Maybin clinches Tour card after Ballantine effort

GARETH MAYBIN has wrapped up his Tour card early for a second year running after finishing joint second in the Ballantine’s Championship in Korea.

Maybin’s par putt lipped out at the last for the Ballyclare star to card a 72 and end tied on eight under par with former Irish Open champion Brett Rumford of Australia.

Maybin and Rumford ended four shots behind Australia’s Marcus Fraser who ended a seven-year winless drought to capture the shortened event on Jeju Island.