McFarlane's 63 down to no mistakes

THERE can be few arguments that Garry McFarlane is the in-form player in this week's Fortis Island Championships.

A week after losing out on the prestigious Butterfield Salver to Bobby Eggo only on countback, on Saturday the 34-year-old Scot took the Guernsey legend's long-standing L'Ancresse course record in winning the LGC Centenary Trophy, sponsored by Wave Telecom.

McFarlane (pictured) shot a bogey-free gross 63, a round that culminated in three successive birdies on the homeward stretch. 'I knew on the 18th tee what I had to do,' he said. McFarlane held his nerve brilliantly, firing a seven iron to six-and-a-half feet and holing the putt.

'It could have possibly come a bit earlier, but there is never a bad time to break a course record,' he said. 'Conditions were certainly good and it was one of those days when I did not make any mistakes. There was not any part of my game that was better than any other, but there was no part that was bad.'