Worthing golfer one ahead week after winning first EuroPro title
Peter Tarver-Jones leads the PDC & WSL Open by one
stroke following the opening round at The Oxfordshire, just five days after
claiming his first HotelPlanner.com PGA
EuroPro Tour title at Prince’s.
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| thanks to PGA for image |
The Worthing man carded a five-under 67 to lead the field at
the par-72 former European Tour venue in Thame. Richard Law, Richard Prophet,
Jonny McAllister and Tarver-Jones’ playing partner James Harper share second on
four under.
Tarver-Jones (Worthing Golf Club) surged to 13th
on the Race To El Gouna after his win last week and is now chasing a top-five
finish on the Tour’s rankings, an achievement which would earn him a Challenge
Tour category for 2015.
The 26-year-old carded seven birdies in his opening round
but was held to 67 with bogeys at the 18th and eighth having started
on the tenth tee, the traditional first at The Oxfordshire.
“It was all about riding on the confidence from last week,” said
Tarver-Jones. “I am full of confidence and that is what I am running on. I
putted well and was sensible.
“It is wet so you don’t get any run. I used the wind and
cross winds to my advantage as I can shape it both ways, so that helped me a
lot. It was tough today.
“It was quite overwhelming after winning last week; you get
back home and it is easy for your mind to drift and mentally get a bit tired.
But I was pleased with myself; I stuck in there and stayed focused and my caddy
Nige was great today.
“I’ll be aggressive tomorrow. I don’t want to be one ahead,
I want to be as many ahead as I can be and that is the mind-set I want to be in
tomorrow. I have to stay aggressive, especially out there – you have to be in
birdie mode whether you are on the cut mark or in the lead.
“I think there is a lower score out there. I got it to six
under and could have had birdie at the eighth, my 17th, but ended up
with a bogey, which was poor. The wind isn’t too bad and five under is a good
score, but I have got a feeling there could be a better score than that this
week.”
The PDC & WSL Open is a 54-hole strokeplay event which
concludes on Friday (August 29). The final round will be filmed for a two-hour
highlights show to be aired on Sky Sports HD on Tuesday, September 9. Spectator
entry is free throughout the tournament and live scoring can be found at www.europrotour.com.
thanks to PGA for press release and images
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