Arizona double for Broadhurst

29/11/2015

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Ex-Ryder Cup player Paul Broadhurst celebrated topping Champions Tour regional qualifying by wrapping up an Arizona double.

The Northants County attached pro carded rounds of 71,63,64 and 69 to beat St George’s Hill’s Andy Raitt by three shots with a 21 under par total in the Arizona Classic Pro-Am.

Fellow Ryder Cup Barry Lane was tied third with Jason Kelly some 11 shots adrift of 50 year old Broadhurst whose other Arizona triumph came in the Scottsdale Classic Pro-Am back in February.

The 20th staging of the Arizona Classic was staged over four of the desert’s most prestigious courses: Desert Highlands, Blackstone Country Club, Grayhawk and We-Ko-Pa.

Nevill Golf Club’s Jamie Harris opened the week with a sensational 63 at Desert Highlands, but it would be former European Tour players Raitt and Broadhurst who would dominate with superb 63s in round two at Blackstone Country Club.

Lane stayed in touch with the leaders after a 68 at Grayhawk Golf Club in the third round bringing back great memories of his million dollar victory at Grayhawk in the Andersen Consulting World Championship of Golf in 1995.

In the final round Broadhurst fired a 69 at the breathtakingly scenic We-Ko-Pa Golf Club to claim his second Pro-Am Tour victory of a very successful year, which had also seen a maiden victory on The European Senior Tour.

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** Winning team: Paul Broadhurst, Alan Kennedy, Malcolm Wager & Dave Gordon

In addition to the pro-am, Challenge Days were played at Troon North - won by Broadhurst and Bearwood Lakes Golf Club’s Martin Woodbridge and TPC Scottsdale Stadium Course - host course for the PGA Tour’s WM Phoenix Open, with victory shared by Martin Woodbridge, Phil Beever and Andy Raitt.

In the team event Broadhurst’s team of Dave Gordon, Malcolm Wager and Alan Kennedy claimed an exciting victory after securing two birdies at the last hole. Lane’s team finished second and Raitt’s team were third.

The Arizona Classic is one of a series of high quality Pro-Am Tour events organised by The American Golf Holiday. Others include The California Classic Pro-Am, The Scottsdale Classic Pro-Am, The Las Vegas Classic Pro-Am, The Pinehurst Classic Pro-Am, The Sawgrass Classic Pro-Am, The Whistling Straits Classic Pro-Am and The Pro-Am Tour at Pebble Beach.

Further information is available at www.pro-amtour.com or contact John Hooper at Tel. 023 8046 5885

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