ENGLAND RUNNERS-UP TO AUSTRALIA
IN ARGENTINA CUP TOURNAMENT
England, in the shape of Sam Hutsby and Chris Wood, made a brave defence of the Juan Carlos Tailhade Cup in Argentina but eventually finished runners-up to Australia.
Starting the final day at the Los Lagartos County Club in Buenos Aires in seventh place after a disappointing third round, the English pair were determined to finish in a medal position. It seemed a tall order. They had been five shots behind the Aussies after round one, seven adrift at halfway and 13 off the lead starting round four.
Although Wood birdied the second hole, the day didn’t start well with Hutsby pulling a four-iron out of bounds at the third while Wood did likewise at the fourth. However, both kept the loss to a single shot by birdieing with their second ball, while Wood got into red figures with further birdies at the fifth and sixth.
He also birdied the 13th before three-putting the 15th from three feet, while tree-trouble saw him finish with a level par 71.
With both players’ scores to count, Hutsby birdied the fifth only to give it back with three putts at the 12th but at the 15th the Hampshire teenager played arguably the shot of the round with a three-wood from 250 yards to five feet.
The resulting eagle took him to one under, where he finished by getting up and down from bunkers at the 16th and 18th for a 70.
It was a long wait to see how many of the six teams ahead of them would stay there, but only Australia did, leaving England in the silver medal position.
Australia, represented by Rohan Blizard and Amateur Championship runner-up Tim Stewart, led from start to finish. Blizard opened with a course record 63, and compiled an aggregate of 568, 12 better than England with Spain and the United States a shot further back.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
568 Australia (R Blizard 63 70 72 74, T Stewart 75 73 70 71).
580 England (S Hutsby 72 73 75 70, C Wood 71 72 76 71).
581 Spain, United States.
583 New Zealand, South Africa, Holland.
586 Argentina.
587 Peru.
595 Columbia.
596 Italy.
599 Canada.
601 Portugal.
613 Finland, Uruguay.
616 Wales (J Vickery 77 83 74 74, J Howie 75 77 80 76).
IN ARGENTINA CUP TOURNAMENT
England, in the shape of Sam Hutsby and Chris Wood, made a brave defence of the Juan Carlos Tailhade Cup in Argentina but eventually finished runners-up to Australia.
Starting the final day at the Los Lagartos County Club in Buenos Aires in seventh place after a disappointing third round, the English pair were determined to finish in a medal position. It seemed a tall order. They had been five shots behind the Aussies after round one, seven adrift at halfway and 13 off the lead starting round four.
Although Wood birdied the second hole, the day didn’t start well with Hutsby pulling a four-iron out of bounds at the third while Wood did likewise at the fourth. However, both kept the loss to a single shot by birdieing with their second ball, while Wood got into red figures with further birdies at the fifth and sixth.
He also birdied the 13th before three-putting the 15th from three feet, while tree-trouble saw him finish with a level par 71.
With both players’ scores to count, Hutsby birdied the fifth only to give it back with three putts at the 12th but at the 15th the Hampshire teenager played arguably the shot of the round with a three-wood from 250 yards to five feet.
The resulting eagle took him to one under, where he finished by getting up and down from bunkers at the 16th and 18th for a 70.
It was a long wait to see how many of the six teams ahead of them would stay there, but only Australia did, leaving England in the silver medal position.
Australia, represented by Rohan Blizard and Amateur Championship runner-up Tim Stewart, led from start to finish. Blizard opened with a course record 63, and compiled an aggregate of 568, 12 better than England with Spain and the United States a shot further back.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
568 Australia (R Blizard 63 70 72 74, T Stewart 75 73 70 71).
580 England (S Hutsby 72 73 75 70, C Wood 71 72 76 71).
581 Spain, United States.
583 New Zealand, South Africa, Holland.
586 Argentina.
587 Peru.
595 Columbia.
596 Italy.
599 Canada.
601 Portugal.
613 Finland, Uruguay.
616 Wales (J Vickery 77 83 74 74, J Howie 75 77 80 76).
Labels: Amateur Men
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