Forrest, Syme and McDonald through to last
32 of Aussie amateur championship
By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Craigielaw's Grant Forrest scraped into the 64 qualifiers for the match-play stages of the Australian amateur championship at Metropolitan and Kingswood golf clubs, Victoria after a second-round 77.
But then the Walker Cup player and 2012 Scottish amateur champion recaptured his form to score a notable first-round win by 3 and 2 over the highly-rated Aussie, Kevin Yuan who broke the Metropolitan course record in the first qualifying round.
There are three Scots through to the last 32.
Connor Syme (Drumoig) beat Mitchell Smith (Australia) 4 and 3, and Jack McDonald (Barassie) bt another Aussie, Jordan Ayre, by 3 and 1.
The only Scot to lose in the opening match-play titles was Walker Cup player Ewen Ferguson who went down by 5 and 3 to Welshman Evan Griffith.
Syme (73-71 for 144) qualified in joint 24th position.
Ferguson (71-74 for 145) was a joint 37th qualifier
McDonald (73-73 for 146) qualified in joint 42nd place.
Forrest (71-77 for 146) qualified in joint 56th position.
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Victorian Blake Collyer further enhanced his reputation for cutting down higher-ranked opponents to advance to the Australian amateur championship second round of match-play today.
Collyer utilised local knowledge to beat second seed Anthony Quayle two-up in a high-class first round duel that continued right to Metropolitan's 18th green.
"It was a really good match, we both played really well. I guess, I sank some putts when I needed to,'' the victor said.
It's a repeat scenario for Collyer after he saved par from a greenside bunker at the 10th hole in the morning to survive a play-off just to make the 64-man matchplay field.
A member of Metropolitan's pennant team, he cut it fine in a similar qualifying rounds play-off in last year's national championships at The Australian before knocking out a high seed in the first round on his way to the last 16.
"I guess knowing the course really helped me. It gave me some confidence and I felt good out there,'' he said.
On his chances of advancing further this time, Collyer said: "That's the plan. I feel I've got the game to."
Collyer's sub-par upset performance was the local standout on a fine day for the NSW men with Dylan Perry ousting recently crowned Victorian amateur champ Cameron John one-up.
Harrison Endycott won 1-up against Japan's Takumi Kanaya, Corey Jones beat England's Bradley Moore 2 and 1, and Austin Bautista thrashed Welshman Jack Davidson 5 and 4.
Leading qualifier/top seed Charles Pilon continued his good form with a 3 and 2 victory over fellow Australian Haydn Barron.
Golf Australian national squad member Brett Coletta had to work hard to shake off gallant 14-year-old fellow Victorian Karl Vilips 2 and 1.
Curtis Luck, Australia's highest ranked amateur, is out, beaten 2-up by South Korea's Je-chang Ryu.
Scot Grant Forrest, runner-up in the 2015 British amateur, led the overseas challenge with a 3 and 2 win against Australian Kevin Yuan.
William Heffernan is through the next round after a 3 and 2 win agains Fred Lee, while fellow Victorian D J Loypur was even more impressive with his 6 and 5 triumph against Anthony Marchesani.
32 of Aussie amateur championship
By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Craigielaw's Grant Forrest scraped into the 64 qualifiers for the match-play stages of the Australian amateur championship at Metropolitan and Kingswood golf clubs, Victoria after a second-round 77.
But then the Walker Cup player and 2012 Scottish amateur champion recaptured his form to score a notable first-round win by 3 and 2 over the highly-rated Aussie, Kevin Yuan who broke the Metropolitan course record in the first qualifying round.
There are three Scots through to the last 32.
Connor Syme (Drumoig) beat Mitchell Smith (Australia) 4 and 3, and Jack McDonald (Barassie) bt another Aussie, Jordan Ayre, by 3 and 1.
The only Scot to lose in the opening match-play titles was Walker Cup player Ewen Ferguson who went down by 5 and 3 to Welshman Evan Griffith.
Syme (73-71 for 144) qualified in joint 24th position.
Ferguson (71-74 for 145) was a joint 37th qualifier
McDonald (73-73 for 146) qualified in joint 42nd place.
Forrest (71-77 for 146) qualified in joint 56th position.
TO VIEW ALL THE MATCH-PLAY RESULTS
CLICK HERE
SUMMARY FROM AUSTRALIAN GOLF WEBSITE
Victorian Blake Collyer further enhanced his reputation for cutting down higher-ranked opponents to advance to the Australian amateur championship second round of match-play today.
Collyer utilised local knowledge to beat second seed Anthony Quayle two-up in a high-class first round duel that continued right to Metropolitan's 18th green.
"It was a really good match, we both played really well. I guess, I sank some putts when I needed to,'' the victor said.
It's a repeat scenario for Collyer after he saved par from a greenside bunker at the 10th hole in the morning to survive a play-off just to make the 64-man matchplay field.
A member of Metropolitan's pennant team, he cut it fine in a similar qualifying rounds play-off in last year's national championships at The Australian before knocking out a high seed in the first round on his way to the last 16.
"I guess knowing the course really helped me. It gave me some confidence and I felt good out there,'' he said.
On his chances of advancing further this time, Collyer said: "That's the plan. I feel I've got the game to."
Collyer's sub-par upset performance was the local standout on a fine day for the NSW men with Dylan Perry ousting recently crowned Victorian amateur champ Cameron John one-up.
Harrison Endycott won 1-up against Japan's Takumi Kanaya, Corey Jones beat England's Bradley Moore 2 and 1, and Austin Bautista thrashed Welshman Jack Davidson 5 and 4.
Leading qualifier/top seed Charles Pilon continued his good form with a 3 and 2 victory over fellow Australian Haydn Barron.
Golf Australian national squad member Brett Coletta had to work hard to shake off gallant 14-year-old fellow Victorian Karl Vilips 2 and 1.
Curtis Luck, Australia's highest ranked amateur, is out, beaten 2-up by South Korea's Je-chang Ryu.
Scot Grant Forrest, runner-up in the 2015 British amateur, led the overseas challenge with a 3 and 2 win against Australian Kevin Yuan.
William Heffernan is through the next round after a 3 and 2 win agains Fred Lee, while fellow Victorian D J Loypur was even more impressive with his 6 and 5 triumph against Anthony Marchesani.
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