Three dropped shots in the space of two holes has cost South Australian Wade Ormsby a top-10 finish at the European Tour’s Trophee Hassan II at Royal Golf Dar Es Salam in Morocco.

Beginning the final round tied for fourth and three shots off the lead, Orsmby made bogeys at 2 and 3 before picking one back up at 8 to make the turn at 1-over 37.

Searching for some momentum to stay in touch, disaster struck when Ormsby made double-bogey at the par-4 10th and when he compounded that with a further bogey at 11 dropped out of contention, signing for a 4-over 77 to finish tied for 14th, Spain’s Jorge Campillo breaking through for his first European Tour title in his 229th start.

For New South Welshman Dimi Papadatos it was the third round that prevented him from a top-10 finish.

Earning a European Tour start courtesy of his finish on the 2018 Challenge Tour rankings, Papadatos sat inside the top-10 through 36 holes but dropped down the leaderboard with a third round of 5-over 78, like Ormsby, dropping three shots across 10 and 11.

He roared back up the leaderboard with a birdie blitz on the front-9 of his final round, three late bogeys enough for a 1-under 72 and a tie for 21st.

An eagle-birdie finish to his third round had European Tour rookie Jake McLeod in the hunt for a strong finish on Sunday but four bogeys in the space of five holes on his front-9 led to a 4-over 77 and a tie for 30th.

The European Challenge Tour recommenced their season at the Turkish Airlines Challenge where Victorian Ben Eccles failed to qualify for the weekend, Scotland’s Connor Syme victorious in a playoff.

European Tour
Trophee Hassan II
Royal Golf Dar Es Salam, Rabat, Morocco
T14        Wade Ormsby                   74-70-70-77—291            €33,893
T21        Dimitrios Papadatos          70-72-78-72—292            €27,875
T30        Jake McLeod                     72-78-67-77—294            €21,125
MC         Nick Cullen                         74-78—152
MC         Deyen Lawson                   75-77—152
MC         Josh Geary                         78-75—153
MC         Jason Scrivener                 74-81—155
MC         Ewan Porter                       73-86—159
WD        Andrew Dodt                      73

European Challenge Tour
Turkish Airlines Challenge
Samsun Golf Club, Atakum, Samsun, Turkey
MC         Ben Eccles           72-70—142