MEON VALLEY'S golfing showpiece, the Philips PFA Classic, lost it biggest crowd puller when Matt Le Tissier withdrew just hours before the event.

After figuring in the two pro-am competitions, the Saints star pulled out of the main event, telling organisers he had to return to Guernsey for "personal reasons."

To cap a gloomy weekend for Hampshire hopefuls, Portsmouth's John Durnin was sensationally disqualified after leading the first round of the footballers' championship.

The Fratton forward had signed for a wrong score at the 17th and got his marching orders from a competition won yesterday by former Manchester United defender Colin Gibson.

Irishman David Jones, cruelly beaten in a play-off last year, led going into the final day of the PFA Classic, contested by European PGA Seniors Tour players.

See today's Daily Echo for a full report.

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