RAMSAY THROUGH TO LAST 16

ABERDONIAN'S GOOD WIN OVER FINNISH
LEFT-HANDER IN US AMATEUR CHSHIP

Walker Cup Scot Richie Ramsay beat the highly-rated Finnish left-hander Antti Ahokas by 2 and 1 in their weather-delayed second-round tie in the US men's amateur golf championship at Hazeltine National Golf Club, Chaska in Minnesota.
Ramsay and GB&I team-mate Oliver Fisher are through to the last 16.

The Royal Aberdeen player and student at Stirling University won the first with a par figure but lost the fifth and sixth, both to birdies, as both players settled to show their quality.
Ramsay squared the match at the 543yd eighth hole with an eagle 3. That seemed to dent his opponent's confidence as Ahokas bogeyed both the eighth and ninth, allowing Ricie to go two up with a couple of pars.
Ramsay made it four winning holes in a row with a birdie at the 10th to go three up but he bogeyed his first hole of the tie to lost the 11th and go back to two up.
The Scot bogeyed another hole, the 14th, to see his lead cut to only one hole.
He was able to stop the rot with a half in par 5s at the 15th and then regained a two-hole lead with a birdie at the 16th. At half at the next gave Ramsay a notable 2 and 1 win
Richie was two under par for the holes played.
Walker Cup team-mate Oliver Fisher (West Essex) earlier held on to win by one hole against American Jim Renner. Fisher, 17, was four holes up after six but the American kept whittling away at the deficit and Fisher, his lead cut to one with two holes to play, was relieved to halve both the 17th and 18th for victory.
An electrical thunderstorm in the Hazeltine National area delayed play for more than two hours in the morning.