Pavan Sagoo upholds English "honour" in
first day of Reid Trophy U14 boys' stroke
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For most of the first day of the Reid Trophy at The Kendleshire it seemed that foreign players would head the cast. But Pavan Sagoo from Middlesex upstaged them all to lead the English Boys under 14 Stroke Play Championship.
Sagoo, who didn’t tee off until 2pm, returned a 70, one under par, to lead by one from Mario Galiano, who heads a strong overseas challenge, some of whom came to grief on the testing 18th.
A member of the Middlesex under 14 team, Sagoo was the only player to beat par on a day of glorious sunshine with a cooling breeze. He found three birdies to put himself in an unaccustomed position.
“I’ve never led before, well not in a big tournament,” he admitted. “We’ll have to see but I’ve been shooting under par more recently. I drove the ball well and found most fairways and fortunately I didn’t find any water,” added the 13 year old who finished fourth in last week’s Middlesex Youths Championship.
The Reid Trophy has only once been won by a foreign player. But Galiano is putting in a good challenge and for some time he was ahead until Sagoo’s late effort. Galiano’s level-par 71 is just ahead of the English trio Haydn McCullen, William Aldred and Robert Burlison, who share third place.
It is 14 year old Galiano’s first competition in England but he soon acclimatised himself with four birdies in his 71 and but for back-to-back bogeys at 16 and 17 would have finished with a comfortable advantage.
In his limited English, Galiano said: “I like the course. There is a lot of water but not as much as in Andalucía.”
McCullen, 13, from Manchester, would have matched Galiano’s level par but he three-putted the 18th green after finding three birdies. Aldred, another 13 year old, was disappointed with his 72 saying: “I was aiming for level par. I’m going to do better tomorrow.”
However, his effort was better than his previous Reid appearance two years ago when he shot three rounds in the 80s. Burlison, who is looking to add the under 14 title to his English Schools under 16 crown, went out like a train with four birdies but couldn’t find the same form coming home. “I’m fairly happy with 72 but a couple of three-putts let me down,” he said.
Ben Amos, from nearby Marlborough, was on level par through 17 holes but tangled with the water on the 18th, took a quadruple-bogey 8, and signed for 75.
Denmark’s Emil Sogaard also fell foul of the last. He was three under par through 11 but closed poorly, including a double-bogey on 18 for a share of fifth place on 73.
Admission is free to the event, which continues to the 13th August. For those unable to attend, scoring, championship commentary and news updates are available on the Championships Section of the EGU website, http://www.englishgolfunion.org/
first day of Reid Trophy U14 boys' stroke
NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY ENGLISH GOLF UNION
For most of the first day of the Reid Trophy at The Kendleshire it seemed that foreign players would head the cast. But Pavan Sagoo from Middlesex upstaged them all to lead the English Boys under 14 Stroke Play Championship.
Sagoo, who didn’t tee off until 2pm, returned a 70, one under par, to lead by one from Mario Galiano, who heads a strong overseas challenge, some of whom came to grief on the testing 18th.
A member of the Middlesex under 14 team, Sagoo was the only player to beat par on a day of glorious sunshine with a cooling breeze. He found three birdies to put himself in an unaccustomed position.
“I’ve never led before, well not in a big tournament,” he admitted. “We’ll have to see but I’ve been shooting under par more recently. I drove the ball well and found most fairways and fortunately I didn’t find any water,” added the 13 year old who finished fourth in last week’s Middlesex Youths Championship.
The Reid Trophy has only once been won by a foreign player. But Galiano is putting in a good challenge and for some time he was ahead until Sagoo’s late effort. Galiano’s level-par 71 is just ahead of the English trio Haydn McCullen, William Aldred and Robert Burlison, who share third place.
It is 14 year old Galiano’s first competition in England but he soon acclimatised himself with four birdies in his 71 and but for back-to-back bogeys at 16 and 17 would have finished with a comfortable advantage.
In his limited English, Galiano said: “I like the course. There is a lot of water but not as much as in Andalucía.”
McCullen, 13, from Manchester, would have matched Galiano’s level par but he three-putted the 18th green after finding three birdies. Aldred, another 13 year old, was disappointed with his 72 saying: “I was aiming for level par. I’m going to do better tomorrow.”
However, his effort was better than his previous Reid appearance two years ago when he shot three rounds in the 80s. Burlison, who is looking to add the under 14 title to his English Schools under 16 crown, went out like a train with four birdies but couldn’t find the same form coming home. “I’m fairly happy with 72 but a couple of three-putts let me down,” he said.
Ben Amos, from nearby Marlborough, was on level par through 17 holes but tangled with the water on the 18th, took a quadruple-bogey 8, and signed for 75.
Denmark’s Emil Sogaard also fell foul of the last. He was three under par through 11 but closed poorly, including a double-bogey on 18 for a share of fifth place on 73.
Admission is free to the event, which continues to the 13th August. For those unable to attend, scoring, championship commentary and news updates are available on the Championships Section of the EGU website, http://www.englishgolfunion.org/
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