ENGLISHMAN EVANS IS TOP SEED IN AUSSIE MEN'S AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP

England's Ryan Evans is leading qualifier for the match-play stages of the Australian men's international amateur championship in the searing heat at Grange Golf Club, near Adelaide, South Australia.

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After three suspensions of play over the opening two days because of storm fronts and soaring temperatures, Evans and South Korean So-Young Lee emerged as leading qualifiers following 36-hole qualifying at the 2014 Australian Amateur Championships
Play was suspended for 75 minutes on Wednesday afternoon as the apparent temperature at Adelaide Airport (the closest recording station) rose beyond 39 degrees. 
A wind change shortly after allowed play to recommence as the temperature dropped.
Evans, from Wellingborough Golf Club near Kettering, finished with rounds of 68 and 67 to be the top match-play seed at 9-under par 135, three clear of Victorian Lucas Herbert (70, 68) and Japan's Kazuki Higa (68, 70) who finished at 6-under par.American and University of Kentucky sophomore David Snyder fired the round of the day with a 6-under par 66 to finish fourth best qualifier at 4-under par.
Victorian Geoff Drakeford finished in fifth place with Queensland's Damien Jordan sixth. Grange member Anthony Murdaca was the best of the locals, in a seven-way tie at 3-under par.
The top 64 men will now go on to the match-play stages.
Australian Women's Amateur Championship Qualifying:Sixteen-year-old South Korean So-Young Lee carded a second consecutive 69 to be the women's championship top match-play seed with a three-under-par total of 138.
She was the top qualifier by four strokes.
From 88 Country Club, south east of Seoul, Lee finished ahead of defending champion and Western Australian Minjee Lee who rebounded from her opening round 73 to finish with a 3-under par 69.
Victorian Su-Hyun Oh finished in a tie for third at 1-under par with 2013 Women's British Amateur championship beaten finalist, Luna Sobron from Spain.
Western Australian Jayde Panos closed in a tie for fifth place with South Australian and 2013 runner-up Jenny Lee and New South Wales's Shelly Shin at 2-over par.
The top 32 qualifiers will now contest the match-play stages.
The 36 hole men's and women's finals take place on Sunday, January 19.