junior and senior titles in the Mid Ocean Men's Invitation Tournament yesterday -- one with plenty to spare and the other on the final hole.

In his 36-hole final Hubner was toasting victory at the halfway house at number nine, having beaten American Bo Winiker 10 and nine. But it was the 18-hole senior division final that generated the most interest late in the afternoon as Hartnett took the lead for the first time on the 17th and held on to beat Ted Kenerson two up.

"I feel elated,'' a relieved Hartnett said afterwards, having won his first title. "Consistency was one of the main things.'' Kenerson never led the match by more than one hole, having started with a birdie on the first compared with Hartnett's par. Hartnett pulled even with a par on the fourth, only for Kenerson to return one up on the fifth after another birdie.

It stayed that way at the turn with Hartnett winning the 10th to go even. The see-saw continued with Kennerson winning 11 after Hartnett had a bad lie for his second shot. Hartnett then missed a four-foot putt on 12 and a chance to wipe out Kenerson's lead.

The pair shared 14 and 15 before Hartnett came back again by sinking a 23-foot putt for birdie three on 15 to make what would be his move for the championship.

The match would turn in Hartnett's favour on the 17th when both players put their tee shots in bunkers, Kenerson to the left and Hartnett to the right.

Kennerson chipped out to within about eight feet of the pin while Hartnett's strong chip shot was stopped by the pin and came to a fortuitous stop about six feet from the pin.

Hartnett sunk his short putt for par to win the hole and put the pressure on Kenerson with just one hole to play.

Kennerson, forced to be the aggressor on the final hole, played his second shot into the bunker to the left of the green while Hartnett put his shot onto the green but some distance from the pin.

Kenerson's chip onto the green went 15 feet past the hole while Hartnett left his 50-foot putt about two feet short. And when Kennerson failed to sink his putt he conceded the hole by picking up his opponent's marker.

"I just wanted to keep it close and didn't want him to get too far ahead,'' Hartnett said of his plan for the round. "He had some wonderful golf shots.

When I made a bogey he was making birdies.

"He played very, very well and on any other day he would have kicked butt. I don't know if it is better to be lucky and good or good and lucky, but he was good but with no luck.'' Hartnett will be back next month for the Bermuda Goodwill Tournament with his team Winchester, who were second in the gross division last year.

Kennerson, who has played in 28 of the last 30 invitation tournaments, knows what cost him the match.

"I just couldn't convert,'' he said. "I had a lot of opportunities to increase my lead but Charlie kept hanging in there. On 18, I had to go for the birdie.

"The turning point was on 14 but I should have won that hole to go two-up.'' After holding a commanding seven-hole lead after the morning round, Hubner conceded just three holes in the afternoon to win his first junior title and end Winiker's fairytale run.

Hubner, an investment banker from just outside Munich, won the first three holes of the afternoon round to go 10 up only to see his opponent come back with three straight wins on four, five and six to get the deficit down to seven.

That was as close as he got as Hubner shifted up a gear and won seven, eight and nine to seal the match.

"With it being a 36-hole final and he being a nine handicap he didn't have a chance in the long run,'' said Hubner who plays off a three handicap.

Said Winiker: "I lost to a great golfer who is tournament-hardened. I'm not a hardened tournament player and it was hard to overcome my mistakes today. I didn't play as well as the previous three matches, but I'm proud of the fact that I got to where I got today.'' THOMAS HUBNER -- Commanding win.