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HotelPlanner Tour: Daniel Young wins again

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Daniel Young was the star of the Farmfoods Scottish Challenge, a HotelPlanner Tour tournament, winning with a 265 (64, 67, 64, 70, -19) in "his" Scotland, edging out Frenchman Julien Quesne, who finished second with a 266 (-18).

On the par-71 Schloss Roxburghe course in Heiton, near Kelso, Filippo Celli put in another strong performance, finishing fifth with a 270 (68, 68, 65, 69, -14), having finished fourth in the previous German Challenge.

HotelPlanner Tour, results

In third place with a 268 (-16) was fellow Scot Euan Walker, England's John Gough in fourth with a 269 (-15), and tied with Celli were Spaniard Quim Vidal and Belgian James Meyer De Beco. In eighth place with 271 (-13) were Frenchman Maxence Giboudot and South African Bryce Easton.

Daniel Young, a 33-year-old from Perth who has been a professional since 2016 and studied at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida, with two second-place finishes and seven other top-ten finishes in 103 appearances on the tour, took the lead after three rounds and sealed his first tour title at the 104th round with a closing 70 (-1) (double bogey and three birdies). Quesne, a 44-year-old from Le Mans who won the Italian Open in 2013, attempted to catch up, but his 67 (-4, five birdies and one bogey, the only one in his score, scored on the 66th hole) wasn't enough. Young received a check for €46,196 out of a prize pool of approximately €285,000 (the official figure is £250,000).

Of the other Italians, Renato Paratore, who won twice this season, finished 21st with a 275 (71, 64, 69, 71, -9), followed by Stefano Mazzoli, 29th with a 276 (67, 73, 67, 69, -8), Aron Zemmer, 32nd with a 277 (68, 65, 71, 73, -7), and Lorenzo Scalise, 43rd with a 279 (70, 70, 66, 73, -5).

Filippo Celli, who started the competition in 25th place before moving up to 16th and eighth, finished with a partial 69 (-2, four birdies, two bogeys). The 24-year-old Roman, making his 50th appearance on the tour, has achieved three top-five finishes in his last four appearances (including second place in the Interwetten Open). These performances currently place him eighth in the Race to Mallorca (order of merit), which at the end of the year will award the top 20 a ticket to the 2026 DP World Tour. Paratore is ahead of him in fifth place.

The cut-off finishers were amateur Biagio Andrea Gagliardi, 110th with a score of 144 (75 69, +2), Enrico Di Nitto, 120th with a score of 145 (73 72, +3), and Michele Ortolani, 141st with a score of 147 (75 72, +5).

European Young Masters, Germany triumphs

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Italy (Matteo Manini, Anita Marrone, Alice Alexandra Negroni, Leonardo Zanardi) finished 14th with a score of 663 (220, 220, 223, +15) in the European Young Masters, which concluded on the par-72 Golf du Racing Club de France – La Boulie course in Versailles, France. Germany won with a score of 635 (214, 210, 211, -13), ahead of defending title holders France, who finished second with a score of 640 (-8), and the Czech Republic, third with a score of 642 (-6). Spain and England finished fourth with a score of 643 (-5).

European Young Masters, results

In the men's individual rankings, Czech Stepan Plasek (204 – 67 68 69, -12) took the win, leading the race, leaving Germany's Colin Barmann and Bjarne Murr and Switzerland's Kai Notteboom (208, -8) four strokes behind. In fifth place was Spain's Samuel Love Li with a score of 209 (-7), Zanardi (Croara) in 31st with a score of 224 (72 71 81, +8), and Manini (Le Fonti) in 41st with a score of 228 (75 79 74, +12).

In the women's race, England's Ellie Lichtenhein prevailed with a score of 213 (70 70 73, -3), ahead of compatriot Annabel Peaford and France's Axelle Guillemard and Salomè Lumbaca (215, -1). Spain's Adriana Garcia Terol and Denmark's Jessica Dyreskov finished fifth with a score of 217 (+1), while Negroni (Villa Condulmer) finished 12th with a score of 222 (73, 74, 75, +6), and Marrone (Turin) finished 22nd with a score of 228 (79, 75, 74, +12). Coach Alessandro Bandini, an advisor, and captain Giovanni Bartoli, accompanied the Italians.

The last Italian victory in the event, now in its 30th edition, was achieved by Natalia Aparicio in 2023 (with Italy finishing second in the team event) in the women's individual event, twenty-five years after Diana Luna, who won the title in 1998, preceded by Barbara Paruscio, in the inaugural tournament in 1995, and Giulia Sergas (1997).

Italy has also won the Nations Cup four times (1997, 1998, 2007, 2012) and three men's individual titles with Roberto Paolillo (1997), Matteo Manassero (2007), and Renato Paratore (2012).

Italy ranks fourth in national team victories with four, preceded by Spain and Germany with eight, and France with five. The Czech Republic follows with three, Finland, and Sweden with one.