ENGLAND PAIR WIN TEAM EVENT
AT CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA

England’s Matthew Baldwin and Dale Whitnell won the team event in the Federal Open Amateur in Canberra, Australia.
The pair finished with an aggregate of 578, seven strokes ahead of the Victorian State pairing of Daniel Beckmann and Josh Younger and 14 clear of the third placed team from Western Australia.
Whitnell, who won five points from six on his debut in the recent Home Internationals in Ireland, finished second in the individual event on six under par 282, four strokes behind the winner, Beckmann.
Whitnell led after the first round with 71, and was five strokes behind going into a final round played in windy conditions. But the Essex lad returned 69, the lowest of the day, to cut the deficit by one. Baldwin, from Lancashire, clinched third place on 292 from South Australia’s Andre Na thanks to a final round 70.
Beckmann’s victory earns him an invitation into next year’s Amateur Championship at Turnberry.
Leading final scores:
282 D Beckmann (Victoria) 72 71 69 70.
286 D Whitnell (England) 71 73 73 69.
292 M Baldwin (England) 73 78 71 70, A Na (South Australia) 72 70 75 75.
293 B Smith (Pymble) 72 71 74 76.
294 M Jager (Western Australia) 73 72 77 72.
Team event:
578 England (M Baldwin 292, D Whitnell 286).
585 Victoria (D Beckmann 282, J Younger 303).
592 Western Australia (M Foster 298, M Jager 294).