Glenmuir Club Professional Championship Edwards Cruises to Title Win at County Louth

Published: 05 July 2001

Simon Edwards (Carden Park, Cheshire) completed his domination of the Glenmuir Club Professional Championship when he toured the County Louth course in yet another sub-par score, 69 this time, for a winning aggregate of 275, 17 under par. The holder, Bob Cameron from Kent, ended his defence brilliantly with a closing 66, good enough to hoist him into runners-up position three shots behind.

The 30 year-old Edwards expressed himself shocked and stunned at having won the biggest cheque of his career, £9250, saying "ask my assistant how I was playing last Sunday over our own course, I could scarcely keep the ball on the fairway".

That certainly wasn't the case over the fine Irish links that was reckoned by most of the players to have been a wonderful test of golf.

The Englishman's worst round was a two under par 71, but any chance of a close finish was flattened when Edwards fired a series of birdies in the opening nine holes for an outward 33. And just to snuff out any late challenges he made further gains ­ after two dropped shots - at the final two holes.