(35)BRILLIANT VICTORY FOR DES SMYTH AT WOBURN.

57 year old Des Smyth, came from three shots behind Carl Mason to win the Travis Perkins Senior Masters' Championship at Woburn Golf Club.

In winning, Des has now won in each of the last five decades. His first win came in 1979 when he beat Nick Price on the final green at Fulford, York to win the Sun Alliance matchplay title.

In 2001 aged 46, he became the oldest winner on the European Tour when he won the Madeira Masters' Open, and still holds that record.

During the final round Smyth was playing catch up against Carl Mason who was heading for the record books, looking for his 24th Seniors win. Mason had a 3 shot lead going into the back nine. The turn around came at the 14th when Mason 4 putted while Smyth birdied. With his nose now in front, Des managed to birdie the final hole for a stunning 3 shot winning margin on 10 under par and a cheque for €47,853.

Gary Wolstenholme, playing in his first Seniors event claimed a share of 3rd place with Adan Sowa from Argentina. Wolstenholme scored 68,72,70 to win his biggest cheque as a Professional of €19,181. He won £10,000 two months ago for winning a Europro event, proving his decision to turn Professional at the age of 48 was the right move.

Jimmy Heggarty was 28th on 4 over par, Denis O Sullivan was 42nd on 8 over par, Eamon Darcy was 59th on +12 and Eddie Polland was 74th on +19.

(34)JODY CLARKE WINS KILKEEL JUNIOR SCRATCH CUP.

Jody Clarke won his first Major prize in golf when he won the Kilkeel Junior Scratch Cup with a great score of one under par 71.

Jody got to 3 under par after 10 holes. He lost shots at the 14th, 16th and 18th but threw in a birdie at the difficult 17th for a comfortable 3 shot win from another Kilkeel member, Stanley Weir, who scored 74.

(33)46 YEAR OLD JIMENEZ WINS 3RD CHAMPIONSHIP THIS YEAR.

46 year old Spaniard, Miguel Angel Jimenez survived a late scare from Edoardo Molinari to take the Omega European Masters in Switzerland.

Jimenez was six shots clear with seven to play, but saw his lead slashed to one by Ryder Cup team-mate Edoardo Molinari four holes later. Jiménez got up and down from a fairway bunker for a critical par at the 16th and followed it up with a birdie on the next to increase his lead to three.

Jiménez, making his 22nd successive trip to Crans-sur-Sierre, finally got his hands on the trophy with a four under par 67 and 21 under total of 263 to win by 3 shots. This was his 3rd win this season after victories in Dubai and France.

The €333,330 prize lifts Jiménez into 8th place on the Race to Dubai table with earnings of €1,661,661.

There were also celebrations for 17 year old Italian Matteo Monassero. In only his 6th start as a Professional he finished 3rd on 16 under par and won a cheque for €125,200. He has now earned himself €255,383 to secure a full card for the European Tour for 2011 and in a position to take up any invites for the rest of this year.

Peter Lawrie started with a 72 but improved with scores of 69,63 and 69 for a share of 9th place on -11. Darren Clarke was steady for a share of 15th on -9 after hitting scores of 67,70,68,70.

Gareth Maybin played his first tournament for a month. He claimed a share of 30th place on 6 under par with scores of 69,71,68 and 70. Michael Hoey slipped up in the 3rd round taking 77. His other three rounds were 71,69,67 to give him a share of 54th on level par 284.

The 36 hole cut came at 1 under par 141. Paul Mc Ginley had two rounds of 72 to miss out by 3 shots, while Shane Lowry opened with a 74 and followed up with a 72 to miss out by 5 shots.

(32)GARRY CULLEN WINS FORREST LITTLE PRO-AM.

Garry Cullen, the head Professional at Beaverstown golf club, played superb golf around the Forrest Little golf course to win their Pro-Am with a 7 under par round of 64. Cullen had 2 shots to spare over European player Simon Thornton and former Irish PGA Champion, David Mortimer.

In the team event Mortimer got revenge over Cullen when he brought home the winning team with 94 points against Cullen's team who had 93 points.

1 Garry Cullen ( Beaverstown ) 64 -7.
2 David Mortimer ( foreireland )66 -5.
Simon Thornton ( Team Ireland Golf )66 -5.
4 Damien Mc Grane ( Unattached )68 -3
5 John Kelly ( St.Margaret's )69 -2.
Mark O'Mahony ( McGuirks Golf )69 -2.
Damian Mooney ( Unattached )69 -2.
8 Barrie Trainor ( Team Ireland Golf )70 -1.
Ted Higgins ( foreireland.com )70 -1.
Gary Murphy ( Doonbeg ) 70 -1.
John Dwyer ( Ashbourne )70 -1.
12 Robert Giles ( Greenore )71 Par.
Donal Gleeson ( Old Conna )71 Par.
David Hughes ( Massereene )71 Par.
David Higgins ( Waterville )71 Par.
Philip Walton ( foreireland.com )71 Par.

(31)DAMIEN MC GRANE WINS NAAS PRO-AM.

Damien Mc Grane played in the Irish PGA Naas Pro-Am during a week off from the European Tour. He showed his class by hitting a record score of 9 under par 62.

Mc Grane who is currently 48th on the Race to Dubai table with €439,258 was the clear winner by 4 shots from current Irish PGA race to Mount Juliet leader David Higgins and also Mark Staunton, Mark O Sullivan and Simon Thornton who all shot 66.

Past Irish Close amateur champion Mark O Sullivan, now an assistant at Ashbourne Golf Club, brought in the winning team with 92 points, beating Mark Staunton and Philip Walton's teams by a single point.

1 Damien Mc Grane ( Unattached ) 62 -9.
2 David Higgins ( Waterville ) 66 -5.
Mark Staunton ( foreireland.com ) 66 -5.
Mark O'Sullivan ( Ashbourne ) 66 -5.
Simon Thornton ( Team Ireland Golf )66 -5.
6 Michael Collins ( foreireland.com ) 68 -3.
Jimmy Bolger ( Kilkenny )68 -3.
Barrie Trainor ( Team Ireland Golf )68 -3.
Philip Walton ( foreireland.com )68 -3.
10Gary Murphy ( Doonbeg ) 69 -2.
David Ryan ( Cahir Park ) 69 -2.
Eddie Doyle ( Heritage )69 -2.
13Darren McWilliams ( Unattached )70 -1.
David Mortimer ( foreireland.com )70 -1.

(30)SIMON THORNTON WINS AT CONCRA WOOD.

European Tour player, Simon Thornton from Newcastle took a week off tour and won the 6th and final one day Irish PGA Sprint tournament at the magnificent Concra Wood Golf Club in Castleblaney, Monaghan.

Playing in the last group, Thornton got the perfect start with birdies at the first three holes. He got to 5 under after 15 holes before he made his first mistake. A dropped shot at the 16th was followed up with a birdie at the 17th, only for Thornton to make another bogey at the last.

His 68 which is the new course record was good enough to beat the in form Michael Collins from Cork by one shot. After recent wins at Adare Manor and Greenore, Collins was looking good for the hat trick as he was clubhouse leader on 69 until Thornton came through in the final group to pip him by one shot.

CONCRA WOOD ONE DAY IRISH PGA SPRINT.

1 Simon Thornton ( Team Ireland Golf ) 68 -4.
2 Michael Collins ( foreireland.com ) 69 -3.
3 John Kelly ( St.Margaret's ) 70 -2.
Brian McElhinney ( Team Ireland ) 70 -2.
Connor Mallon ( Narin & Portnoo ) 70 -2.
Michael Mulryan ( Athenry ) 70 -2.
Kevin McGrath ( Birr ) 70 -2.
8 Peter Jones ( Coollattin ) 71 -1.
9 David Higgins ( Waterville ) 72 Par.
Liam Bowler ( Wexford ) 72 Par.
Kenny Fahey ( GUI National Academy )72 Par.
Barrie Trainor ( Team Ireland Golf )72 Par.
John Dignam ( Slade Valley ) 72 Par.
Patrick Geraghty ( Unattached )72 Par.
15 Leslie Walker ( Dundalk )73 +1.
Seamus Clinton ( Portsalon )73 +1.
Michael Allan ( Leopardstown )73 +1.
Brendan McDermott ( Castlecomer )73 +1.
David Mortimer ( foreireland.com )73 +1.
Jimmy Bolger ( Kilkenny )73 +1.
Mark Staunton ( foreireland.com )73 +1.

(29)EAMON DARCY WINS SOUTHERN PGA CHAMPIONSHIP.

Former Ryder Cup star, Eamonn Darcy turned back the clock to win the PGA Southern Championship at Powerscourt with a sizzling performance that left the rest of the Professionals well behind.

It is 10 years since Darcy won the Southern Championship, but he made his intentions clear that he meant business this year with an opening 6 under par 66 around the East course at Powerscourt. He followed up with a 3 under par 69 on the West course the following day for a 36 hole total of 9 under par 135.

Darcy's 9 under total gave him a three shot lead at the top of the leaderboard over David Higgins. Higgins stormed back with a second round of 66 to grab 2nd place on 6 under par after opening with a level par round of 72. This finish increases Higgins' lead at the top of the race to Mount Juliet rankings.

Darren Mc Williams played steady golf, hitting rounds of 72,70 to clinch 3rd place on his own on 2 under par 142. The only other players to finish under par were Garry Cullen, Michael Collins and Patrick Geraghty to share 4th place.

1 Eamonn Darcy ( Le Salle ) 66 69 135 -9.
2 David Higgins ( Waterville )72 66 138 -6.
3 Darren McWilliams ( Unattached ) 72 70 142 -2.
4 Garry Cullen ( Beaverstown ) 74 69 143 -1.
Michael Collins ( foreireland.com ) 71 72 143 -1.
Patrick Geraghty ( Unattached ) 70 73 143 -1.
7 Mark Staunton ( foreireland.com ) 76 68 144 Par.
Mervyn Owens ( Mallow ) 72 72 144 Par.
Paul Thompson ( Powerscourt ) 71 73 144 Par.
David Mortimer ( foreireland.com ) 70 74 144 Par.
11Martin McTernan ( Co. Sligo )74 71 145 +1.
Barrie Trainor ( Team Ireland ) 73 72 145 +1.
Cian McNamara ( Limerick ) 73 72 145 +1.
Neil Manchip ( GUI National Academy ) 68 77 145 +1.
15Eamonn Brady ( Clontarf ) 73 73 146 +2.
John Dignam ( Slade Valley ) 73 73 146 +2.
17David Ryan ( Cahir Park ) 77 70 147 +3.
Brian McElhinney ( Team Ireland ) 78 69 147 +3.
Gerry Burke ( Curragh ) 75 72 147 +3.
Peter Jones ( Coollattin ) 74 73 147 +3.
21Philip Walton ( foreireland.com ) 72 76 148 +4.
Graeme Dunlea ( Adare Manor ) 72 76 148 +4.