Chris Devlin returned to form with a third-place finish in the Atlantic Open at the Conservatory in Palm Coast, Fla. A second-round 76 prevented the Ballymena man from challenging Tony Finau for the title on this stop on the National Professional Golf Tour. Devlin surrounded that score with rounds of 69, 67 and 68 to finish the event eight strokes under par and five in back of Finau, who won on this circuit for the second straight week.
EUROPEAN TOUR
Branden Grace has seemingly locked up Rookie of the Year honors on the European Tour after winning the Volvo China Open, his third victory this season on the circuit. The South African was a 3-stroke victor at Binhai Lake Golf Club in Tianjin, China. Damien McGrane had the best showing of the Irish force. He tied for 23rd place at 277 (67-71-71-68), which was 10 strokes in back of Grace.
Filling out the leaderboard were Shane Lowry, in joint-49th place at 282 (71-69-68-74), Michael Hoey, in joint-60th at 284 (74-68-71-71), Peter Lawrie, in 63rd place at 285 (69-71-74-71), and Gareth Maybin, tied for 64th place at 286 (71-7071-74).
