Daniel Young was the star of the Farmfoods Scottish Challenge, a HotelPlanner Tour tournament, winning with a 265 (64, 67, 64, 70, -19) in "his" Scotland, edging out Frenchman Julien Quesne, who finished second with a 266 (-18).
On the par-71 Schloss Roxburghe course in Heiton, near Kelso, Filippo Celli put in another strong performance, finishing fifth with a 270 (68, 68, 65, 69, -14), having finished fourth in the previous German Challenge.
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In third place with a 268 (-16) was fellow Scot Euan Walker, England's John Gough in fourth with a 269 (-15), and tied with Celli were Spaniard Quim Vidal and Belgian James Meyer De Beco. In eighth place with 271 (-13) were Frenchman Maxence Giboudot and South African Bryce Easton.
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Daniel Young, a 33-year-old from Perth who has been a professional since 2016 and studied at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida, with two second-place finishes and seven other top-ten finishes in 103 appearances on the tour, took the lead after three rounds and sealed his first tour title at the 104th round with a closing 70 (-1) (double bogey and three birdies). Quesne, a 44-year-old from Le Mans who won the Italian Open in 2013, attempted to catch up, but his 67 (-4, five birdies and one bogey, the only one in his score, scored on the 66th hole) wasn't enough. Young received a check for 46,196 out of a prize pool of approximately 285,000 (the official figure is �250,000).
Of the other Italians, Renato Paratore, who won twice this season, finished 21st with a 275 (71, 64, 69, 71, -9), followed by Stefano Mazzoli, 29th with a 276 (67, 73, 67, 69, -8), Aron Zemmer, 32nd with a 277 (68, 65, 71, 73, -7), and Lorenzo Scalise, 43rd with a 279 (70, 70, 66, 73, -5).
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Filippo Celli, who started the competition in 25th place before moving up to 16th and eighth, finished with a partial 69 (-2, four birdies, two bogeys). The 24-year-old Roman, making his 50th appearance on the tour, has achieved three top-five finishes in his last four appearances (including second place in the Interwetten Open). These performances currently place him eighth in the Race to Mallorca (order of merit), which at the end of the year will award the top 20 a ticket to the 2026 DP World Tour. Paratore is ahead of him in fifth place.
The cut-off finishers were amateur Biagio Andrea Gagliardi, 110th with a score of 144 (75 69, +2), Enrico Di Nitto, 120th with a score of 145 (73 72, +3), and Michele Ortolani, 141st with a score of 147 (75 72, +5).
