Unlucky Polland pipped by Cambridge

JAMAICA’S Delroy Cambridge won his third title of the European Seniors Tour season when he defeated Ireland’s Eddie Polland

Polland went behind for the first time when he lost the 536-yard par-five second to a birdie.

He went two down when he three-putted from 25 feet on the par-five sixth but then mounted the first of two brave charges by winning both the seventh and eighth.

After a slip at the turn, the Ulsterman levelled the match with three successive holes from the 14th.

Both men halved the 17th in par four but Polland drove into a divot and then a bunker while Cambridge hit his second to 10 feet as Polland conceded.

“It was a terrible way to finish,’’ said Polland. ‘‘I did well to come back from three down with five to play but you can’t legislate for what happened on the 18th.

“The ball was buried in a deep divot. I could hardly get at it. I hit down on it as hard as I could but it came out low and scuttled through the green. I admit I feel a bit sick at the moment.’’

Cambridge added: ‘‘I feel very very sorry for Eddie but that’s the way it goes sometimes,’’ said the new champion. ‘‘He came back strong with those three birdies on the 14th, 15th and 16th but overall I think I just about deserved to win.’’