Craig produces golfing masterclass
Last updated 11:45, Wednesday, 16 July 2008
CRAIG Goodfellow gained some consolation for missing out on this week’s Open Championship by winning the Cumbria Masters at Keswick.
The Carlisle Driving Range professional, who missed out on playing at Royal Birkdale by a single shot, was crowned Cumbria Masters champion yesterday when he tagged a 69 to go with his morning round of 70 for a three-under total.
Goodfellow finished one shot ahead of Westerhope assistant George Cowan, with Matfen Hall pro John Harrison, from Castle Carrock, near Carlisle, a further shot adrift in third place.
Kendal’s James Atkinson was the top amateur player after a card play-off with county champion John Longcake, from Silloth, after the pair scored a four-over-par total of 146.
A team of Keswick juniors, made up of Jamie O’Brien, Will Humphries and Richard Brown, won Monday’s pro-am competition.
O’Brien, an assistant at Keswick, posted the longest drive of the day – 288 yards at the par five seventh – and at the same hole Matfen Hall’s Paul Fiddes scored an albatross when he holed his second shot.
Penrith Driving Range pro Paul Jenkinson and Morpeth’s David Clark tied for first place in the pro’s competition at the pro-am with their four-under-par score of 67. The event was sponsored by O’Reilly’s chartered accountants, and the pro-am raised £1,000 for the Great North Air Ambulance.
