Chris Hanson posted his lowest ever competitive total when he fired a faultless seven-under par 63 at a breezy Hull Golf Club yesterday. His seven-under par tally was not only good enough to take the £800 first prize in the Yorkshire PGA sanctioned Pro-Am, but it also marked a new course record for the Kirk Ella course.
It was win number nine of the season for the Woodsome Hall based golfer (pictured) and whilst he has shot 8-under the card twice before both of those came at par 72 courses.
A birdie on the opening par five set the tone and when he holed from ten and fifteen feet respectively on holes two and four the EuroPro tour player was up and running. He rued missed opportunities to get further under par at the fifth and sixth but bounced straight back on the next to get to four-under.
An impressive sand-save at the par three eight, where he came up short, kept the momentum going and allowed him to turn at five-under following an accurate approach to within a few feet of the pin on the testing ninth.
He narrowly missed a birdie on the tenth before being rewarded on the 11th where he attacked the pin and notched his sixth red number of the day. A slight misjudgement on his approach, followed by poor chip, at the par-five 12th cost him a chance of notching another birdie (although his long range effort lipped the hole) before another outside chance went begging on the short 13th.
Excellent par saves on the next three holes, twice from sand, kept his card ticking over before a good drive and iron shot to the 17th set up birdie number seven. And it could have been eight on the last when his 20 foot putt just slipped passed the edge of the hole. However, in the end it was sufficient to win by one stroke from Hornsea's Steve Uzzell.
Despite the eight previous professional victories during 2010 Hanson admitted he had not been 100% happy with his game recently, culminating in a disqualification at Pannal Golf Club during regional Open qualifying (where he signed for a wrong score) but over the past couple of weeks he has committed himself to enjoying his golf more and is now starting to see the benefit.
The win came just a day before his newly designed website launched - www.chrishansongolf.com - where golfers can keep tabs on his progress. They can also read his tweets on Twitter by following him at @Hansonprogolf
Leading Scores:
63 C Hanson, Woodsome Hall
64 S Uzzell, Hornsea
66 A Rossington, P Cowen Academy
66 H Matharu, Cookridge Hall
67 G Davies, Abbeydale
67 G Townhill, Brough
68 N Ludwell, Selby
68 M Ingham, Cleckheaton
69 N Cheetham, Dore & Totley
69 A Wainwright, Mid Yorkshire
69 J Wells, Cherry Burton
69 S Appleton, Boothferry
69 D Mansell, Wakefield
69 L Jardine, Doncaster Golf Range
69 F Kelley, Malton & Norton
69 C Fricker, Styrrup Hall
69 D Jagger, Hull
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