THE PGA European Tour's first six-man play-off left Scotland's Stephen

McAllister the surprise winner of the Atlantic Open at Oporto, Portugal,

in gale-force winds yesterday.

The bespectacled Scotsman holed a 15-foot putt at the short

seventeenth on his way to a 74 and a tie on 288, level par, with Ronan

Rafferty (72), Richard Boxall (71), David Williams (74), Stephen Hamill

(76), and Denmark's Anders Sorensen (77).

Rafferty, who topped last year's European money list, started

favourite to win six-man showdown. But McAllister was the only man to

make a par 4 at the first play-off hole. It was his first tour success.

Rafferty bunkered his second and knocked his recovery in to more sand.

Boxall three-putted and Williams, Hamill, and Sorensen all took three to

reach the green. McAllister was also short with a drive and No.3 wood

but holed from 15 feet for his 4 and the winner's cheque for $53,000.

The other five each earned $19,246.

The former British youth international, whose previous best tour

finish was fifth in the 1988 English Open, said: ''I never expected

level par to be good enough. I wear spectacles and my eyes were watering

in the cold wind and rain. But I just kept plugging away.'' In the

severe conditions all the leaders struggled. Ryder Cup men Sam Torrance,

Des Smyth, and Tommy Horton ran up a 7, 8, and 10 respectively.

American Ronald Stelten, who led by two strokes overnight from

Sorensen, took 40 to go out and, needing a par 4 to tie, pulled his tee

shot into the sand dunes and took 5 for an 80 and 289.

Sorensen led with two to play after getting up and down from a bunker

at the sixteenth but was bunkered again at the seventeenth to drop a

stroke.

Northern Ireland's Hamill had three birdies in the last five holes and

hit the cup with his second shot at the last only to miss for a birdie

from five yards.

Britain's Steven Richardson, the English amateur champion playing in

his first tour event as a pro, ended in a tie for seventh place on 289.

Leading final aggregates and scores: (British unless stated):

288 -- Stephen McAllister 71, 71, 72, 74 (won at first hole in six-man

play-off); Richard Boxall 71, 73, 73, 71; Ronan Rafferty 72, 70, 74, 72;

David Williams 70, 71, 73, 74; Stephen Hamill 71, 67, 74, 76; Anders

Sorensen (Denmark) 68, 73, 70, 77.

289 -- Steve Bowman (US) 71, 73, 73, 72; Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spain)

73, 68, 72, 76; Steven Richardson 72, 70, 71, 76; Ross Drummond 70, 73,

70, 76; Ronald Stelten (US) 70, 69, 70, 80.

290 -- Santiago Luna (Spain) 72, 72, 70, 76; Des Smyth (Ireland) 69,

73, 70, 78.

291 -- Peter Baker 72, 71, 74, 74; Paul Carrigill 73, 71, 73, 74;

Manuel Moreno (Spain) 75, 72, 70, 74; Miguel Martin (Spain) 71, 71, 74,

75.

292 -- Mariano Aparicio (Spain) 72, 72, 74, 74; Emmanuel Dussart

(France) 71, 73, 74, 74; Daniel Silva (Portugal) 70, 76, 71, 75; Steven

Bottomley 69, 72, 75, 76; Roger Chapman 71, 70, 75, 76; Denis Durnian

74, 71, 71, 76; Peter Smith 70, 69, 73, 80.

FINAL aggregates in the Philippine Open championship in Manila were:

287 -- Robert Pactolerin (Philippines) 68, 75, 72, 72.

289 -- Lee Porter (USA) 72, 71, 72, 74; Lai Chung Jen (Taiwan) 73, 70,

71, 75; Chen Liang Hsi (Taiwan) 74, 69, 72, 74.

291 -- Antolin Fernando (Philippines) 70, 71, 77, 73; Glen Day (USA)

75, 71, 72, 73; Choi Sang Ho (South Korea) 75, 70, 71, 75.