CARNOUSTIE KID FINISHES DOWN
FIELD IN SOUTH AFRICA
Carnoustie's
Will Porter, winner of the Scottish U18 boys' match-play golf
championship last year, finished tied 51st in the Southern Cape open
amateur stroke-play championship at Mossel Bay Golf Club, South Africa
today (SAT).
Porter had rounds of 74, 76, 81 and 75 for an aggregate of 18-over-par 306.
He
had an 8 and a 9 in his third round and another quadruple bogey 8 in
his final round in which he birdied the seventh, ninth, 11th and 16th in
halves of 36 and 39.
The
tournament was won by three strokes by Jamie Bower (Meltham Golf Club)
from Huddersfield with scores of 70, 68, 70 and 68 for 12 under par 276.
SOUTHERN CAPE OPEN AMATEUR STROKE PLAY TOURNAMENT
Mossel Bay Golf Club, South Africa
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4x72)
276 Jamie Bower (Meltham) 70 68 70 68.
279 Jovan Rebula (SAfr) 70 69 72 68.
SELECTED TOTALS
296 Paul Kinnear (Formby) 76 74 73 73 (T24)
299 Alfie Plant (Sundridge Park) 71 73 75 80 (T34)
306 Will Porter (Carnoustie) 74 76 81 75 (T51)
307 Nic Elliot (Tandridge) 71 73 83 80 (T54)
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Jamie Bower scorches to a second South Africa win
England’s
Jamie Bower has scored his second win in South Africa, with a hot
putter giving him a three-stroke victory in the Southern Cape Open at
Mossel Bay.
The
22-year-old from Meltham, Yorkshire, beat par in each of the four
rounds, finishing on 12-under to take the trophy. His closest challenger
was South Africa’s Jovan Rebula on nine-under while the third placed
players were a further three shots back.
“My putter
was really hot all week and I think that's the biggest reason why I was
able to score well,” said Bower. “Also it was quite windy all week and I
think that gave us English players a slight advantage over the locals
as we’re more used to it.”
It’s just
three weeks since Bower won the North Gauteng Open at Irene Golf Club
and his two wins sandwich a third place finish in the African Amateur at
Leopard Creek.
He said:
“This win is even more pleasing to me than the last one. To say I’m
struggling with my swing is probably the wrong word, but I certainly
wasn't on it, tee to green, as I was at Irene a few weeks ago. It was
mainly my putter that did the damage this time. So, to still win,
despite not quite being at my best with my long game, is really
satisfying for me.”
In the
Southern Cape Open Bower was one shot off the pace going into the final
round, having scored two-under 70 followed by 68, 70. “One shot behind
with 18 to play is nothing, especially with the wind blowing,” he
remarked.
“My
main goal for the final round was to not make any big mistakes. I knew
there was a good chance that other players around me would fall away so I
just tried to keep my ball in play as often as I could and let the
birdies take care of themselves.”
He got to the turn in one-under and
flew home in 33 for another 68, with birdies on 13, 16 and 17 putting
him out of reach of his challengers.
He
added: “I do seem to like it over here! The warm weather is very much a
feel good factor, so that helps. I put a lot of work into my game
leading up to this tour and it's nice to see some reward for that.”
Bower
is part of an England Golf squad touring South Africa, alongside Paul
Kinnear (Formby) and Alfie Plant (Sundridge Park). They have two more
events to play: the Cape Province Open on 23-25 February at Kingswood
Golf Estate and the South African Amateur, 28 Feb-4 March at George Golf
Club.
Lyndsey Hewison
Press Officer
England Golf
pr@englandgolf.org
07825 752 193
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