Levet’s win a boost for Baltray

THE Nissan Irish Open at Co Louth Golf Club next week received a big boost yesterday when Thomas Levet captured the Scottish Open at Loch Lomond thanks to a spectacular closing round of 63.

Levet and Michael Campbell, the man he beat by a shot in a dramatic finish on the bonnie, bonnie banks, are both headed for Baltray.

Levet was seven off the pace at the start of the day but stormed home in a superb six under par 29 strokes to set a scorching pace on 15 under par that Campbell and Ernie Els and David Howell, both of whom tied for 3rd on 13 under were unable to match.