Ben Eccles and Josh Geary have shot matching 10-under totals to finish mid-field at the Challenge Tour’s Turkish Airlines Challenge in Antalya.

The pair finished eight shots behind winner Joachim Hansen and T26 in the third event of the season.

Eccles received a sponsor’s invitation to tee up in the event and played steady golf over the 72 holes with scores of 71-68-68-71.

Geary’s start came courtesy of his European Tour status and he produced some of his best golf of the year on Thursday with an opening 66 that had him sharing the lead through 18 holes.

While he couldn’t reproduce those fireworks the rest of the week there were encouraging signs for his game with scores of 71-70-71.

Geary made 16 birdies and two eagles over the four days, the eagles both coming in the third round at the par-5 2nd and par-5 18^th holes.