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championship
uropean Touring professional Kyron Sullivan
(vale-hotel.com) lifted the Celtic Pro TourOLLS E
Championship at the Old Course, Marriott St
Pierre on Wednesday.RTHE OF MONMOUTH
The win was the second on the Tour this year for
the Barry-born 32-year-old, following his victory in
the South Wales Open at Southerndown Golf Club in
July.
Afirst round of three under par 68 on Monday set
the tone for the week, and the score was never bet-
tered.
Alevel-par round of 71 on day two was followed
by afinal round of 76 in freezing conditions, which
was enough to land him the £2,000 first prize and
Championship trophy.
Sullivan finished on two over par after the 54 holes,
two strokes ahead of four players tied in second
place -Llewellyn Matthews (Southerndown),
Matthew Dearden (vale-hotel.com), Lee Corfield
(Burnham &Berrow) and Glyn Bateman (Royal
Eastbourne), who all finished on four over par for the
tournament, each picking up cheques for £462.50,
after sharing the 2nd to 5th placed prize money.
Ryan Thomas (Aberdare) was afurther stroke
behind in fifth place to win a£200 share of the
purse, while Iwan Griffiths (Aberdare) won the
voucher as top amateur in the field.
Adam Constable (Cardiff) who finished 9th at the
Chepstow course, secured the Red Bull Celtic Pro Tour
Order of Merit, after an impressive season of consis-
tent finishes, including awin at the South WestThe Rolls of Monmouth Golf Club,
Wales Open at Pennard Golf Club in April.
with its championship 6,733 yardgolf Forfurther information, full scores and results for
Kyron Sullivan with his trophy for winning the Celtic the 2008 season, the third year of the tour,pleasecourse, is set in suberbcountryside
ProTour Championship. visit www.celticpro.com
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Constable qualified as one of the top 16 from the
morning field of 72 and then booked his place among
the top six for the one hole shootout over Frilford’s par
four 18th hole for the £5,000 first prize.
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