US AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
RICHIE RAMSAY TWO UP ON FINN
Walker Cup Scot Richie Ramsay was two up on Finnish left-hander Antti Ahokas after 11 holes of their weather-delayed second-round tie in the US men's amateur golf championship at Hazeltine National Golf Club, Chaska in Minnesota.
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.
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.
Electrical thunderstorms in the area of the Hazeltine National course delayed play for more than two hours before lunch-time.
*For news of a rainy day at the British women's open amateur stroke-play championship and Kelsey MacDonald leading in Belgium, log on to our sister website, www.kirkwoodgolf.co.uk You won't be disappointed!
Walker Cup Scot Richie Ramsay was two up on Finnish left-hander Antti Ahokas after 11 holes of their weather-delayed second-round tie in the US men's amateur golf championship at Hazeltine National Golf Club, Chaska in Minnesota.
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.
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.
Electrical thunderstorms in the area of the Hazeltine National course delayed play for more than two hours before lunch-time.
*For news of a rainy day at the British women's open amateur stroke-play championship and Kelsey MacDonald leading in Belgium, log on to our sister website, www.kirkwoodgolf.co.uk You won't be disappointed!
posted by Colin |
See story on its own page | Thursday, August 24, 2006
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