Yorkshireman three clear ahead of final round of
pivotal EuroPro Tour Championship
pivotal EuroPro Tour Championship
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Joe
Dean carded a second round 65, seven under par, to lead by three on 12-under-par 132
ahead of the final round of the HotelPlanner.com PGA EuroPro Tour’s
Matchroom Sport Tour Championship at Desert Springs Resort in Spain.
Dean
(Hillsborough Golf Club) began day two as one of four players sharing
the five-under-par lead and knows a win will ensure promotion to the
Challenge Tour, while second this week may also be enough.
Ashley
Chesters (Hawkstone Park) is the Yorkshireman’s closest rival on nine
under while Sam Robertshawe (Puttenham Construction/Army GC) shares
third on eight under with Matthew Cort (Beedles Lake Golf Club), twice a
EuroPro winner already
this season.
The
top five on the Race To Desert Springs Order of Merit at the conclusion
of the Matchroom Sport Tour Championship will earn promotion to the
second-tier Challenge Tour. Dean will now begin the final round as a hot
favourite to leap from
11th on the tour standings and into the promotion positions, with £20,000 from a £90,000 purse going to the winner.
“The
plan this week was always to finish first or second,” said Dean, who was
unblemished in his second round as he went out in 33 and came back in 32
and is also on-course to take home the Rookie of the Year title.
“Second
would leave me pretty tight with the guys in the top five at the minute
but the top two as the plan for the week and hopefully tomorrow I can
achieve that.
“The
style of the professional game is different from the amateurs where it
was a case of make par and move on – in the pros you need to make as
many birdies as you can to survive.
“I
hit it pretty straight today. I had a few 'off' tee shots on the front
nine but managed to recover really well. I holed quite a few putts, had a
few from off the green which always help, but apart from that it was a
steady round.
“The
game plan will remain the same for the final round as it did for the
first two. It has been working pretty well so I will stick to it.”
The
Matchroom Sport Tour Championship continues with the final round on
Friday, which will be filmed for a two-hour highlights package to air on
Sky Sports on Tuesday, November 1 and networks worldwide.
Spectator entry is free throughout and live scoring can be found at
www.europrotour.com.
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