VIS golfer Ben Eccles clinched a first-ever top-10 finish on the European Tour with a share of ninth on the leaderboard, but it could have been so much better for the 2015 NSW Open champion.
The 22 year old carded a disappointing ever-par 71 leaving him with an overall 10-under score - eight shots off overall winner Dean Burmester - 24 hours after shooting a sizzling 64 to move within two shots of the lead.
It rounded off an inconsistent tournament for the Victorian who, received a last-minute invitation to the event, and recorded a 66 in his opening round only to follow it up with the two over-par 73.
Eccles is returning to his home ISPS Handa PGA Tour of Australasia this week to compete in the New Zealand Open near Queenstown.
