CLOSE OF PLAY
Tonnoincanna's stunning R1 / R2 performance saw him narrowly take the Open Championship title with a one stroke victory over his nearest rivals, Kriztjan and TDHarvey. He was pushed all the way as the two runners up produced stunning performances to close the gap down to the narrowest margin possible. Tom produced the notable feat of a perfect round, with 18 straight birdies giving him a round of 54.
In the overall standings, whilst the top 10 remains largely unchanged, there has been significant movement lower down the table. Players such as Ironking34, Jumper281, Dazza501, TDHarvey and Tonnoincanna all pretty much doubled their previous tour qualifcation points totals which has seen them all make significant progress up the standings.
With only Week 9 left to go before the WGF Matchplay competition, it's going to be a hard fought battle to win those final places into a tournaments where all players are guaranteed rankings points.
The tour standings have been fully updated and the credit prizes follow below. Tour sponsors will be PM'ed tomorrow so that the second release of prizes can be completed.
The Open Championship - Final Leaderboard
WGF Tour Points Standings - Week 8
CREDIT WINNERS
Tournament Winner = Tonnoincanna (-30) = 1500 credits
Runner up = Kriztjan & TDHarvey (-29) = 525 credits each
Best finish by a non-legend = Saltiresfan (-23) = 350 credits (highest ranked player wins)
Best Round (R1-R3) = 350 credits per round (lowest ranked player wins)
R1 = Minkywinkster (27)
R2 = Funkyjunkie3000 (27)
R3 = Tonyturbo78 (56)
Most eagles = Terbal (4) = 350 credits (lowest ranked player wins)
Most birdies on P3's = xxblueeyesxx (6) = 350 credits (lowest ranked player wins)
Hole in one/Double Eagle = 350 credits (1 event) (to be carried over and pooled cumulatively for the next event if not won) = N/A (TBC)
PS: If anyone had a Hole in One this week, please reply to this post. As I've been away for a lot of the week, I've not had a chance to go through the entire week's scorecards. There's one in already for W9 so it's important to know if I'm carrying the credits over.