Anees stays alert to win

WASIF ANEES was not wanting to crow about his Charity Open Classic win at La Grande Mare.

In fact, by his own admission he was a little embarrassed to have walked away with the trophy after 36 holes of strokeplay and then a sudden-death play-off with Neil Black.

After two days of testing golf in rain and, on day two, gusting winds, Anees (pictured) and Black had finished level on 130, one shot clear of Brian Loveridge. Back out they went and one hole later Anees, a five handicap, had secured the trophy.

'It was quite embarrassing,' he said, two days later having slipped out of the Fortis Island Championships at L'Ancresse. 'Neil had been in the bar for an hour and had a couple of pints,' added Anees, who virtually walked off one hole to the next for the play-off and felt he had clearly benefited from his rival having switched off.