Australian pair Bradley Hughes and David McKenzie both carded final rounds of 71 to grab a share of seventh place in the Wichita Open on the Nationwide Tour. The pair finished the tournament on 13-under, six strokes behind runaway winner and order of merit leader Brad Elder, who shot a final round of 65 to emerge victorious on 19-under. Argentine Fabian Gomez was second on 15-under after also firing a final round of 65, one stroke ahead of a four-man group in third. Australian teenager Jason Day, second on the order of merit, completed a consistent four days with a final round of 69 to be tied for 13th on 12-under. Day blew his chance of a top-three finish with consecutive bogies at 12 and 13. Scott Gardner was the next best-placed Australian in 19th place on 11-under, one shot ahead of compatriot Marc Leishman, who carded a two-over-par 73 on Sunday. Result from the Wichita Open (par 71) -19 Brad Elder 65 64 71 65 -15 Fabian Gomez 71 66 67 65 -14 David Hearn 68 65 70 67, Stephen Gangluff 66 70 67 67, Miguel Carballo 70 65 68 67, Vance Veazey 66 66 68 70 -13 Kris Blanks 67 70 67 67, Keoke Cotner 70 67 66 68, Jeff Klauk 67 64 71 69, Martin Laird 65 68 69 69, Bradley Hughes (Australia) 67 62 71 71, David McKenzie (Australia) 65 67 68 71 Also: -12 Jason Day (Australia) 66 68 69 69 -11 Scott Gardiner (Australia) 67 66 67 73 -10 Marc Leishman (Australia) 70 63 68 73 -7 Aron Price (Australia) 68 64 78 67, Greg Chalmers (Australia) 65 71 70 71 -4 Steve Collins (Australia) 72 65 71 72
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