Marchbank is third Scot in quarter-finals
McDonald plays Forrest for place in
semi-finals at Carnoustie
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Craigielaw's Grant Forrest continued his impressive form in the 120th Amateur Championship at Carnoustie today with a convincing 4 and 3 victory over England’s Ashley Chesters to reach the quarter-Finals.
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FRIDAY MORNING QUARTER-FINALS
8.15 Alexandre Daydou (France) v Antoine Rozner (France)
8.30 Greig Marchbank (Thornhill) v Grant Forrest (Craigielaw)
8.45 Jack McDonald (Kilmarnock Barassie) v Sean Towndrow (Southport and Ainsdale)
9.00 Romain Langasque (France) v Robin Sciot-Siegrist (France)
semi-finals at Carnoustie
RandA NEWS RELEASE
Craigielaw's Grant Forrest continued his impressive form in the 120th Amateur Championship at Carnoustie today with a convincing 4 and 3 victory over England’s Ashley Chesters to reach the quarter-Finals.
Forrest, a former Scottish
Amateur champion, was four up after five holes against the two-time
European Amateur Champion. Birdies on the 10th and 11th holes gave
Forrest, who will celebrate his 22nd birthday tomorrow, a decisive lead
in the match
Forrest now plays fellow Scot Greig Marchbank (Thornhill) on Friday morning for a place in the afternoon semi-finals.
Forrest now plays fellow Scot Greig Marchbank (Thornhill) on Friday morning for a place in the afternoon semi-finals.
France enjoyed an excellent day
with four players reaching the round of the last eight.
Alexandre Daydou held his
nerve in a close match against Iceland’s Andri Bjornsson. The Italian
International Amateur Champion won four consecutive holes from the 11th
to take control of the match and he eased to a 2 and 1 win to secure his
place in the last eight.
Daydou, who is making his third
appearance in the Amateur Championship, will be joined by Antoine
Rozner, who took a grip of his all-French match against Paul Barjon with
birdies on the 12th and the 14th holes and sealed a 3 and 2 win, and
Romain Langasque who defeated Sweden’s Adam Blomme by two holes. Robin
Sciot-Siegrist rounded off the day with a 3 and 2 win in the final match
against Alejandro Tosti from Argentina.
The all-Scottish affair between
Jack McDonald, the 2012 Amateur Championship semi-finalist, and
Glencruitten’s Robert MacIntyre was won 4 and 3 by McDonald, a 22-year-old from
Kilmarnock (Barassie).
Scottish interest in the quarter-finals was
further boosted by Greig Marchbank’s 2 and 1 win over Finland’s Miki
Kuronen.
England’s Sean Towndrow, who
lost in the Semi-Finals of last year’s Amateur Championship, was three
down to Poland’s Mateusz Gradecki by the 7th hole but clawed his way
back into the match, winning the 15th and 16th holes to win by one hole.
Key quotes
Grant Forrest
“I knew it was going to be a
tough game. Fortunately he let me get a nice little lead to be four up
after five. Then he got a couple back but I made a couple of good putts
on the 10th and the 11th to get to five up and then it was a case of
hanging on after that.
“I have been playing solid golf. It was a little bit scrappy today
but I managed to score which is always good. I got beat in the last 16
two years ago so it’s great to get through to the Quarter-Finals. This
is the biggest event we play in the summer and so I have just got to
keep doing my thing and see what happens.”
Alexandre Daydou
“I won the 11th to be all square, the 12th to be one up, the 13th to
be two up and the 14th to be three up so that was really the key to the
game today.
“My putting has been very good
this week in all of my rounds and through the match play. I have played
very well. I am just playing all of my matches 100% so let’s see what
happens.”
Sean Towndrow
“I played really well early
doors and even though I was three down after seven holes I just felt
like I needed to stay in there as I knew I still had a chance in the
match.
“I have been drawing on last
year a lot. I feel like I have a lot more experience and will just keep
grinding and see how I do. Getting the bronze medal last year made it
very worthwhile.”
For the full list of results and the draw for tomorrow’s Quarter-Finals please visit championships.randa.org.
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FRIDAY MORNING QUARTER-FINALS
8.15 Alexandre Daydou (France) v Antoine Rozner (France)
8.30 Greig Marchbank (Thornhill) v Grant Forrest (Craigielaw)
8.45 Jack McDonald (Kilmarnock Barassie) v Sean Towndrow (Southport and Ainsdale)
9.00 Romain Langasque (France) v Robin Sciot-Siegrist (France)
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