ENMORE Park’s David Dixon returned to the winner’s circle with a three-under-par round of 67 in the 44-team Oake Manor pro-am.

Somerset’s leading professional golfer, who is spending this weekend playing for the GB and Ireland PGA Cup team against the United States in California, made three successive birdie threes to be out in an impressive 32 but his only other gain came at the last.

He shared top place with Portishead-based European seniors Tour player George Ryall (Players Golf Club), who achieved his first West win for three years, and prolific winner James Ruth (China Fleet) who landed his eighth win in his most successful season in the West.

Ryall, who will be 57 this month, shaped his round with four successive birdies from the third and finished with two birdies after dropping three shots.

His last success was at The Mendip in 2012, and he made it a double by also leading home the Coomber Fire and Security team of Steve Coomber, Melvin Oxley and Jason Brock in 18-under-par 122.

Ruth made two birdies and dropped three shots in an outward one-over 36 but roared home in style with birdies at the 13th and 17th and an eagle three at the 15th Home professional Alex Munro produced his best tournament round with an encouraging 68. He made birdies at the sixth, eighth and 15th after dropping his only shot on the first to share second with experienced Graham Howell (Ferndown Fores.

The former Taunton and Pickeridge club professional Gary Milne (Exeter Golf & Country Club), Joe Ferguson (Celtic Manor) and Richard O'Hanlon (St Kew), the busiest player in the West, shared sixth on 69.

Ruth’s Colourtone team of Richard Goring, Keith Phillips and Dave Tilk finished three shots adrift in second on 125. But countback was needed to separate three teams on 128.

Ivybridge’s Paul Hendriksen and the Atom Insurance Brokers with Clive Thorne, Dave Hollow and Jim Greenhow claimed third. Simon Stevenson (Taunton and Pickeridge) led the Matt Durbin Associates team of Matt Durbin, Phil Coleman and Kleighton Butland into fourth followed by Dixon and the Steve Bristow Stone Masonry trio of Steve Bristow, Paul McGlinchey and Adrian Metters.

Tournament controller Tom Sheffield, who managed to shepherd all the teams round before darkness fell, said: “The Oake Manor pro-am is always superbly organised and the course improves remarkably each year.”