SOUTH OF ENGLAND AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP

Wallace Booth has a three-under-par 69

in key Walker Cup test at Walton Heath

Comrie’s Wallace Booth shot a three-under-par 69 in today’s first round of the South of England 72-hole amateur championship – a key test for Walker Cup aspirants – at Walton Heath.
But the Perthshire man was still six shots off the pace on the New Course where Jason Palmer (Kirby Muxlore) had a record-breaking nine-under-par 63.
On the Old Course where Sunningdale youngster Stiggy Hodgson led with a two-under-par 69, Carnoustie’s Keir McNicoll had a 73 and Mark Hillson (Craigielaw) a 76.

FIRST ROUND LEADERS
New Course
Par 72.
63 Jason Palmer (Kirby Muxloe).
65 Luke Goddard (Hendon).
68 James Watts (East Herts), Niccolo Quintarelli (Italy), Chris Jess (East Sussex National), Simon Crockett (Addington Palace).
69 Wallace Booth (Comrie), Todd Adcock (Nevill).
70 Steven Brown (Wentworth), Tom Sherreard (Chart Hills), Adam Wainwright (Gainsborough), Graham Povey (Brickendon Grange), Jerome Lando-Casanova (France), Jamie Abbott (Fynn Valley).
71 Stuart Phillips (Royston), Warren Harmston (Wentworth), Garrick Porteous (Bamburgh Castle), Aaron Hodkin (Wheatley), Stuart Phillips (Royston), Kelvin Day (Surbiton), Nino Bertasio (Italy).
Selected scores:
72 Andy Shakespear (Five Lakes), Ryan Newman (Brookmans Park), Richard Carter (Lansdowne), Richard Smith (Notts), Craig Hinton (Oxfordshire), Adam Wootton (Oxford City), Sam Stuart (St Annes Old Links), Ben Loughrey (Wrag Barn).
73 David Ginn (Sudbury), Henry Smart (Banstead Downs), Darren Timms (Mid Kent), Rhys Black (Sherwood Forest), Sam Matton (Bowood), Tom Beaumont (Sundridge Park), Mark Bell (Shanklin & Sandown), Michael Saunders (Dartford), Billy Britton (London Club), James Robinson (Southport & Ainsdale), Jason Barnes (Chart Hills), Luke Collins (Mendip Spring), Sam Haywood ( Rotherham), Luke Collins (Mendip Spring).
74 Jon White (Saunton), Gavin Samuels (Leighton Buzzard), Nicolo Ravano (Italy), Matthew Southgate (Thorpe Hall), Dale Whitnell (Five Lakes), Charles Ford (Kirby Muxloe), Jake Shepherd ( The Wisley), Alex Christie (Tyrrells Wood).
75 Peter Tarver-Jones (Worthing).
76 Rhys Enoch (Truro), Ben Nash (Cooden Beach), Mathew Webb (Bedlingtonshire), Amir Habibi (Rochester & Cobham).
77 Tim Sluiter (Netherlands).

Old Course
Par 71
69 Stiggy Hodgson (Sunningdale).
70 Adam Keogh (Boston West), Sam Hutsby (Liphook), Niall Kearney (Royal Dublin).
71 Ashley Rees (East Sussex National), Tommy King (Sudbury).
72 Ross Spurgeon (West Essex), Michael Swan (Stoke by Nayland), Ed Kennedy (Broadway), Ben Rickett (Surbiton), Peter Croonquist (US)
73 Keir McNicoll (Carnoustie), Darren Renwick (Hillbarn), Scott Fallon (Hendon), Steven Uzzell (Hornsea), Nigel Edwards (Whitchurch), Darren Wright (Rowlands Castle).
Selected scores:
74 Eddie Pepperell (Drayton Park), Matthew Nixon (Ashton under Lyne), Michael Moore (Grande Oaks), Jonathan Gidney (Church Stretton), Ashley Walton (Frilford Heath), Thomas Coulson (West Hove), Christopher Cannon (East Sussex National), Liam Burns (Sundridge Park), Jonathan Poulton (Hersham Village), James Fox (Portmarnock), Neil Raymond (Corhampton).
75 Farren Keenan (Sunningdale), Simon Ward (Co Louth), Jack Senior (Heysham), Ben Westgate (Trevose), Sam Claridge (Harpenden Common), Matt Kippen (Enmore Park), Tom Robson (Rowlands Castle), Robin Kind (Netherlands), Jake Amos (Kilworth Springs), Jack Bartlett (Worthing), John Chamerlain (Cold Ashby).
76 Mark Hillson (Craigielaw), Chris Paisley (Stocksfield), Alan Dunbar (Rathmore), Paul Cutler (Portstewart), Matt Haines (Rochester & Cobham Park), Tobey Burden (Hayling), Alex Hogben (Ringway), Willem Vork (Netherlands).
77 Adam Wills (Sandiway), Joon Kim (Italy).

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