Baker cooking at Saffron Walden

Mark Baker, (Colchester) served up a five-under-par 67 to land the Saffron Walden Charity Pro-Am.

Baker delivered a three-shot victory thanks to a blistering round that included six birdies and an eagle.

Morning starter Mark blew hot early on, making a birdie at three straight holes from the second. His eagle came at the long sixth and proved the perfect bounce-back after a slip-up at the previous hole.

Baker turned for home at four-under and immediately made a further gain at the 10th.

He dropped a stroke at the 13th but recovered it with a birdie 3 on 16 before signing for his superb five-under total.

The afternoon starters never really got closing to challenging Baker’s score, although Stuart Brown (Thorpe Wood), Jonathan Sharkey (Links, Newmarket) and Paul Hetherington (Great Hadham G&CC) all posted fine two-under 70s to share second place.

Hetherington made three birdies in his final four holes, while Sharkey hit a real purple patch playing holes 14 to 16 in four-under.

Aaron Howard (Saffron Walden) led his quartet to an emphatic victory – his team finished at 21-under, six clear of Hetherington’s and Tyler Wink’s.