Colm Moriarty won the European Challenge Tour’s FIRSTPLUS Wales Challenge. The Irishman carded a final round 70 to take the title and the €20,800 first prize that allowed him to make a huge leap of 142 places on the on the Challenge Tour Rankings, from 176th to 34th place.
Colm finished with a nerveless final round 70 for a 13 under par 203 winning total at the Vale Hotel Golf and Spa Resort, Cardiff, three shots ahead of second placed Felipe Aguilar of Chile.
“I’m delighted,” said Moriarty. “I didn’t have a category on the Challenge Tour at the start of the year and this just changes everything for me – you could say that it has got my career back on track.
“I have been playing well on the Europro Tour all year and felt I could win on the Challenge Tour but it’s a tougher mental on the Challenge Tour because there is more strength in depth out here. So this is a significant win for me and sets me up well for the rest of the year.
“I want to thank everyone that has worked with me – Horizon Sports Management, TalyorMade, Adidas, Team Ireland Golf Trust, Glasson Golf Hotel and Country Club, Irish Life and Hyundai. They have all supported me brilliantly and I owe all of them a lot.”
Moriarty had been under the watchful eye of Dr Hurrion earlier in the year for a detailed analysis session on his putting biomechanics… all the hard work is starting to pay dividends. Quintic & Dr Paul Hurrion wish Colm well for the rest of the session.