Paul Lawrie claimed his first win in almost three years after cruising to victory in the Farmfoods European Legends Links Championship at Trevose Golf and Country Club.
The 1999 Open champion’s win on the Legends Tour comes a week after he lost a playoff for the Jersey Legends title to Richard Green.
Lawrie believes keeping a good attitude throughout the week was key to his excellent win.
He said: “I played nice all week.
“I played nice last week and really had a chance to win and that’s what you try to do so when you give yourself a bit of lead obviously you’ve just to take the emotion out of it and have no ups and no downs, don’t get too excited, don’t get too angry especially when the wind is like that the attitude is very important.
“I just kept going, I just kept playing nicely and I was disappointed to three putt the last because my pace putting this week has been exceptional and then I battered the one at the last which is about right but no I’m absolutely chuffed to bits.
“It’s always nice that’s what you try to do, you try to give yourself a chance to win, no matter what level you’re playing at, everyone’s here to win this week and only one person can so it’s nice to be that person.”
📽️ Final Round Highlights from the @LegendsLinks @TrevoseGC where @PaulLawriegolf claimed his second Legends Tour victory 👇#LegendsTour #ELLC pic.twitter.com/oYeAuD0iUm
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Lawrie dominant from start to finish
Lawrie established a one-shot lead after Friday’s first round and doubled his advantage to two strokes after Saturday’s second round.
He wasted little time in pulling away from the chasing pack, led by Englishman Paul Streeter, as he moved four shots clear after five holes thanks to birdies at the second and fifth holes.
That lead increased further to six holes following further birdies at the ninth and 10th.
Lawrie dropped shots at the 12th and 18th but by then there was little chance of him being caught.
Despite his two bogeys Lawrie finished with a two-under-par 70 and 11 under overall for the tournament.
He won the tournament by three strokes with fellow Scot Euan McIntosh claiming second on eight under after a closing 69.
Aberdonian Lawrie recorded his last Legends Tour victory in 2019 at the Scottish Senior Open at Craigielaw Golf Club and the 53 year-old was delighted to be rewarded for spending more time on the golf course again.
He said: “I am really busy off the course.
“We’ve got quite a big sports agency we’ve got a golf centre and the foundations are doing really well but I kind of thought if I’m going to still play then I need to practice and prepare a little better than what I’m doing.
“I enjoy the other stuff more than playing to be honest now but when I get a chance to play on this Tour then I am going to play and if I am going to play I don’t want to play poorly so I need to practice a bit more which I’ve been doing.”
Superb weekend for @PaulLawriegolf 👇
1⃣ Eagle
1⃣6⃣ Birdies
A wire-to-wire win ✅
Son, Michael on the bag ✅Happy Father's Day 🏌️♂️#LegendsTour #ELLC #FathersDay pic.twitter.com/5asJREC7CV
— Legends Tour (@euLegendsTour) June 19, 2022
