FRASER FOTHERINGHAM

LOSES IN LAST 16 MATCH

AT ROYAL SYDNEY

Nairn's Fraser Fotheringham won his first-round tie but lost in the round of the last 16 of the match-play stages of the New South Wales amateur golf championship at Royal Sydney Golf Club today.
The 2007 British boys' championship beaten finalist, 21st of the 32 qualifiers, had a very good one-hole win over the No 12 seed, Australian Reece Hodson, in the morning first round.
Fotheringham, pictured, then lost by 4 and 3 to the fifth seed, Jake Higginbottom, after being two up on the seventh tee. Higginbottom had cut his deficit to one hole at the turn and then surged two up after 12 holes before winning by 4 and 3 on the 15th green.
Scottish open amateur stroke-play champion Tommy Fleetwood (Formby Hall), the seventh seed, reached the quarter-finals by beating Jarrod Freeman by 3 and 2, then Andrew Thompson at the 19th, having been four up at the ninth.

Results (seeded position in brackets):
FIRST ROUND
Michael Williams (1) bt Christopher Smith (32) 4 and 3.
Brett Drewitt (16) bt Jordan Zunic (17) 2 and 1.
Kyle Grant (8) bt Daniel Bringolf (25) 1 hole.
Patrick Wilson (9) bt Michael Smyth (24) 5 and 3.
Jamie Hook (29) bt Rhys McGovern (4) 2 and 1.
Alex Pitty (20) bt Adam Downton (13) 3 and 1.
Jake Higginbottom (5) bt Andrius Belkus (28) 1 hole.
Fraser Fotheringham (21) bt Reece Hodson (12) 1 hole.

Jeon Jing Jeong (2) bt Clayton Bridges (31) 7 and 6.
Zac Mullins (18) bt Todd Adcock (15) 1 hole.
Tommy Fleetwood (7) bt Jarrod Freeman (26) 3 and 2.
Andrew Thompson (10) bt Blake McGrory (23) at 20th.
Luke Henwood (30) bt Tim Hart (3) 4 and 3.
Matt Steiger (14) bt Michael Gerstenberg (19) 2 and 1.
Luke Humphries (27) bt Neil Raymond (6) 4 and 3.
Theo Coroneo (22) bt Callan O'Reilly (11) 2 holes

SECOND ROUND
Drewitt (10) bt Williams (1) 1 hole.
Wilson (9) bt Grant (8) 2 holes.
Pityty (20) bty Hook (29) 4 and 2.
Higginbottom (5) bt Fotheringham (21) 4 and 3.
Yeong Jin Jeong (2) bt Mullins (18) 3 and 2.
Fleetwood (7) bt Thompson (10) at 19th.
Henwood (30) bt Steiger (14) 1 hole.
Humphries (27) bt Coroneo (22) 5 and 4.