Dixon’s on fire at Cumberwell
14/07/2015
European Tour winner David Dixon warmed up for the West’s Players Championship Order of Merit event at Cumberwell Park by carding a remarkable nine-under-par 62 in the pro-am, sponsored by Lansdown Mazda.
Dixon from Enmore Park beat two other former European Tour stars Phillip Price and Scott Drummond by two shots, yet he dropped a shot at the par-four opening hole.
The club’s manager Ali James, a formidable player himself and winner of the inaugural Players Championship four years ago, said: “I didn’t see 62 out there today but what a score. There was some awesome golf despite the constant drizzle.”
Dixon, who has already qualified for the PGA Cup team travelling to California in September, went on to card five birdies on both the Red and Yellow nines he covered in 31 shots.
Ryder Cup man Price also dropped his only shot on the first but made a sensational seven-under 29 over the second nine with an eagle at the 12th and five birdies.
Former PGA champion Drummond, who has played several West events this year, also made one bogey, a five at the 15th, but added eight birdies in two halves of 32.
Giuseppe Licata (Bristol Golf Centre), Lee Corfield (Burnham & Berrow), Ross Langdon (Gloucester), Paul Jones (Canford Magna) and Russ Berry (Professional Golf Europe Ltd) shared fourth on 67.
Drummond led home the winning team on 18-under-par 90 points followed by John Jacobs, Cumberwell’s director of golf on 89, with Dixon’s trio a shot further back in third.
