Scott Mayne overcame a shaky start in the final round to win the 57th Pennsylvania Senior Amateur Championship.

The Bermuda golfer struggled on the front nine at the Lancaster Country Club, before steadying his nerve when it mattered most to edge out Oscar Mestre in a battle for the title that went right down to the wire.

“I struggled a bit in the beginning of the round but it was really more about bad breaks,” Mayne said.

“I had some really rotten lies, had a ball in the middle of a divot and it just seemed like it was one thing after another.

“I felt like I was playing well on the front despite my score.”

Mayne eventually found his groove after making the turn, playing the last six holes coming in at one-under-par, to finish a shot clear of Mestre on five-over after the two rounds.

The suspense was palpable as both players headed to the final hole of the championship tied.

Mestre, playing in the group ahead of Mayne, made bogey to leave the door open for his Bermudian rival, who took full advantage by two-putting for par to seal the deal.

“At that point I knew all I had to do was two-putt from six feet,” Mayne said. “On 10 I hit a great drive and a great second shot, and that just got me into a groove.”

Mestre led going into the last 18 holes, but was unable to hold off the chasing pack as a double bogey on 9 and further bogeys at 10 and the last hole took their toll.

“I thought I lost it, then I brought it back, then I thought I lost it again and then I brought it back again,” Mestre said. “But I hit a lot of good shots under pressure, which is the way to test one’s self during competition, so I can’t complain.”

The win was Mayne’s first in the event and the golfer had double reason to celebrate as his club, Deer Run Golf Club, won the Senior Division in the Team Championship.

This month’s championship was held at the William Flynn design course for the first time since 1993.

Meanwhile, Daniel Augustus found the going tough at last weekend’s 36-hole Advocates Pro Tour event in Los Angeles.

The Bermuda golfer finished tied for seventeenth after finishing three-over-par at the Chester Washington Golf Course.

Augustus shot a one-over 71 in the opening round where he struggled with his lines on the green.

“First time playing on Poana greens and I struggled reading them,” he said. “I hit every putt great but being I misread them they didn’t go in.

“I hit the ball great. But if you don’t make putts it will cost anyone.”

Augustus’s struggles on the greens continued during the final round and in the end he had to settle for a round of two-over.

“I simply had not adjusted to the greens and the way the ball reacted when it landed on them,” he said. “It was my first time playing out west and it was different.

“Even though I played myself out of the money the last day, I’m pleased with my game. I only hit maybe three shots in two days that where poor. That says a lot, even though my scores did not indicate that.”