ALEX Belt tied up the PGA North Region Assistants’ Tournament for the Harold Lees Trophy when he beat Lee Shepherd at the fifth extra hole at Dore and Totley.
The 23-year-old from Bridlington Links won an enthralling battle with the Willow Valley man who went agonisingly close to settling the issue at the third play-off hole, the 18th.
Belt saved his par thanks to a delicately executed chip to a foot after overshooting the green and was then relieved to see Shepherd’s 10-foot putt scrape the edge of the hole.
The pair were deadlocked in normal time on level par total of 144 over two rounds but Belt, who defends his PGA North Region Championship crown at Marriott Hollins Hall at the end of the month, looked home and dry half-way through his second round after grabbing four birdies.
But he dropped three shots at the 10th and despite leaked two more at the 12th and 16th he still looked a likely winner until Shepherd birdied the 17th.
And it was at the same hole in sudden death where Belt, winner of the Ryder Cup Wales 2010 Welsh Open Young PGA Professional Championship at Bull Bay earlier in the season, made sure of the title with a par after his opponent paid the penalty for a blocked drive.
Daniel Haughian, assistant at Adlington Golf Centre and overnight leader by three shots after a 68, ran up a 10 on the par five ninth and double bogeyed the next on his way to a 79 and a share of sixth place, three off the pace.
LEADING SCORES: 144 Alex Belt (Bridlington Links) 71 73, Lee Shepherd (Willow Valley) 73 71; 145 Michael Ramsden (Bondhay) 73 72, Matthew Marsh (Hallowes) 71 74, James Salt (Ashton-under-Lyne) 71 74; 147 Luke Allen (Lindrick) 77 70, Ben Scott (Clitheroe) 71 76, Daniel Haughian (Adlington Golf Centre) 68 79.
The 23-year-old from Bridlington Links won an enthralling battle with the Willow Valley man who went agonisingly close to settling the issue at the third play-off hole, the 18th.
Belt saved his par thanks to a delicately executed chip to a foot after overshooting the green and was then relieved to see Shepherd’s 10-foot putt scrape the edge of the hole.
The pair were deadlocked in normal time on level par total of 144 over two rounds but Belt, who defends his PGA North Region Championship crown at Marriott Hollins Hall at the end of the month, looked home and dry half-way through his second round after grabbing four birdies.
But he dropped three shots at the 10th and despite leaked two more at the 12th and 16th he still looked a likely winner until Shepherd birdied the 17th.
And it was at the same hole in sudden death where Belt, winner of the Ryder Cup Wales 2010 Welsh Open Young PGA Professional Championship at Bull Bay earlier in the season, made sure of the title with a par after his opponent paid the penalty for a blocked drive.
Daniel Haughian, assistant at Adlington Golf Centre and overnight leader by three shots after a 68, ran up a 10 on the par five ninth and double bogeyed the next on his way to a 79 and a share of sixth place, three off the pace.
LEADING SCORES: 144 Alex Belt (Bridlington Links) 71 73, Lee Shepherd (Willow Valley) 73 71; 145 Michael Ramsden (Bondhay) 73 72, Matthew Marsh (Hallowes) 71 74, James Salt (Ashton-under-Lyne) 71 74; 147 Luke Allen (Lindrick) 77 70, Ben Scott (Clitheroe) 71 76, Daniel Haughian (Adlington Golf Centre) 68 79.
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