Le Huray claims win on fourth extra hole

Tuesday 18th May 2010, 2:29PM BST.

Tom Le Huray cannot believe his putt on the third has slipped by the cup. He was to play the hole again later in the evening before beating Dave Rowlinson on the 22nd. (Picture by Adrian Miller, 0971649)

TOM LE HURAY held his nerve as dusk descended on L’Ancresse to come through the pick of yesterday’s opening round clashes in the Intertrust Island Championship.

The former island junior champion needed four extra holes to edge past Dave Rowlinson at the end of an intriguing match that was nip and tuck throughout.

Le Huray had reached the 12th tee with a slender one-hole lead but then found himself in an awkward spot in thick rough on the slope of the grass bunker to the side of the par three’s green.

While Rowlinson got up and down to save par, his opponent could not match him and the match was all square.