Davies Wins Final Gtour Event & 2010 Order of Merit Title

By: Darren Ramowski | Mon 15 Nov 2010

Shane Davies Gtour Shane Davies retained his Gtour Order of Merit title after winning the last event of the 2010 season at De Vere Staverton Park.

Davies needed a first or second placed finish and hope that others around him failed to score well in order to retain his title.

Just like last year the Gtour season went to the final event and once again after being in second place for the majority of the season Davies clinched the top spot with a win on the final day.

“It’s fantastic, it’s what I set out to do at the start of the year but had no expectation of achieving it”, said Davies.

“I managed to pull some great golf out from somewhere today as I haven't been playing too well over the last few months, I was very pleased with 36 points with only a couple of bad holes. Overall I was delighted with my performance on the day.”

Going into the final event of the 2010 season 3 players had a realistic chance of taking the final Order of Merit title with the top 10 places available for many of those competing at Staverton Park once again taking the Order of Merit down to the wire. With Davies winning and the others failing to secure a top 10 finish Davies secured the 2010 Gtour Order of Merit Champion title for the second year.

Gtour Final Event 2010

Tournament Director Colin Astbury said that the 2010 season couldn’t have gone better:

Gtour Champion 2010 Shane Davies

“Its been a fantastic season, and to top it off we were again blessed with good weather for the final and watched Shane (Davies) repeat his performance of 2009. Sitting in 2nd for the majority of the year just as he had in 2009 only to launch a late attack on the top spot right at the last event, Unbelievable! what a great year its been.”

After the event it was announced that the 2011 season is going to be named ‘The Race to Cyprus’ after one of the tours main sponsors Aphrodite Hills announced it will host the grand final in November next year.

Qualifying events throughout the year will culminate in a 2 day UK semi final in the Autumn of 2011. The top ten from the semi final will then compete to become the Gtour champion over 2 days hosted by Aphrodite Hill Resort Cyprus

“It’s fantastic news” said Astbury. “The obvious step for us was to take the Gtour abroad and we are very fortunate to have partnered with Aphrodite Hills and the Cypriot Tourist Office in 2011.”

Asked if the Tour could grow even more following this news, Astbury added: “The sky’s the limit.”

For more information visit www.gtour.co.uk