Cole Madey shot a fine four-under-par 68 yesterday and finished with a 12-under-par 204 gross to clinch the 15th King Hamad International Golf Trophy at the Royal Golf Club yesterday.
The American, who had led the field with a seven-under-par 65 on the first day, had slipped to second place with an eight-under-par 136 gross following a one-under-par 71 on Friday, behind Gary King, who started yesterday leading Madey by just one stroke with a nine-under-par 135 gross after carding a four-under-par 68 on Friday to go with his five-under-par 67 on the first day.
But the Briton had a poor day yesterday, stroking a one-over-par 73 to finish the tournament in third place with an eight-under-par 208 gross, behind compatriot Tom Plumb, who carded a three-under-par 69 for the third day in succession to tally a nine-under-par 207 gross.
Saudi pro Saud Al Sharif, who had finished with a one-under-par 143 gross at the end of the second day following cards of 73 and 70 on the first two days, roared into a final fourth-place finish with a dazzling six-under-par 66 yesterday to end with a seven-under-par 209 gross.
And defending champion, Tom Sloman, of Great Britain, who appeared out of sorts on the first two days after identical cards of one-under-par 71, provided a glimpse of what could have been by shooting a four-under-par 68 to finish fifth with a six-under-par 210 gross, as did joint-fifth-placed compatriot Joshua White, who recovered from a two-over-par 74 on the first day to post a five-under-par 67 and three-under-par 69 on the last two days of the tournament.
Two more Brits, Robbie Busher and Russell Chrystie finished joint-seventh with a four-under-par 212 gross.
Moroccan golfer Dahmane Soufiane, who carded a three-under-par 213 gross, won the amateur competition with Briton Harley Smith (one-under-par 215 gross) second and British-born UAE golfer Sam Mullane in third with a par-216.
Amateur Ahmed Al Zayed finished as the best Bahraini golfer with a three-over-par 219 gross.
On behalf of His Majesty King Hamad, Supreme Council for Youth and Sports first deputy chairman, General Sports Authority (GSA) chairman and Bahrain Olympic Committee president Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa attended the closing ceremony and presented trophies to the prize winners.
GSA deputy chairman Shaikh Salman bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, GSA chief executive Dr Abdulrahman Askar, Bahrain Golf Association president Major-General Ali bin Saqr Al Noaimi, and senior officials also attended.
Around 100 golfers from around the world took part in the tournament.
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