 My closing 69, the only score under 70, won me the first prize of
£150. It was the most I ever won. The 2003 champion, Michael
Campbell, was £200,000 richer when he returned to New Zealand. There
were four Wirral professionals in the first five– Jimmy Adams, in
2nd place, Bill Davies of Wallasey was 4th on 288 and the Hooton
pro, Dick Burton, was a shot further back in 5th spot. Then came the
17-year-old Irish Native Amateur champion, Jimmy Bruen on 292. The
big hitting young Irishman had an unorthodox swing with a flying
right elbow, if anything more exaggerated than his compatriot Eamonn
Darcy. Despite suffering from tonsillitis he shot a final round 71
to break his own amateur course record, established that morning. It
was a taste of things to come from this brilliant young talent.
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