England player takes Argentina title after marathon quarter-final

Philip McLean's

conqueror Luke

Goddard goes on

to win title

Luke Goddard, a 20-year-old from Middlesex and a Hendon Golf Club member, today (Sunday) won the Argentina men's amateur match-play golf championship at Nordelta Golf Club, Buenos Aires. Goddard, pictured right by Tom Ward Photography, beat Argentine player Leandro Marelli by 4 and 3 in the 36-hole final after losing the 21st and 22nd holes to go two down. He birdied the 25th, 27th, 28th and 29th to go two up and won the 30th and 32nd with pars to double his lead.

Goddard was two under par for the holes played.
In Saturday's quarter-finals, Goddard had to go to the 21st to beat the Scotland youth international, Philip McLean (Peterhead).