The stinging disappointment of a bogey at the penultimate hole was the only blemish as Jason Scrivener continued his love affair with the Albatross Golf Club in Prague, finishing the D+D Real Czech Masters inside the top 20 for the second straight year.
The stinging disappointment of a bogey at the penultimate hole was the only blemish as Jason Scrivener continued his love affair with the Albatross Golf Club in Prague, finishing the D+D Real Czech Masters inside the top 20 for the second straight year.
As Italian Andrea Pavan was fighting off three-time Major champion Padraig Harrington to claim the title, Scrivener made the equal-biggest move of the final round, vaulting 28 spots up the leaderboard courtesy of a 5-under par round of 67.
Tied for fifth at this event 12 months ago, the 29-year-old West Australian could have shared the best round of the day if not for a bogey at the par-4 17th, a hole where he also dropped a shot on Saturday.
Tied with Scrivener at 11-under was South Australian Adam Bland who signed for a bogey free 2-under 70 on Sunday, as did both Nick Cullen and Lucas Herbert, ending the week tied for 44th.
Scott Hend was the only other Australian to make the cut but three straight bogeys to end his round on Saturday saw the big-hitting Queenslander post a third round 79 and a final round of 73 to finish tied 70th.
Jack Munro, Andrew Dodt, Sam Brazel, Jason Norris and Matthew Millar all missed the cut.
In the limited-field Rolex Trophy event on the European Challenge Tour, Dimitrios Papadatos remains inside the top 15 in the Road to Ras Al Khaimah rankings after finishing just outside the top 10 in Geneva.
The only Aussie in the field, Papadatos started the final round tied for sixth and made all the right moves early in his round, registering birdies at the second and fifth holes.
But with birdies hard to come by on the back nine over the weekend, Papadatos dropped a shot at the 13th to finish with a 71, 11 shots behind winner Kim Koivu who secured automatic promotion to the European Tour with his third win of the season.