Sugrue and Brazill 11th in Oman; Mullarney 11th in Tunisia; Mehaffey showing form
Olivia Mehaffey of Ireland. Credit: Tristan Jones/LET
Mallow’s James Sugrue and Naas’ Robert Brazill tied for 11th in the Clutch Tour’s La Vie Masters in Oman.
Sugrue signed off with a two-under 69 at La Vie Golf Club in Muscat to finish tied with Brazill, who shot 70, on seven-under (£1,050 each).
They finished 11 strokes behind Thetford’s Giles Evans, who shot 64 to win by three shots from Oliver Sullivan (65) and Ben Jones (67) and bank £8,000.
Evans moves to second on the Order of Merit with Mark Power, who missed the cut in Oman, tied for 17th.
Sugure moved up to 20th, one spot ahead of Paul McBride, who tied for 36th in Muscat three-under after a fine closing 65.
Whitehead’s John-Ross Galbraith shot 68 to tie for 27th in four under and sit at 26th in the Order of Merit with Brazill 28th.
Brandon St John shot 67 to finish tied 59th on level par but did not earn points, which are only awarded to the top 50 and ties.
Marc Boucher was joint 99th on seven-over after a 75.
Alps Tour reduced to 36 holes again
The Alps Tour was forced to cut its event in Tunisia to 36 holes for the second week running after high winds and thunderstorms put paid to the final day at the La Cigale Golf Open.
Spaniard Rocco Repetto claimed the win by a shot from Italy’s Filippo Bergamaschi on eight-under.
France’s Tom Gueant claimed third place on six-under with Galway’s Ronan Mullarney joint 11th on one-under.
Robert Moran was T27 on three-over with John Murphy T44 (five over) and Michael Young T55 (six over).
Hugh Foley (9 over) missed the cut by five shots on Wednesday.
Order of Merit
Pos. -Money - Events
1 Alvaro Hernandez Cabezuela 15,258.45 5
2 Rocco Paolo Repetto Taylor 13,773.63 5
3 Quentin Debove 10,856.25 5
4 Javier Barcos Garbayo 10,337.65 5
5 Jacopo Vecchi Fossa 8,733.38 5
6 Luca Galliano 7,042.50 5
7 Mario Galiano Aguilar 6,377.63 5
8 Filippo Bergamaschi 6,240.94 5
9 Ronan Mullarney 5,936.18 5
10 Manfredi Manica 5,188.50 5
Other Irish
14 Hugh Foley 4,224.88 5
18 Rober Moran 3,181.13 5
54 John Murphy 1,223.93 5
87 Michael Young 445.50 2
Mehaffey starts well in Johannesburg
Olivia Mehaffey took up where she left off last week and opened with a two-under 70 to share 10th place after the opening round of the ABSA Ladies Invitational at Royal Johannesburg.
After finishing fourth in the Platinum Ladies Open, the Banbridge native was keen to keep the momentum going.
She was two-over with six holes to play but birdied the fifth, seventh, eighth and ninth on her back nine to come home in 34 and shoot two-under.
Her 70 left her just three shots behind Spanish veteran Carmen Alonso -and South Africa’s Casandra Alexander, whose 67s gave them a one-shot lead.
It was also a good day for LET rookie Canice Screene, who made two birdies and a bogey in a solid 71 to share 21st, just four shots off the lead.
