Stanley gains win on windy last day

Australian Ian Stanley claimed victory with a closing 73 in windy conditions at the De Vere PGA Seniors Championship.

"It is a great honour for me to win this title," said Stanley, for whom this was his second European Senior Tour win

"I've always believed it is one of the Senior Majors and it is particularly special to win it because it means I have followed in the footsteps of two of my greatest idols, Peter Thomson and Kel Nagle.

"To be honest, I can't tell you how I feel at the moment. It's very special.

"For a while out there, I seemed to be cruising but then, when I got to six in front after the fifth, I might have become a little bit too negative and that let Malcolm back in.

"But all credit to him. He did a great job battling back the way he did and deserves a lot of credit for that."

Scores

278 I Stanley (Aus) 71 66 68 73

280 M Bembridge 65 75 68 72

284 B Vivian (Nzl) 72 71 69 72

285 J Van Wagenen (USA) 75 71 70 69, S Owen (Nzl) 68 69 72 76

286 D Ojala (USA) 72 69 72 73

287 P Townsend 71 71 75 70, D Good (Aus) 72 74 71 70, C Defoy 70 74 71 72

288 I Clark 74 69 73 72, S Wild 68 74 70 76

289 B Gallacher 73 71 73 72, J Horton (USA) 76 69 71 73, J Farmer 68 72 73 76

290 J Morgan 71 74 73 72, L Farmer 72 70 74 74, B Verwey 72 71 73 74, N Job 68 71 74 77, B Hardwick (Can) 73 72 68 77

291 A Croce (Ita) 73 72 75 71, J Rhodes 72 75 70 74, R Metherell 70 75 70 76

292 D Huish 72 75 72 73, N Coles 72 72 73 75, D O'Sullivan 72 71 71 78

293 N Ratcliffe (Aus) 76 71 72 74, M Steadman 67 75 76 75, P Herbert 77 68 72 76, JR Delich (USA) 69 71 76 77, S Ebihara (Jpn) 71 73 70 79, R Carrasco (USA) 72 71 69 72

294 P Leonard 70 76 74 74, P Kaylor (USA) 72 70 76 76, J Grace (USA) 74 70 74 76, J Bruner (USA) 76 71 70 77

295 J McTear 73 74 72 76

296 G MacDonald (Can) 72 75 76 73, T Downing (Aus) 74 71 77 74, J Bjornsson (Swe) 73 72 77 74, D Oakley (USA) 70 77 72 77, D Lindsay-Smith (Rsa) 73 74 71 78, D Durnian 74 72 71 79

297 T Gale (Aus) 74 72 79 72, D Creamer 74 72 77 74, J Benda (USA) 72 72 76 77

298 G MacDonald 70 77 74 77

299 K Stevenson 74 72 78 75, R Campagnoli (Ita) 73 74 77 75

300 H Dolan (Aus) 75 70 78 77

301 B Lockie 72 75 77 77

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