HUME FINISHES FOURTH BUT IT COULD
HAVE BEEN BETTER AT VILAMOURA

Glasgow's Barry Hume earned 1905 Euros for a joint fourth place finish behind Portuguese winner Ricardo Santos in the Ivobank PGA EuroPro Tour's Oceanico Algarve championship over the Millennium and Victoria courses at Vilamoura.
Hume had rounds of 70, 68 and 70 for a seven-under-par total of 208.
A great run of birdie-birdie-eagle from the 10th in his final round over the Victoria course put the former Scottish amateur champion in contention for at least third place and a pay-out of 3212 Euros but he had costly bogeys at the 16th and 18th.
Freddy Valenti finished joint 23rd on 213 with a closing 74, for which he earned 461 Euros.
Scott Taylor, Jack Doherty and Elliot Saltman totalled 216, 217 and 218 respectively with uninspired closing rounds of 75, 73 and 74.
Taylor made 347 Euros, Doherty 315 and Saltman 290.
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Santos clinches Oceanico Algarve Championship
Ricardo Santos won the Ivobank PGA EuroPro Tour Oceanico Algarve Championship by one stroke from fellow Portuguese pro Antonio Sobrinho.
Holes 11 to 13 were the key for Santos (Oceanico Developments) who picked up three birdies while playing partner Sobrinho (Vale Do Lobo) failed to register a birdie until the 14th.
He picked another shot up at the 17th to move a shot behind Santos at 12 under but they both parred 18 to give Santos the win at 13 under (202) from Sobrinho (203).
The pair were tied at ten under overnight going into the final round, Santos picking up four birdies to Sobrinho’s two, with a dropped shot at the ninth. Both players recorded rounds of 66 and 67 in the opening two rounds on Wednesday and Thursday, played on the Millennium and Victoria courses of the Vilamoura resort.
“It’s a great feeling,” said Ricardo, who earned €16,250 for his victory. “I was nervous going down 18 but it’s an amazing feeling now to have won.”
Santos is good friends with Sobrinho, who said that their round was played in a great spirit. “On the course we are serious but off the course we are great friends,” said Sobrinho, whose second place finish earned him €8,125. “I played great all week but just couldn’t catch Ricardo today.”
Santos, 25 years old, is ranked 51st on the Challenge Tour this year, while Sobrinho, 37, won EuroPro Tour events in 2003 and 2005.
Northern Ireland’s Richard Kilpatrick (Banbridge) finished in third spot at eight under for the tournament, posting 71 for the final round, with Barry Hume (Scotland), Noel Fox (Team Ireland – MMI) and Alan Murray (Greystones GC) tied in fourth spot at seven under.
Hume looked the most likely to challenge the Portuguese leaders after blasting birdie, birdie, eagle at 10, 11 and 12 to storm into contention at nine under, but he was unable to capitalise further and dropped shots at 16 and 18.
The trio pick up €3,000 apiece which cements Fox’s place at the top of the Order of Merit and Murray’s second spot behind his fellow countryman.
The Tour flies back to the UK and heads to Croydon where Selsdon Park is the venue on August 6.

LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Victoria & Millenium courses.
Par 215 (2 x 72, 1 x 71)
201 R Santos (Por) 66 67 69.
203 A Sobrinho (Por) 66 67 70.
207 R Kilpatrick (NIr) 65 71 71.
208 B Hume (Sco) 70 68 70, N Fox (Ire) 66 70 72, A Murray (Ire) 67 68 73.
Other Scots scores:
213 F Valenti 68 71 74.
216 S Taylor 71 70 75.
217 J Doherty 69 75 73.
218 E Saltman 71 73 74.