Norwegian Open

Stephen McAllister carded a closing 71 for 281, 11-under-par, to finish in joint fifteenth place in the Netcom Norwegian Open in Borre.

It left him six behind the winner, England's Gary Emerson, who returned 70 for 275 and a one-stroke victory over Sweden's Max Anglert, who had a closing 67.

The week's work earned McAllister #1,095 and lifts him 20 places up Challenge Tour rankings to eightieth

Gordon Sherry, the only other surviving Scot, struggled to a closing 76 for 290, but climbs two places on the rankings to seventy-first spot.

Stephen Gallacher slipped one place to seventh in the rankings after missing the halfway cut.

Leading final scores (British and Irish unless stated):

275 - G Emerson 74, 63, 68, 70. (#12,994)

276 - M Anglert (Sweden) 71, 70, 68, 67. (#8,658).

277- P Nyman (Sweden) 71, 72, 69, 65; S Hansen (Denmark) 69, 69, 69, 70. (#4,391 each).

278 - F Lindgren (Sweden) 69, 70, 70, 69; F Howley 72, 71, 65, 70; R Winchester 72, 68, 69, 69; L Westerberg (Sweden) 72, 71, 68, 67. (#2,926 each)

279 - D Lee 66, 73, 71, 69; S Watson 72, 68, 72, 67; R Sjoberg (Sweden) 69, 67, 72, 71; P Curry 72, 65, 73, 69; C Hanell (Sweden) 72, 71, 67, 69, T Edlund (Sweden) 67, 71, 66, 75. (#1,934 each).

281 - W Bennett 72, 69, 68, 72; E Boult (New Zealand) 73, 69, 70, 69; S McAllister 71, 71, 68, 71; J Rystrom (Sweden) 73, 69, 68, 71; F Andersson (Sweden) 71, 69, 70, 71; J Mellor 69, 74, 69, 69. (#1,095 each).

Other scores included: 282 - S Wakefield 75, 68, 71, 68. 283 - S Bottomley 71, 72, 71, 69. 285 - A Collison 73, 72, 72, 68. 290 - G Sherry 72, 73, 69, 76; D R Jones 77, 68, 73, 72. 291 - G Marks 77, 66, 73, 75; J Robinson 73, 72, 69, 77.

q MARK King (Deer Park) won Saturday's Cardross pro-am topurnament with a four-under-par round of 67. That brought him the top prize of #1185 by one stroke from Russell Weir (Cowal).

Gary Weir (King's Links) won the #224 professional prize in the team event after leading the Cardross captain's amateur trio of C McCash, R McNab and D Cowling to victory with a net score of 57. Leading scores:

67 - M King (Deer Park).

68 - R Weir (Cowal).

69 - W Guy (Castle Golf DR), S Savage (Clydebank Municipal).

70 - A Tait (Clober), L Vannet (Carnoustie), G Weir (King's Links), C Ronald (Torrance House).

71 - C Elliott (Rouken Glen), S Kerr (Renfrew), G McCallum (Aberdour), G Collinson (Windyhill), R Collinson (Largs), F Mann (Musselburgh).