England's
Mike Slater won his first tournament after two years on the European Seniors Tour
with a four-shot victory Sunday.
The
powerful club professional from Portal in Warrington shot a 3-under-par 69. It
gave him a 13-under-par total of 203 and finally closed out his nearest challenger,
American Jerry Bruner, who carded a 74, four strokes back.
Nicknamed
"Big Red" following a shock of ginger hair when young, has collected three course
records in the past five weeks including a 66 on the opening day in Holland.
Slater said: "This is a
wonderfull early present. I've been waitng a long time for this. I'm thrilled
to bits, especially with the way I held on to clinch it this time. Now I'm off
to the Ryder Cup and looking forward to another British success."
M Slater 66 68 69 203 13-under
M Bruner 67 66 74 207 9-under D Huish 71 72 64 207 L Higgins 70 70 69 209 7-under
G Macdonald 70 70 69 209 F Gambetta (US) 69 71 70 210 6-under A Garrido (Sp) 70
68 72 210 J Van Wagenen 72 68 70 210 J Rhodes 68 68 74 210 R Campagnoli (It) 69
70 71 210 B Sandry 73 70 67 210 A O'Connor 66 74 70 210 P Leonard 71 67 73 211
5-under B Brask (US) 73 71 67 211 N Coles 1 70 7 0 211 D O'Sullivan 71 71 69 211
M Bembridge 70 69 72 211 I Stanley (Aust) 68 71 72 211 V Tshabalala (SA) 69 73
70 212 4-under A Croce (It) 71 71 70 212 N Wood 71 72 69 212 T Gale (Aust) 66
75 71 212
