Sunday, August 10, 2014

COMRIE MAN'S BEST FINISH FOR SOME TIME


WALLACE BOOTH FINISHES TIED 

FOURTH IN NORWEGIAN CHALLENGE

The light at the end of the tunnel is getting brighter for Wallace Booth. The Comrie man, fighting his way back to full fitness on the Challenge Tour, Booth shot under 70 in three of his four rounds in the Norwegian Challenge, closing with a 69 for tied fourth place on 278 - five shots behind the winner.
Benjamin Hebert secured his fourth Challenge Tour title – and the first for three years – on a nerve-wracking final day.
Hebert signed for a round of 72 and a 15 under par winning aggregate of 273 after an enthralling tussle with Florian Fritsch, who at one point drew level with the Frenchman but ultimately had to settle for the fourth runner-up finish of his Challenge Tour career.
Despite a stiffening breeze at Miklagard Golf Club, Hebert appeared to be cruising to victory for most of the day, before a severe wobble threatened to derail his title charge for a second week running.
Hebert surrendered a three-shot lead on the final day in Azerbaijan the previous weekend, and history appeared to be repeating itself when he dropped four shots in four holes from the 11th.
But the 27 year old from Brive bounced back in brilliant fashion, making a brave birdie on the 16th hole before stiffing his approach to the last for a grandstand finish.
The €28,000 winner’s cheque moved Hebert into the top ten of the Challenge Tour Rankings and within sight of a return to The European Tour, having lost his playing privileges in 2012.

FINAL TOTALS

   Par 288 (4x72)
 273 B Hebert  (Fra) 65 67 69 72
 275 F Fritsch  (Ger) 64 67 73 71
 276 C Bouniol (Fra) 68 68 71 69
 278 M Tullo (Chi) 71 67 70 70, A Hartø  (Den) 68 69 70 71, W Booth  (Sco) 68 73 68 69
 279 P Widegren  (Swe) 70 70 67 72, S Arnold  (Aus) 66 74 69 70, D Im (USA) 68 70 70 71, M Orrin (Eng) 72 70 72 65
 280 A Domingo (Esp) 68 70 67 75, T Lee (USA) 70 67 70 73, P Erofejeff (Fin) 72 70 69 69, R McEvoy  (Eng) 71 66 70 73, B Stone (RSA) 71 70 68 71, N Holman  (Aus) 66 71 71 72
 281 J Pastor (Esp) 71 67 72 71, N Kearney (Irl) 67 70 72 72, J Sjöholm (Swe) 74 68 66 73, N Ravano (Ita) 73 66 71 71, W Harrold (Eng) 70 70 68 73, P Maddy (Eng) 69 70 70 72
 282 P Edberg (Swe) 75 67 70 70, M Southgate  (Eng) 67 71 73 71, A Snobeck  (Fra) 70 70 72 70, D Coupland (Eng) 69 71 71 71, P Figueiredo  (Por) 67 72 73 70, C Arendell (USA) 70 68 71 73, S Tiley (Eng) 68 73 70 71, J Rask (Swe) 71 70 71 70, J Senior (Eng) 70 70 69 73
 283 A Björk (Swe) 72 70 69 72, K Benz (Sui) 68 72 71 72, D Kemmer (USA) 70 67 73 73, B Åkesson (Swe) 69 68 70 76, S Henry  (Sco) 72 69 68 74, D Gaunt (Eng) 70 71 69 73
 284 J Lagergren (Swe) 70 69 68 77, M Ford (Eng) 70 68 76 70, J Winther (Den) 73 68 66 77, K Johannessen (am) (Nor) 67 73 71 73,
 285 T Remkes (Ned) 69 68 73 75, J Wilson (Aus) 71 71 69 74, J Edfors (Swe) 74 68 70 73, M Fitzpatrick  (Eng) 68 71 68 78, J Fahrbring (Swe) 69 72 75 69
 286 M Trappel  (Aut) 67 70 73 76, A Tadini (Ita) 70 71 71 74, N Lemke (Swe) 69 70 71 76, P Archer (Eng) 72 70 71 73, D Stewart (Sco) 70 70 74 72, A Hortal  (Esp) 71 70 71 74

 287 P Dwyer (Eng) 69 69 74 75, O Ramsnes  (Nor) 70 72 75 70, A Engell  (Nor) 72 65 73 77
 288 G Lockerbie  (Eng) 71 71 72 74, F Colombo (Ita) 71 70 76 71, S Gros (Fra) 68 67 75 78, T Lawrence (RSA) 68 70 77 73, D Geminiani (Ita) 70 70 70 78, G Murray  (Sco) 75 65 72 76, G Cambis  (Fra) 65 72 74 77
 289 T Nørret (Den) 73 66 75 75, N Meitinger  (Ger) 68 72 72 77, J Moul  (Eng) 69 73 73 74, M Wiegele  (Aut) 70 71 73 75, S Hansen (Nor) 70 72 75 72
 290 A Gjesteby (am) (Nor) 69 69 73 79
 291 S Matus  (Cze) 74 68 75 74, J Mikkelsen (Nor) 73 69 73 76, B Chapellan (Fra) 72 70 71 78
 292 C Aronsen  (Nor) 72 69 76 75
 293 G Shaw (Nir) 72 69 76 76, H Wen-Yi (Chn) 72 70 73 78
 294 A Velasco (Esp) 72 68 76 78
 302 J Kennegard  (Swe) 77 65 78 82





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