Consistent Rooke wins Cheshire & North Wales merit

Lee Rooke clinched the PGA Cheshire & North Wales Members' Tour Order of Merit despite failing to win any of the six fixtures.

The Royal St David's assistant however was never out of the top 10 as he finished runner-up twice, while registering two third places and he also came fifth and eighth.

Rooke finished tied for second in the final event at Knutsford on Monday, finishing one shot behind winner Oliver Smith.

Ashton-on-Mersey's Smith, who scored two aces in four months, clinched the final event with a mixed bag of birdies, bogeys and an eagle in his one-under par 71.

Rooke was a shot off the pace alongside Alderley Edge's Charles Le Sueur and Ben Thompson, from Hazel Grove.