PGA EuroPro Tour Championship report, final totals

Ross Cameron leading Scot finish in share of 25th place in Spain

Ellon's Ross Cameron slipped up with a triple bogey 7 at the 15th and a bogey at the eighth in a final round of four-over-par 76 to finish joint 25th in the PGA EuroPro Tour Championship at Desert Springs Golf Club, Almeria in Spain.
Cameron's earlier rounds of 72 and 66 had him in the running for a top 10 place but he finished 11 shots behind Englishman Jordan Smith who collected the £20,000 first prize by winning a three-man play-off against compatriots Aaron Rai and David Givens who also finished on 13-under 203.
Michael Stewart (Troon Welbeck), Paul Shields (Kirkhill), JOrdan McColl (Kingsbarns) and Neil Fenwick (Dunbar) tied for 37th place on 217 and earned £700 each.
Lloyd Saltman (Archerfield) finished 43rd on 279 and earned £5--/

LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72)
203 J Smith (Eng) 71 68, 64 (£20,000), A Rai (Eng) 68 68 67 (£7,500), D Givens (Eng) 67 65 71 (£7,500). Smith won play-off.
SCOTS' TOTALS
214 R Cameron 72 66 76 (T25) (£1,000)
217 M Stewart 74 73 70, P Shields 75 70 72, J McColl 70 74 73, . N Fenwick 79 65 73 (T37) (£700 each)
219 L Saltman 69 75 75 (44th) (£500).

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 Smith wins play-off for £20,000 title
By NICK TEALE

Jordan Smith won a four-hole play-off to claim the HotelPlanner.com PGA EuroPro Tour’s £20,000 Matchroom Sport Tour Championship title at Desert Springs Resort in Spain, and with it the Order of Merit crown.

The victory sees Rookie of the Year Smith land inside the top five and earn a Challenge Tour card for 2016 alongside Darren Wright, Sam Connor, Marcus Armitage and Aaron Rai.

Smith won the Tour Championship on the fourth extra hole having carded a final-round 64, eight-under-par, to set the -13 pace which was matched by Rai (68, 68, 67; DCD Group) and Daniel Gavins (67, 65, 71; Walton Driving Range).

For Rai a place in the play-off assured him a top-five finish but for Smith and Gavins they would need to claim victory to edge Gary King out of the Challenge Tour positions.

Yorkshireman Gavins, who had been unwell during his last two rounds, dropped out of the play-off on the third extra hole when he bogeyed the par-four 18^th.

Rai exited on the following additional hole when his approach found greenside water and he was forced to take a penalty drop while Smith held his nerve to make par and land himself promotion to the Challenge Tour in his first season as a professional.

“I am over the moon,” said Smith, who takes home a new Motocaddy Trolley, Bushnell Tour X Range Finder, Bolle Sunglasses and £500 to spend with HotelPlanner.com as well as the £20,000 winner’s cheque. 

“It was tough, I am mentally and physically drained but I am delighted.

“Winning the Order of Merit is the icing on the cake and I am looking forward to playing the Challenge Tour now. My target for the season was to get a win so to get another is above and beyond what I was expecting.”

Rai had sat fifth on the Order of Merit ahead of this event with only a narrow margin between himself and the chasing pack. With the entire field at Desert Springs feasibly able to catch him, the pressure had been on to cement his place in the top five and earn the Challenge Tour card which comes with it.

“I feel great to have earnt my Challenge Tour card,” he said. “That was the aim at the start of the week. It is disappointing to lose the play off but Jordan deserves it – he had a great round today and has played well all week. I am very much looking forward to next year now.”

Highlights of the Matchroom Sport Tour Championship air on Sky Sports on Tuesday, November 10 with a HotelPlanner.com PGA EuroPro Tour season review show to be broadcast seven days later.