Classy Jamie Stewart wins Global Golf Post
Picture of Jamie Stewart by courtesy of the SGU
Under-16s title by five strokes at Arbroath
Jamie Stewart put the host country back on the winners' roll with a brilliant 15-under-par aggregate of 265 - a tournament record - to win the Global Golf Post Scottish Under-16 boys' open championship from an international field over Arbroath Golf Club's par 70 links course, writes Colin Farquharson
Stewart, 16-year-old junior member of Old Ranfurly Golf Club, will soon be off to Switzerland with Darren Howie (Peebles) as Scotland's representatives in the European Young Masters.
If Jamie can keep this kind of form going until then, he must have a chance of bringing home that title.
Stewart closed with rounds of 69 and 65 to win by five shots from the best of the foreign legion sent over by the French, Theo Berger.
Berger showed his class with a final round of 64 for 270. He had an eagle and seven birdies and a superb inward half of 30.
But he could hardly make an impression on the front-running Stewart who had six birdies and one bogey in his last round.
Over the 72 holes, young Stewart had a grand bag of 24 birdies with not a single double bogey
Howie, who was second to Stewart at halfway, finished fourth with rounds of 69 and 70 for 272.
Stewart is only the second Scottish winner of the Under-16s title in the past six years. He follows in the footsteps of Ben Kinsley (St Andrews) in 2011 and, before that Grant Forrest in 2009. Forrest won the Scottish amateur championship at Royal Dornoch in 2012.
+Scroll down for the SGU website report and Kenny Smith's picture of Stewart with the trophy.
GLOBAL GOLF POST SCOTTISH UNDER-16 BOYS' OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP
Arbroath Golf Club, Angus
FINAL TOTALS
Par 280 (4x70) SS 70 CSS 69 70 70 69
265 J K Stewart (Old Ranfurly) 65 66 69 65
270 T Berger (Fra) 66 71 69 64.
271 J Benson (Beeston Fields) 69 66 68 68
272 D Howie (Peebles) 66 67 69 70
278 D Mary (Fra) 68 71 66 73, M Fernandez de Olivaira (Arg) 69 69 70
280 A Flanagan (St George's Hill) 71 73 70 66, J Ainscough (Hartlepool) 71 71 68 70, J Blunden (Wrekin) 70 71 71 68
281 C Burns (Balmore) 73 68 74 66, J Wilson (Tyneside) 67 70 73 71
282 A Petit (Fra) 74 69 69 70, H Hyest (Fra) 73 69 72 68, T Stote (Burnham and Berrow) 73 68 69 72, 211 J Skov Olesen (Den) 71 69 71 71, T Boulanger (Fra) 71 69 69 73, A Laussot (Fra) 70 68 73 71
283 Y Ducler (Fra) 69 68 73 73, M Watt (Inverallochy) 70 69 74 70, P L Gachet (Fra) 68 70 74 71
284 Jonathan Albert (Fra) 72 72 66 74, K Bowman (St Andrews New) 70 74 70 70, S Stedman (Chart Hills) 74 70 71 69, N Lacroix (Fra) 69 71 73 71, L Kelly (Ashton-under-Lyne) 72 69 76 67
285 G Saunders (Meon valley) 71 71 72 71
286 J Dinouard (Fra) 70 71 75 70, R MacIntosh (Fra) 67 70 76 73, C Bruce (Duff House Royal) 70 72 70 74, J Audibert (Fra) 69 74 73 70, A Syed (Foxhills) 70 74 75 67
287 F V Ruess (Ger) 72 68 74 73, C Duha (Fra) 72 71 74 70
288 A Fitzpatrick (Hallamshire) 71 72 69 76
289 C Salter (Northants) 71 69 76 73
290 D Larvaron (Fra) 72 69 75 74, A Moir (Elgin) 68 75 74 73
292 J Demant (Fra) 72 72 73 75, A Simpson (Strathmore) 70 74 75 73
293 H Ottley-Wood (Cotswold Hills) 74 67 76 76
294 G Luck (Fra) 70 74 73 77
295 C Petrie (Luffenham Heath) 70 74 75 76, J Paterson (St Andrews New) 71 73 79 72
299 K Reid (Balmore) 72 72 72 83
305 B Rendell (Clacton-on-Sea) 70 74 79 82.
FROM THE SGU WEBSITE
Jamie Stewart produced a dominant final day display to capture the Global Golf Post Scottish Boys Under-16s Championship in record breaking fashion at Arbroath.
The 16-year-old from Old Ranfurly, who had held the overnight lead on 9-under par, fired a morning round of 69 to main his advantage, before recording his second 5-under 65 of the week to romp home by a five-shot margin, becoming the first Scot since Ben Kinsley in 2011 to lift the trophy and the lowest final total recorded in the event’s 32 year history.
His nearest challenger was Frenchman Theo Berger, who finished the championship with a stunning back nine of 30, which included three consecutive birdies from the tenth and an eagle-birdie finish for a closing 64.
The Palmola youngster clinched the silver-medal on 10-under par, with England’s Jake Benson on 9-under 271 in third place, a shot clear of Peebles’ Darren Howie.
Howie, the Scottish Schools Champion and Scotland U-16s team-mate of Stewart, finished with rounds of 69 and 70 to end the week in fourth place, giving him confidence ahead of his trip to Switzerland for the European Young Masters later this month.
A delighted Stewart said: “It’s great to bag my first big win and I’d like to thank David Orr, George Boswell (coaches) and Andrew MacIntyre for their help in developing my game this year.
"I was a little nervous going into the final round in the lead, but a birdie-birdie start helped relax me and set me up going into the back nine with a three-shot lead.
“The key all week was solid putting and I put myself in good positions off the tee in every round. I didn’t find a single fairway bunker all week and my course management was good. It helped playing with Darren (Howie) today as he’s a good friend of mine.
As for his goals, Stewart added: “My aim for the remainder of the season is to make the Boys' Home Internationals Team and win another big Under-16s event so hopefully I can achieve both of those.”
Callum Burns (Balmore) clinched a top-10 finish with a superb final round of 66 to end the week as the third highest Scot on the leaderboard on 281, one-over par, with Inverallochy’s Marc Watt sharing 18th place on 3-over.
One of the other highlights of the day was a spectacular albatross 2 from France’s Chayan Duha at the par-five 17th to catapult him into 32nd place, a shot ahead of Alex Fitzpatrick, younger brother of former US Amateur Champion Matt.
Stewart joins an impressive list of former Under-16s champions which include Challenge Tour stars Peter Whiteford, George Murray and Wallace Booth, as well as recent Amateur Championship runner-up Grant Forres, winner of the Scottish amateur championship at Royal Dornoch in 2012.
Under-16s title by five strokes at Arbroath
Jamie Stewart put the host country back on the winners' roll with a brilliant 15-under-par aggregate of 265 - a tournament record - to win the Global Golf Post Scottish Under-16 boys' open championship from an international field over Arbroath Golf Club's par 70 links course, writes Colin Farquharson
Stewart, 16-year-old junior member of Old Ranfurly Golf Club, will soon be off to Switzerland with Darren Howie (Peebles) as Scotland's representatives in the European Young Masters.
If Jamie can keep this kind of form going until then, he must have a chance of bringing home that title.
Stewart closed with rounds of 69 and 65 to win by five shots from the best of the foreign legion sent over by the French, Theo Berger.
Berger showed his class with a final round of 64 for 270. He had an eagle and seven birdies and a superb inward half of 30.
But he could hardly make an impression on the front-running Stewart who had six birdies and one bogey in his last round.
Over the 72 holes, young Stewart had a grand bag of 24 birdies with not a single double bogey
Howie, who was second to Stewart at halfway, finished fourth with rounds of 69 and 70 for 272.
Stewart is only the second Scottish winner of the Under-16s title in the past six years. He follows in the footsteps of Ben Kinsley (St Andrews) in 2011 and, before that Grant Forrest in 2009. Forrest won the Scottish amateur championship at Royal Dornoch in 2012.
+Scroll down for the SGU website report and Kenny Smith's picture of Stewart with the trophy.
GLOBAL GOLF POST SCOTTISH UNDER-16 BOYS' OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP
Arbroath Golf Club, Angus
FINAL TOTALS
Par 280 (4x70) SS 70 CSS 69 70 70 69
265 J K Stewart (Old Ranfurly) 65 66 69 65
270 T Berger (Fra) 66 71 69 64.
271 J Benson (Beeston Fields) 69 66 68 68
272 D Howie (Peebles) 66 67 69 70
278 D Mary (Fra) 68 71 66 73, M Fernandez de Olivaira (Arg) 69 69 70
280 A Flanagan (St George's Hill) 71 73 70 66, J Ainscough (Hartlepool) 71 71 68 70, J Blunden (Wrekin) 70 71 71 68
281 C Burns (Balmore) 73 68 74 66, J Wilson (Tyneside) 67 70 73 71
282 A Petit (Fra) 74 69 69 70, H Hyest (Fra) 73 69 72 68, T Stote (Burnham and Berrow) 73 68 69 72, 211 J Skov Olesen (Den) 71 69 71 71, T Boulanger (Fra) 71 69 69 73, A Laussot (Fra) 70 68 73 71
283 Y Ducler (Fra) 69 68 73 73, M Watt (Inverallochy) 70 69 74 70, P L Gachet (Fra) 68 70 74 71
284 Jonathan Albert (Fra) 72 72 66 74, K Bowman (St Andrews New) 70 74 70 70, S Stedman (Chart Hills) 74 70 71 69, N Lacroix (Fra) 69 71 73 71, L Kelly (Ashton-under-Lyne) 72 69 76 67
285 G Saunders (Meon valley) 71 71 72 71
286 J Dinouard (Fra) 70 71 75 70, R MacIntosh (Fra) 67 70 76 73, C Bruce (Duff House Royal) 70 72 70 74, J Audibert (Fra) 69 74 73 70, A Syed (Foxhills) 70 74 75 67
287 F V Ruess (Ger) 72 68 74 73, C Duha (Fra) 72 71 74 70
288 A Fitzpatrick (Hallamshire) 71 72 69 76
289 C Salter (Northants) 71 69 76 73
290 D Larvaron (Fra) 72 69 75 74, A Moir (Elgin) 68 75 74 73
292 J Demant (Fra) 72 72 73 75, A Simpson (Strathmore) 70 74 75 73
293 H Ottley-Wood (Cotswold Hills) 74 67 76 76
294 G Luck (Fra) 70 74 73 77
295 C Petrie (Luffenham Heath) 70 74 75 76, J Paterson (St Andrews New) 71 73 79 72
299 K Reid (Balmore) 72 72 72 83
305 B Rendell (Clacton-on-Sea) 70 74 79 82.
Jamie Stewart with the championship trophy. Picture by courtesy of Kenny Smith and the SGU website.
Record-breaking performance from StewartFROM THE SGU WEBSITE
Jamie Stewart produced a dominant final day display to capture the Global Golf Post Scottish Boys Under-16s Championship in record breaking fashion at Arbroath.
The 16-year-old from Old Ranfurly, who had held the overnight lead on 9-under par, fired a morning round of 69 to main his advantage, before recording his second 5-under 65 of the week to romp home by a five-shot margin, becoming the first Scot since Ben Kinsley in 2011 to lift the trophy and the lowest final total recorded in the event’s 32 year history.
His nearest challenger was Frenchman Theo Berger, who finished the championship with a stunning back nine of 30, which included three consecutive birdies from the tenth and an eagle-birdie finish for a closing 64.
The Palmola youngster clinched the silver-medal on 10-under par, with England’s Jake Benson on 9-under 271 in third place, a shot clear of Peebles’ Darren Howie.
Howie, the Scottish Schools Champion and Scotland U-16s team-mate of Stewart, finished with rounds of 69 and 70 to end the week in fourth place, giving him confidence ahead of his trip to Switzerland for the European Young Masters later this month.
A delighted Stewart said: “It’s great to bag my first big win and I’d like to thank David Orr, George Boswell (coaches) and Andrew MacIntyre for their help in developing my game this year.
"I was a little nervous going into the final round in the lead, but a birdie-birdie start helped relax me and set me up going into the back nine with a three-shot lead.
“The key all week was solid putting and I put myself in good positions off the tee in every round. I didn’t find a single fairway bunker all week and my course management was good. It helped playing with Darren (Howie) today as he’s a good friend of mine.
As for his goals, Stewart added: “My aim for the remainder of the season is to make the Boys' Home Internationals Team and win another big Under-16s event so hopefully I can achieve both of those.”
Callum Burns (Balmore) clinched a top-10 finish with a superb final round of 66 to end the week as the third highest Scot on the leaderboard on 281, one-over par, with Inverallochy’s Marc Watt sharing 18th place on 3-over.
One of the other highlights of the day was a spectacular albatross 2 from France’s Chayan Duha at the par-five 17th to catapult him into 32nd place, a shot ahead of Alex Fitzpatrick, younger brother of former US Amateur Champion Matt.
Stewart joins an impressive list of former Under-16s champions which include Challenge Tour stars Peter Whiteford, George Murray and Wallace Booth, as well as recent Amateur Championship runner-up Grant Forres, winner of the Scottish amateur championship at Royal Dornoch in 2012.
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