THE BELFRY ENGLAND SEP 28 Charl SCHWARTZEL RSA competing in the British Masters PGA European Tour golf tournament at the Belfry Birmingham UK The Belfry is a prestigious golf resort in Wishaw Warwickshire near Sutton Coldfield West Midlands where this week s The Quinn Direct British Masters is to be played Owned by Irish billionaire Sean Quinn who acquired the course in 2005 this magnificent parkland course is set in 550 acres of the finest English countryside yet is only minutes from major transport links The club has three golf courses The championship Brabazon layout is the main tournament course with the others being The PGA National and The Derby Course The Belfry hosted the Ryder Cup in 1985 1989 1993 and 2002 and has staged many European Tour events Gonzalo Fernández Castaño won the Quinn Insurance British Masters at The Belfry after a thrilling play off with Lee Westwood The Spaniard started the final round three shots behind the defending champion but a brilliant final round 67 which did not contain a single bogey took him level with the Worksop player on a 12 under par total of 276 Westwood was level with Michael Campbell after finishing off their third rounds first thing in the morning Campbell shot 65 Westwood 68 but the British star then moved three clear However at the 457 yard ninth his approach from the rough ended up right on the edge of the lake and while he bogeyed Campbell made a seven foot putt for birdie Westwood looking to win this title for the second year running to close in on Padraig Harrington at the top of The European Order of Merit made the perfect start when he birdied the first He bogeyed the par four fourth but fought back strongly with birdies at he sixth and then the par three seventh where he holed a difficult uphill putt Fernández Castaño was two under for his round with back to back birdies at the fourth and fifth propelling him to within striking distance of his playing partners The
