Jamieson Brilliantly Locks-In Next Season Tour Card With Share Of Third In Qatar Masters

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Scotland’s Scott Jamieson proudly returns home having secured his Tour card for next season in brilliantly banking a share of third place in the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters in Doha.

Jamieson, 39, arrived in the Qatar capital, and in the final ‘regular’ season event, lying 119th and three places outside of automatically holding onto his 2024 Tour card but after a final round 66, to end tied at 16-under with Spain’s Nacho Elvira, the Scot jumped to 82nd on the money list and comfortably inside the leading 116.

It was Florida-based Scot’s second third place finish of his season ahead of the New Year and what will be Jamieson’s 14th Tour season.

He said: “I’m delighted.  I was not in the best situation starting the week after having spent the whole year on the right side of the cut-off line but as the season went on, I kept missing the cut by a shot. I spent a lot of Friday afternoons watching the scoreboards to see if I would sneak into the weekends.

“I said earlier, I felt that was half my problem as I was just trying to make weekend cuts, and keep my head above the water and then all of a sudden this week was a very different game and I had to have a result.

“I knew that even just making the cut, that in my mind, top-20 would not be good enough, so it’s just amazing what a different mindset can do”.

It had been a roller-coaster last tournament in his 13th season for Jamieson arriving just outside the 2024 Race to Dubai qualifying mark but with his opening 65 projecting to see him jump to 43rd though only to sign for a second round 72 that plunged him back to 110th.

Jamieson produced a third day 66, that included eight birdies over his closing 10 holes, to walk off in near darkness projected to go to 92nd, and while the final round was off to a dull start , including Jamieson projected to go back to 112th after bogeys at first and then for a third day in four, he bogeyed the sixth, he turned it all around holing birdie putts of a foot at the 10th, four feet at 11, nine-feet on 13 and then holed a seven-footer at 13.  A day earlier, the Scot holed four putts in a row from the ninth measuring 153-feet.

He birdied 16th for a third day running ahead of a pair of closing pars.

He said: “I am really proud of myself but I made it hard for myself being two-over through six holes on Friday, and the same on Saturday and again two-over after six today.  I just didn’t like the sixth hole (smiling).

“Again, Richie (Blair-caddy) was brilliant but after my first birdie I was able to keep going, and it was fun”.

Tony Johnstone, and winner of the 2001 Qatar Masters, and calling the action for SKY TV, remarked: “He’s (Jamieson) had opportunities to lock-in his card but the belief Scott will gain from this week will be enormous”.

While Jamieson was jetting home to Florida, fellow Scot Marc Warren was back in Glasgow having missed the Qatar cut and losing full 2024 Tour playing rights in missing the cut.

Warren dropped four places to end his 18th full season at 121st on the money list and five places shy of 116th and retaining full next season playing rights.

However, Warren’s four tournament wins and career prize-money of close to £Stg 8m should guarantee the 42-year-old a decent 2024 schedule.

Finland’s Sami Valimaki defeated Spaniard and former champ Jorge Campillo to win the title with a birdie at the first extra play-off hole.

Top-ranked Scot Robert MacIntyre could manage just two birdies in a level par 72 to share sixth place at 14-under while defending champ Ewen Ferguson, also with a 72, was tied 16th at 11-under.



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