Tour round up: Maybin, McGee and Smyth lead Irish
Gareth Maybin was looking on the bright side of a Top-10 despite a closing 73 in Denmark. Picture: David Lloyd / www.golffile.ie
European Tour — Gareth Maybin slipped to a disappointing 73 on the final day but still picked up his second Top-10 of the season in the Made in Denmark at Himmerland Golf & Spa Resort.
Three shots behind eventual winner Marc Warren and Welshman Bradley Dredge starting the day, he got off to a slow start with a doubel bogey six at the fifth and a bogey at the ninth before a birdie at the 15th left him tied for ninth on one under.
A cheque for € 27,350 moved him to 125th in the Race to Dubai and within just €32,788 of the Top-110 who keep their cards.
Damien McGrane shot 70 to share 28th on two over and earn €13,125 to mvoe to 74th in the Race to Dubai with €256,571 while Peter Lawrie (74) picke dup just • € 3,450 and remains in danger of losing his card.
The 40-year old Dubliner has made just €40,070 from 21 starts and is 187th in the money list with just nine regular events remaining.
Simon Thornton (75) was joint 78th on 12 over and is now 138th in the Race to Dubai.
Marc Warren, Made in Denmark winner 2014. Picture © Getty Images
As for Warren, he converted his fine recent form into a first European Tour title for seven years courtesy of a two stroke victory.
The Scot, who finished tied 15th in last week’s US PGA Championship, carded a confident three under par closing round of 68 for a winning total of nine under par 275, while Welshman Dredge finished runner up on seven under par following a round of 70 to improve his hopes of a tour return.
Englishman Philip Archer (69) was third on four under par while Thomas Björn (69) finished as the leading Dane on three under par, sharing fourth position with English pair Eddie Pepperell (69) and Oliver Fisher (69), boosting his hopes of sealing an automatic Ryder Cup spot.
Warren said: "It feels incredible. I felt the last couple of years I’ve been close to winning a couple of times but for whatever reason it hasn’t quite happened for me, whether I’ve made mistakes or someone else has played really well.
"This summer I fell more confident that I’ve ever done. Today I kept telling myself I was swinging the club really well and I was confident in what I was doing. I was happy to see the win come up as it would be difficult for someone to come out the pack.”
Made in Denmark (par 71)
275 M Warren (Sco) 71 70 66 68,
277 B Dredge (Wal) 66 68 73 70,
280 P Archer (Eng) 70 70 71 69,
281 E Pepperell (Eng) 73 68 71 69, T Björn (Den) 66 73 73 69, O Fisher (Eng) 75 65 72 69,
282 T Olesen (Den) 69 70 72 71, L Jensen (Den) 72 69 74 67,
283 M Lundberg (Swe) 72 69 71 71, G Maybin (Nir) 75 67 68 73, S Wakefield (Eng) 71 67 72 73, S Chowrasia (Ind) 70 71 71 71, S Manley (Wal) 73 69 69 72, R Karlberg (Swe) 73 70 71 69,
Other Irish
- 286 D McGrane (Irl) 73 70 73 70
- 292 P Lawrie (Irl) 70 75 73 74,
- 296 S Thornton (Irl) 76 70 75 75
Mark Tullo with his cheque for winning the 2014 Vacon Open. Picture courtesy Juha Hakulinen
Challenge Tour — Ruaidhri McGee is 86th in the Challenge Tour Rankings after a closing 70 gave him a share of 19th in the Vacon Open in Finland.
The 23-year old Rosapenna touring professional earned €1,898 to bring his season's earnings to €11,923 from 10 starts following an event that saw Chile's Mark Tullo close with a seven under 64 to claim his third career win on the Challenge Tour by three shots.
Tullo, 36, claimed his first win in four years from another experienced European Tour and Challenge Tour player in Swede Pelle Edberg, who finished in second place on 17 under par thanks to a 63-65 weekend.
Overnight leader Charlie Ford shot 69 to finish third with Lurgan's Gareth Shaw tied 46th on three under to earn € 867 for 92nd in the rankings with €11,093 from 12 starts.
Vacon Open
264 M Tullo (Chi) 68 67 65 64,
267 P Edberg (Swe) 71 68 63 65,
268 C Ford (Eng) 64 68 67 69,
269 P Widegren (Swe) 68 65 70 66, H Bacher (Aut) 67 64 70 68, B An (Kor) 68 68 67 66, G Cambis (Fra) 65 66 70 68,
272 N Lemke (Swe) 68 66 71 67, A Rota (Ita) 67 68 68 69, C Shinkwin (Eng) 69 64 70 69,
Other Irish
276 R McGee (Irl) 69 67 70 70,
281 G Shaw (Nir) 68 69 71 73.
Mark Davis with the SSE Scottish
European Senior Tour — England's Mark Davis cruised to his maiden title in just his third start on the European Senior Tour at the SSE Scottish Senior Open.
With winds gusting upwards of 25 miles per hour at Fairmont St Andrews, Davis carded a brilliant one under par 71 to finish with a five under par total of 211 strokes – five shots clear of the field.
Englishmen Phil Golding (74) and David J Russell (73), Spaniard Pedro Linhart (76) and overnight leader Cesar Monasterio (79) finished in a four-way tie for second place on level par following a hugely testing day on the east coast of Scotland.
Des Smyth tied for ninth on two over after a 75 with € 8,519 with Philip Walton's 76 giving him a share of 29th on seven over and €2,285.
Denis O'Sullivan's one under 71 matched Davis and Peter Fowler with the best round of the day as he finished tied 36th to earn € 1,677 while Ronan Rafferty (79) share 53rd on 12 under and picked up €773.
SSE Scottish Senior Open
211 M Davis (Eng) 66 74 71,
216 C Monasterio (Arg) 61 76 79, D Russell (Eng) 70 73 73, P Linhart (Esp) 68 72 76, P Golding (Eng) 72 70 74,
217 J Spence (Eng) 70 73 74, G Manson (Aut) 69 73 75, J Smith (USA) 66 76 75,
218 D Smyth (Irl) 70 73 75, S Brown (Eng) 70 72 76,
Other Irish
- 223 P Walton (Irl) 72 75 76,
- 224 D O'Sullivan (Irl) 75 78 71,
- 228 R Rafferty (Nir) 72 77 79.
