A Bernadet  (Fra) 72 69 68 73, J Elson  (Eng) 71 68 75 68, P Edberg (Swe) 68 73 73 68, R Kakko  (Fin) 70 71 68 73, J Carlsson (Swe) 70 69 70 73, N Kearney (Irl) 68 71 72 71, F Bergamaschi (Ita) 71 68 74 69

283 A Bossert (Sui) 71 70 71 71, F McGuirk  (Eng) 75 66 71 71, R Steiner (Aut) 72 69 70 72, O Farr (Wal) 70 72 67 74,

284 N Meitinger  (Ger) 65 72 75 72, C Kim (USA) 71 71 71 71, F Praegant (Aut) 71 69 70 74, Å Nilsson (Swe) 70 72 74 68, S Garcia Rodriguez (Esp) 70 70 73 71, B Hebert  (Fra) 71 71 71 71, R Harris  (Eng) 67 72 72 73, P Maddy (Eng) 71 71 69 73

285 M Glauert (Ger) 70 71 71 73, M Rominger  (Sui) 69 68 76 72

286 P O'Keeffe  (Irl) 72 66 75 73, S Kannler (Ger) 67 73 69 77

287 J Lerchedahl (Den) 72 66 73 76, P Archer (Eng) 70 71 76 70, N Henriques  (Por) 69 73 71 74

289 J Legarrea (Esp) 75 66 73 75, M Laskey  (Wal) 67 74 75 73

290 R Russell (Sco) 73 69 73 75, J Abbott (Eng) 67 73 74 76, J Fahrbring (Swe) 71 70 75 74, J Barnes (Eng) 71 71 78 70

292 D Wuensche  (Ger) 67 74 76 75

293 M Brier (Aut) 71 71 77 74

294 S Hutsby  (Eng) 71 71 75 77

 

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