LONDON SENIORS MASTERS

CALI WINS PLAY-OFF AFTER LAST ROUND

SLUMP BY LEADER SAM TORRANCE

Italian Giuseppe Cali produced a nerveless display to defeat Delroy Cambridge of Jamaica at the fifth hole of a sudden-death play-off to scoop the Bendinat London Seniors Masters title at The London Golf Club today. 

Cambridge held the upper hand for much of the shoot-out but was undone when he left his 17ft birdie putt on the edge of the cup and Cali holed from seven feet for a winning 3.

It was the Italian’s second European Seniors Tour title and came with a winner’s cheque of £22,500 (€32,709).

Cali had earlier produced the best round of the day, a five under par 67, to finish on six under par 210 for 54 holes, a total Cambridge matched thanks to a 15ft birdie putt at the last for a 71.

England’s Tony Allen closed with a round of 70 to finish in third place on five under par 211.

Sam Torrance, who had started the final round with a three stroke lead, endured a day to forget as he carded three double bogeys in a round of 77, which dropped him into a share of sixth place.

 FINAL TOTALS (Par 72) 

210 Giuseppe Cali (Ita)  69  74  67, Delroy Cambridge (Jam)  67  72  71 (Cali won at fifth hole of sudden-death play-off).

211 Tony Allen (Eng)  70  71  70

212 Nick Job (Eng)  70  71  71, Juan Quiros (Esp)  74  68  70

213 Sam Torrance (Sco) 70 66 77, Martin Foster (Eng)  69  72  72

214 Bobby Lincoln (RSA) 74  68  72, Carl Mason (Eng)  69  73  72

215 Martin Gray (Sco) 70  74  71, John Chillas (Sco)  66  77  72, Bertus Smit (RSA)  72  67  76

216 Kevin Spurgeon (Eng)  68  73  75

217 Guillermo Encina (Chi)  68  73  76, José Rivero (Esp)  73  71  73

218 Gordon J Brand Eng  76  71  71, Terry Gale (Aus)  74  72  72,  David J Russell (Eng)  73  72  73, John Mashego (SA)  71  74  73

219 John Benda (US) 73  71  75

220 Jim Rhodes (Eng)  71  74  75, Doug Johnson (US)  75  74  71, Mike Ferguson Aus  72  76  72, Simon Owen (NZ)  72  76  72, Eamonn Darcy (Irl)  77  72  71, Emilio Rodriguez (Esp)  75  74  71, Tony Johnstone (Zim)  73  72  75

221 Bill Malley (USA) 71  76  74, David Good (Aus)  74  72  75, Stephen Chadwick (Eng)  77  75  69, Bob Cameron (Eng)  78  70  73

222 Denis O'Sullivan (Irl)  73  73  76, Craig Maltman (Sco)  76  69  77

223 Tony Charnley (Eng) 70  78  75, Gavan Levenson (RSA)  72  72  79, Adan Sowa (Arg)  74  75  74, Jean Pierre Sallat (Fra)  69  77  77, Rex Caldwell (USA)  73  75  75, Bruce Heuchan (Can)  73  75  75, Alan Mew (Tri)  76  73  74

224 William Milne (Sco) 75  74  75, Jerry Bruner (USA)  75  75  74

225 Gordon Townhill (Eng)  73  76  76, Peter Teravainen (USA)  72  79  74

226 Gery Watine (Fra)  74  78  74, Denis Durnian (Eng)  74  78  74, Jeff Hawkes (RSA)  73  81  72, Jimmy Heggarty (Nir)  75  76  75, Manuel Piñero (Esp)  74  80  72

227 Mike Miller (Sco)  76  78  73, Antonio Garrido (Esp)  76  74  77, Malcolm Gregson (Eng)  76  72  79, Alberto Croce (Ita)  77  73  77, Dragon Taki (Jpn) 73  76  78

228 Robin Mann (Eng)  79  74  75, Martin Poxon (Eng)  76  70  82

229 Bob Larratt (Eng)  77  76  76

230 Ian Mosey (Eng)  76  79  75, Angel Fernandez (Chi)  75  79  76

231 Anders Johnsson (Swe)  74  81  76

233 John Curtis (Irl)  77  79  77, Victor Garcia (Esp)  74  85  74, Hank Woodrome (US)  81  77  75, Bob Lendzion (US)  80  74  79, Maurice Bembridge (Eng)  79  80  74, Eddie Polland (Nir)  80  76  77

234 David Creamer (Eng) 77  77  80, Andrew Reynolds (Eng)  78  77  79

236 Manuel Calero (Esp)  80  75  81

239 Bill Hardwick (Can)  78  80  81.

243 Kurt Cox (US)  78  78  87

Withdrew: Craig Defoy (Wal)  75  81 -.