ALMOST 20 years after his first victory in the competition, Bill Dunne (pictured) won his second L’Ancresse Open title on Saturday. The 12-handicapper from the Royal Guernsey shot an excellent gross 76 in blustery conditions in the afternoon to overtake long-time leader Wayne Moore and claim first place by three strokes.

On a day when the weather certainly played a part, Dunne was one of those who benefited from going out later, yet they were still far from easy scoring conditions.

‘When I used to play off two or three, I did know how to control the ball and yesterday I just told myself to keep it under the wind,’ he said the day after his triumph. The 65-year-old admitted that he did not know what the leading score was when he went out at around 4pm.

‘I don’t even mess about with things like that. The way I do it is just to say the first is a par four, try and get a four and continue like that. As it happens, yesterday I got a three [at the first],’ Dunne said.