Scots golfer Greig Hutcheon said after his 40th birthday last March that he really felt that his best had still to come.
And the tour pro’s crystal ball was bang on target in Turkey he put the icing on the cake of a superb domestic season by winning the Titleist PGA play-offs for a second time.
The 40-year-old Tartan Tour kingpin from Crathes earned the PGA No 1 player accolade again in a dramatic season-ending finale at Antalya Golf Club where he edged out Matt Cort in a sudden-death shoot-out at the third extra hole at the PGA Sultan Course.
Hutcheon and compatriots Graham Fox (Clydeway Golf) and Chris Kelly (Cawder), by finishing in the top 10, earned themselves places in the field at next spring’s BMW PGA championship at Wentworth.
Hutcheon and Cort had tied at nine-under-par for the 54-hole tournament just ahead of overnight leader Matt Ford from Kent but following pars on the first and second holes, Hutcheon delivered a perfect blow to six feet to secure the title and £2,000 with Cort only able to make birdie in increasingly gusty conditions.
Apart from an invitation to the 2014 BMW PGA Championship, Hutcheon’s spoils include, a place in the field for the Wales Open.
Hutcheon’s final round 67 was a veritable rollercoaster with three bogeys, including two on the first two holes, five birdies and an eagle.