The two-time European Tour winner describes the standard of competition during his impressive NCAA college campaign and how it felt 'knowing he would win' a second title in as many weeks on the Challenge Tour, having registered his breakthrough win the previous tournament. A tied-31st finish for Poulter was only enough to lift the 45-year-old from 79th to 77th in the standings, with Ireland's Seamus Power also finishing 12 strokes behind champion Tony Finau and ending his season in 72nd spot. Halliwell set up a try for his Leeds team-mate James Simpson to give England fresh hope early in the second half, but France stretched away again with clinical tries from Julien Panella and Lionel Alazard. The pair were in the group of six players to move out of the top 70 after missing the cut, with Matthew Wolff, Troy Merritt, J.T Poston and Scotland's Martin Laird also not qualifying after failing to progress beyond 36 holes.