The top 60 from the order of merit on the Europro Tour made their way to Aphrodite Hills Golf Club in Cyprus for the season ending Tour Championship. James Heath won the biggest event in the 2010 PGA EuroPro Tour season after triumphing in a dramatic three-way play-off.
The win was important to Heath as he moved from 28th in the order of merit up to 4th after collecting the €20,000 ( £17,014. ) and a certain move to the Challenge Tour next year.
Heath, Kevin Harper ( East Devon ) and Lawrence Dodd were all tied on seven-under.
Scotland’s Craig Lee ( Aspire Golf Centre ) made a late surge with a course record 62to finish in tied fourth after being well down the leaderboard on the opening day.
Brendan McCarroll from Derry was the leader going into the final round. McCarroll had opened with rounds of 69 and 63 to sit on 8 under par and lead by 2 shots. A win would have guaranteed Brendan a Challenge Tour spot for next year, but a poor closing round of 75 dropped him into a share of 11th along with Limerick's Tim Rice on 3 under par.
The top Irishman was Lurgan's Gareth Shaw. He started slowly with a one over par 71, then followed up with a pair of 67's to take 7th place on 5 under par.
Other Irish results were, Noel Fox 23rd on level par 210, Neil O'Briain and Michael Collins finished 28th on +1. Brian McElhinney and Paul O'Hanlon were tied 48th on +8 218.
This year the top 7 from the final order of merit go through to the Challenge Tour as the leader Daniel Guant and the 5th place man, Craig Lee are already qualified for next year. Guant won an event last month on the Challenge Tour and Lee has already finished in the top 80 of the Challenge Tour.
The other 5 are Matthew Evans, James Hepworth ( Winner at Galgorm Castle. ),James Heath, Nick McCarthy and Ian Keenan ( Winner at Castle Dargen. ) in Sligo.
The best placed home player was Brendan McCarroll who finished in 25th place with earnings of £7,058 from 14 tournaments.
FINAL EUROPRO ORDER OF MERIT 2010.
1 Daniel S. Gaunt £24,700
2 Matthew Evans £24,123
3 James N. Hepworth £24,020
4 James J. Heath £23,169
5 Craig Lee £19,237
6 Nick McCarthy £16,742
7 Ian Keenan £16,315
8 James Busby £15,747
9 Matt Allen £15,736
10 Paul Maddy £15,195
Irish Results
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25 Brendan McCarroll £7,058
27 Paul O'Hanlon £6,706
32 Gareth Shaw £4,715
33 Tim Rice £4,587
37 Michael Collins £4,087
38 Brian McElhinney £4,003
44 Neil O Briain £2,760
48 Noel Fox £2,476
62 Barrie Trainor £1,718
68 Michael McGeady £1,454
74 David Rawluk £1,325
92 Michael Lavelle £1,023
97 Mark Staunton £831
103 Jonathon Mallon £768
115 Cian McNamara £558
150 Shane Franklin £202
157 Mark Campbell £182
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