The Longridge plus three player, who is defending the Cleveland Srixon Northern Order of Merit he has claimed three times in four years, admitted he had been puzzled by a lack of form.
“I can’t put my finger on it,” he said but he dug deep for rounds of 71 and 68, one-over-par all told, for a one shot victory over Chorley’s Nick Jackson.
Young gave a hint that his game was improving the previous day when he won his foursomes and singles to help Lancashire beat Northumberland at Ormskirk to take pole position in the Northern Counties League.
He was the only player to beat par at wet and windy Penwortham, his second round revealing four birdies on the last six holes as move into a share of fifth place in the merit table – 385 points behind county team-mate John Carroll from Huyton & Prescot .
SCORES (Par=69): 139 Mark Young (Longridge) 71 68; 140 Nick Jackson (Chorley) 69 71; 143 Jack Brooks (Pleasington) 71 72; 144 Phil Stanley (Penwortham) 71 73; 145 Tony Harwood (Blackburn) 75 70, Robert Fawcett (Dukinfield) 70 75; 146 Gareth Bradley (Bramhall) 73 73; 146 Ryan Corbett (West Lancs) 73 73; 147 Steve McGlynn (Blackburn) 76 71; 148 Ken Hudson (Hart Common) 77 71, David Ianson (Penwortham) 75 73; 149 James Newton (Prestbury) 76 73.
STANDINGS: 535pts John Carroll (Huyton & Prescot); 310 Kris Taylor (Formby); 225 Jack Brooks (Pleasington); 210 Sean Towndrow (Southport & Ainsdale); 150 Paul Kinnear (Formby), Mark Young (Longridge); 125 Mark Rabone (Southport & Ainsdale), James Bolton (Formby); 120 Paul Howard (Southport & Ainsdale); 115 Richie Blundell (Hillside); 105 Will Shucksmith (Alwoodley), James Bolton (Formby); 100 Jack Sant (Ladbrook Park), Nick Jackson (Chorley).
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