AUSTRALIAN MASTER OF AMATEURS TOURNAMENT

 

Paul Howard finishes with a 66 to share fifth place at Royal Melbourne

English stroke-play champion Paul Howard (Southport and Ainsdale), pictured at the top of the page, finished a creditable joint fifth in the Australian Master of Amateurs 72-hole tournament at Royal Melbourne Golf Club.
Howard finished with the day's best round of six-under-par 66 for a seven-under-par aggregate of 281 - five shots behind the winner, 17-year-old Australian Zach Murray from the state of Victoria (pictured with the championship trophy and the green blazer that goes to the winner every year).
English match-play champion Nick Marsh from Huddersfield, winner of the Scottish youths open championship last year, tied for 16th place with a closing 71 for 285.
Ben Stow, from Rushmere, Wiltshire, the third English player in the field, finished T61 on 297 after a closing round of 75, his third 75 of the tournament.



LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4x72)
276 Zach Murray 69 69 67 71
278 Crawford Cory 69 71 69 69
280 Bryson DeChambeau 74 70 66 70, Ben Eccles 66 74 68 72
281 Paul Howard (England) 73 69 73 66, Chieh-Po Lee 72 70 70 69

SELECTED TOTALS
285 Nick Marsh (England) 69 73 72 71 (T16)
297 Ben Stow (England) 75 75 72 75 (T61)

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