Top-10 results for Kiwi golfers Garvey, Alker
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New Zealand golfers Amelia Garvey and Steven Alker have recorded top-10 finishes on either side of the Atlantic.
Garvey produced the best result of her professional career in Europe, tied for eighth at the Ladies European Tour’s Tenerife Women’s Open on Sunday (Monday NZ Time).
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The 25-year-old closed with a one-over 73 at the Abama Golf Club in Spain’s Canary Islands, dropping from a tie for fifth to eighth at five-under, four strokes behind the winner, Czech Sara Kouskova.
Garvey had four birdies, three bogeys and a double-bogey in her final round, matching her opening day score. She shot rounds of 69 and 68 during the middle rounds.
Further down the leaderboard, compatriot and fellow Canterbury golfer Momoka Kobori finished in a share of 30th at two-over after a two-under 70 on the last day, and Wenyung Keh tied for 49th at five-over after a six-over 78.
At the LPGA Tour's Shoprite LPGA Classic in New Jersey, rookie Fiona Xu missed the weekend cut by five strokes after rounds of 73 and 72.
On the PGA Tour Champions in Madison, Wisconsin, Alker and Bernhard Langer finished sixth at the American Family Insurance Championship, a 54-hole four-ball teams tournament.
The Kiwi-German pair carded a bogey-free eight-under 63 on Sunday (Monday NZT) at the TPC Wisconsin, finishing at 27-under, five shots behind the winners, Thomas Bjorn and Darren Clarke.
Alker, who remains third in the Schwab Cup standings but closed the gap to Angel Cabrera and Miguel Angel Jiminez, contributed six of the pair's birdies.
Meanwhile, Michael Hendry finished tied for 62nd at the BMW Japan Golf Tour Championship, north of Tokyo. Hendry carded all four rounds in the 70s, finishing at 10-over, 20 shots off the pace.
On the DP World Tour and LIV Golf circuit, Daniel Hillier and Ben Campbell posted promising results after differing final rounds.
Hillier, who moved up to seventh in the Road to Dubai rankings, signed for an even-par 71 in the final round of the KLM Open in the Netherlands, finishing tied for 26th at one-over, 12 strokes behind the winner.
He made four birdies and four bogeys on the final day at The International in Amsterdam, following earlier rounds of 70, 72 and 72.
Campbell, in his first tournament after returning from a wrist injury, fired the day's best round, a nine-under 62 to climb into a tie for 19th at the LIV Golf Virginia tournament.
Starting at the 12th hole, the 32-year-old made seven straight birdies from the 13th to first holes, adding another four birdies and two bogeys at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club on Sunday (Monday NZT).
At the HotelPlanner Tour's Swiss Challenge in Lucerne, left-hander Sam Jones finished in a share of 36th at one-under, 13 shots back. He made 17 pars and a double-bogey on the final day in a two-over 73, following rounds of 67, 73 and 70.
Harry Hillier missed the weekend cut by seven shots at the Korn Ferry Tour's BMW Charity Pro-Am in South Carolina after back-to-back rounds of 72.
