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01 - 04 Jul 1999
Golf des Volcans, Clermont Ferrand, France
For the second successive week an Irishman is the halfway leader on the Challenge Tour. Last week it was David Higgins in Is Molas. This time Francis Howley heads the field in the Open des Volcans.
1 Francis HOWLEY Ire 69 65 1342 Philip GOLDING Eng 67 68 1353 José Manuel CARRILES Sp 70 66 136- Peter HEDBLOM Swe 67 69 136- Jean-FrançoisLUCQUIN Fr 69 67 136- Mikael LUNDBERG Swe 68 68 1367 Sean CORTE-REAL Port 67 70 137- Stephen SCAHILL NZ 70 67 137- Carl
1 Philip GOLDING (Eng) 67 68 69 2042 Andrew BARNETT (Wal) 73 67 65 205- Peter HEDBLOM (Swe) 67 69 69 2054 Francis HOWLEY (Ire) 69 65 72 206- David LYNN (Eng) 69 70 67 206- Stephen SCAHILL (NZ) 70 67 69 2067 Mattias ELIASSON (Swe) 68 70 69 207-
While the spotlight is usually on the younger members of the Challenge Tour, five players with an average age of 30 share the lead on five-under-par 67 after the opening round of the Open des Volcans in France.
England's Philip Golding completed his first Challenge Tour victory for six years when he won the Open des Volcans in France.
Hole Yards Metres Par1 382 350 42 519 475 53 372 341 44 377 345 45 176 161 36 497 455 57 453 415 48 199 182 39 414 379 4Out 3389 3103 3610 369 338 411 365 334 412 419 384 413 191 175 314 487 446 515 371
England's Philip Golding, who has not won a Challenge Tour title for six years, leads with one round remaining of the Open des Volcans in France.
David Park's magnificent achievements on the main Tour over the past couple of weeks should put a spring in the step of every Challenge Tour player competing in this week's events in France and Switzerland.
1 Gary CLARK Eng 67- Sean CORTE-REAL Port 67- Philip GOLDING Eng 67- Peter HEDBLOM Swe 67- Marc PENDARIES Fr 676 Matthew BLACKEY Eng 68- Alexandre CARDINAL Fr 68- Mattias ELIASSON Swe 68- Mikael LUNDBERG Swe 68- Jean-Damien YVET Fr 6811 Morten BACKHAUSEN Den 69- Jean Marc DE POLO Fr
