Golf
Biggest pay day for Rob
ROBERT DINWIDDIE could
break into the top 100 of the European
Tour Order of Merit next
weekend, after claiming the best
result of his professional career
to date.
The Barnard Castle golfer
bounced back from the disappointment
of a poor third round
by carding a six under par 66
yesterday, which was enough to
secure a share of sixth place at
the MAPFRE Open de Andalucia
by Valle Romano.
Dinwiddie, who survived only
his second cut from six events
since graduating to the main
tour this season, showed signs of
the form that helped him record
back-to-back Challenge Tour triumphs
last term.
The 24-year-old's performance
in Spain also earned him his
biggest cheque of almost £28,000
and he is now ranked 105 in the
Order of Merit.
A similarly impressive display
at the Estoril Open de Portugal,
where he joins Graeme Storm
after the Hartlepool player's
heroics at last week's WG-CA
Championships in Florida,
would see Dinwiddie break into
the top 100.
That's something he has set
his sights on and his confidence
is high after making seven
birdies, spoilt by one bogey at
the 11th in his final round at the
Aloha Golf Club.
Had the former Walker Cup
player not posted a three-over
par total on Saturday following
his excellent second round, he
might have been in with a shout
of winning his first title.
Eventual winner Thomas
Levet, a Frenchman, was six
shots ahead of Dinwiddie, along
with Englishman Oliver Fisher.
Levet, though, won after a playoff.
9:38am Monday 31st March 2008
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