Dunmurray's Paul Leonard coasted to a seven-shot victory in the Efteling European Trophy at Efteling theme park, Holland, yesterday.

The 53-year-old owed his first success as a senior to a new putting technique using a cut-down "broomstick" putter with a split-handed grip.

Leonard said: "I can't believe this has happened. I had been playing well but my putting was a nightmare. I really had the yips. So I had to do something drastic and returned to a style I used 20 years ago on the European Tour."

He shot a two-under-par 70 to leave him ahead of the pack. The only race left was for second place where fellow Irishmen Denis O'Sullivan (70) and Liam Higgins (69) were joined by Neil Coles (69) and Maurice Bembridge (71), tied on five-under-par 211.

European Seniors Tour - Efteling Trophy (near Eindhoven, Holland) - Leading final scores (Ire in bold, Brit unless stated): 204 - P Leonard 68 66 70. 211 - D O'Sullivan 68 73 70, M Bembridge 74 66 71, N Coles 71 71 69, L Higgins 71 71 69. 212 - C Defoy 70 73 69, N Ratcliffe 68 72 72, S Lancaster (USA) 72 70 70, T Horton 68 74 70. 213 - J Rhodes 69 73 71, E Polland 72 68 73, A O'Connor 70 73 70. 214 - T Jacklin 76 69 69, J Fourie (Rsa) 69 71 74, M Slater 72 73 69. 215 - B Verwey (Rsa) 72 72 71, D Huish 73 73 69, A Garrido (Spa) 69 74 72, G Gray 74 67 74. 216 - G Parslow (Aut) 75 68 73.