ROSS-On-Wye Golf Club professional Zach Galliford birdied three of his last seven holes to win the Welsh National PGA Championship for the second time, holding off Ross Earnshaw to take a one-shot victory.

Despite Earnshaw making four birdies of his own in the closing stretch, the 2016 Welsh Amateur champion rallied after some early bogeys to take the 122-year-old title and the £3,500 prize at Conwy Golf Club – regaining the crown he first won in 2024 at Pyle and Kenfig.

Galliford, who grew up in west Wales, shot a 4-under 68 in the first round to hold the overnight lead over Stuart Runcie of Abergele Golf Club.

Despite making three bogeys through his first seven holes of the second and final round, a hat-trick of birdies in the final seven were crucial to victory.

Earnshaw, from the SR Tykes Golf Academy in York, made an 18th-hole birdie, leaving Galliford needing the same to secure the win.

And after finding a tricky lie off the tee, he recovered to leave himself a 20-foot putt for birdie, which he impressively converted to seal victory, again notching his name on the cup alongside such Welsh greats as fellow Ross GC man Brian Huggett and Ian Woosnam.

“It’s great to win,” Galliford said after sinking his last hole birdie. “It was very stressful out there, we didn’t have the best conditions, but through the back nine, it turned a bit nicer for once!

“My game was hit and miss. I played some good shots, but I probably wasn’t as good as yesterday.

“I lost the lead through 11 or 12 holes and realised I had to get my game into gear and make some birdies.

“It was really stressful coming round those last three holes, especially at Conwy, those last three are so difficult.

“I just had to hit good golf shots, so I was really pleased I did that. To top it off by birdieing the last was great.”

The final three holes all played over par across the week, with Galliford making one of only 11 birdies on the 18th across the two rounds.

“I knew I was all square coming up the 18th,” he added, “I didn’t hit the best of tee shots and I was on a big hill, and found a way to hit it to 20 feet, and it was great to roll it in.

“Probably not much celebration! I’ve got a lot of coaching to do. But it was really good to win for the first time in front of my dad and his best friend,” added Galliford, who is one of the co-professionals at the Ross club’s Tim Hall School of Golf.

It was his second win of the season, after a tie for first place at the Chippenham Pro-Am in July.

Earnshaw finished as the lone runner-up, with Matthew Tottey of North Wales Golf Club in Llandudno and Stuart Runcie the only other players to finish under par, with the latter losing ground with a final round 74.

Thomas Higson of Raglan Golf Club paced 14th out the 62 finishers on six over par.