OLIVER FARR WINS EUROPRO TOUR EVENT AT MONTROSE
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Oliver Farr won the Eagle Orchid Scottish Masters, beating Daniel Gavins on the third play-off hole in the
888poker.com PGA EuroPro Tour event at Montrose Golf Links.
Farr
claimed the £10,000 winner’s prize and a brand new Motocaddy trolley,
despite finishing his final round with a bogey on the 16th and a double on the 17th, squandering a three-stroke lead to find himself in the
playoff.
He
signed for final round 71, level par, to finish the tournament five
under. Gavins shot a 68 (-3) on the final day to tie for the lead and
earn his place in the sudden death play-off.
Both players parred the first two plays of 18 but Gavins hit his approach shot onto the road behind the 18th green on the 57th hole, and had taken five strokes when Farr putted for par to win the competition.
The 25 year old moves to third on the
888poker.com PGA EuroPro Tour Order of Merit, and Gavins’ £5,000
runners-up prize takes him to second after winning at Dale Hill last
month. It means that with two events to play both players are
strongly-placed to finish the season in the top five, an
achievement rewarded with a 2014 Challenge Tour Card.
“It
was very much a rollercoaster,” said Farr. “I got to eight under and
felt pretty comfortable but it was quite a tough finish with the wind
coming into us and I hit a couple of bad shots.
“Coming
down 18 you have to look at it in the way you don’t want to and that is
that you could lose it. I focussed on making par and getting in the
play off, because I knew I wasn’t in a great frame of mind going into
the last hole. I recovered
well and had a good two-putt.
Earlier in the season Farr finished tied second at Rowallan Castle, losing out to Mark Laskey in a play-off.
“It
was good that I was in a play-off at Rowallan Castle,” said Farr. “It
meant that I was familiar with it. You have to play some good shots on
18 here and the pin was in a really tight place, so I was happy to make
three pars really.
“I
have been fortunate to play seven Challenge Tour events this year and
you get a taste for it, you know what level you need to be at. You have
to win on the EuroPro to have a chance of getting your card and it was
nice to win today and
hopefully now I can get to the Challenge Tour for next year, but we
have a couple of events left yet.”
James
Robinson (Southport & Ainsdale) and James Ruebotham (Welwyn Garden
City Golf Club) shared third place on four under par.
The
next event takes place at Moor Allerton Golf Club in Leeds, beginning
on Wednesday, September 25. The final round of the Eagle Orchid Scottish
Masters was filmed for a two-hour highlights show to be broadcast four
times on Sky Sports
HD on September 25.
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