Storm proves cream of the crop

Eight years after lifting the British amateur title – and four years after working at a cream cake factory cleaning trays for £145 a week – Graeme Storm finally became a European Tour winner today.

Eight years after lifting the British amateur title – and four years after working at a cream cake factory cleaning trays for £145 (€215) a week – Graeme Storm finally became a European Tour winner today.

The 29-year-old world number 205 from Hartlepool pulled off yet another French Open shock when he came past and then held off, among others, Ryder Cup pair Colin Montgomerie and Thomas Bjorn at Le Golf National.