Monday 13 July 2009

Kaleka wins on Challenge tour in his first Professional Tournament.

Last week 22 year old Alexandre Kaleka was playing for France in the European amateur Championship in Wales.6 days later after turning Professional he won the ALLIANZ EUROPEN de LYON title and the 24,000Euro cheque to go with it,after holding of the challenge from Danish man,Anders Schmidt Hansen by one shot.
It was a dream start to Kaleka Pro career and he did it in style with rounds of 63,67,70 and a final solid round of 68 that left him on 268-16.One more good finish will lift him into the top 20 in the order of merit and a place on the full tour next year.

There was no fairytails for the Irish players.Colm Moriarty moved up 13 places to joint 36th with a closing 69 for 281-3.Michael McGeady who had such an impressive start finished with a 70 for 285+1 and joint 56th and Noel Fox dropped down 9 places with a 74 and 287+3 finish.

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