PETER Allan won the BS Properties Lancashire Strokeplay Championship at Southport and Ainsdale for the second time in three years after holing a monster putt to force a play-off.

The Ashton-in-Makerfield professional rolled in the ball from 30 feet for a birdie and a 68 to tie with Bolton-based Mike Jones on a two-round total of five-under-par 139.

Jones, joint overnight leader, was then denied at the first sudden death hole which Allan birdied.