Cameron, winner in 2000 and runner-up last year said "After that start I kept asking myself when this was going to end. The wind was coming from a completely different direction, and I just wasn't finding the fairways." But he eventually settled the issue at the 207-yard 17th, firing a four-wood to 20 feet and holing for the birdie that separated him from Dwyer. Bell, like many players, found trouble at the 455-yard 14th, missing the green with his second and then duffing his third shot. The resultant double bogey forced him out of contention for the title.
After the championship ended, the Britain and Ireland PGA Cup team to play the USA in Florida next February was announced. It is: Cameron, Dwyer, Bell, Andrew Hare (Boston West), Paul Wesselingh (Kedleston Park), Robert Arnott (Bishopbriggs DR), Bill Longmuir (London GC), Simon Edwards (Bannal DR, Wrexham), Brendan McGovern (Headfort, Co. Meath), and Gordon Law (Uphall, West Lothian). David Jones, from Bangor, Law, a PGA Cup team member in 1996, squeezed into the team after winning a play-off against fellow Scot Alan Reid (Brunston Castle) and Welshman Alun Evans (Newport, Pembs.). A par four was good enough up the 478-yard first hole.