African men's amateur stroke-play championship

Johnston and Syme joint 2nd, four behind


leader with one round to go




By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Liam Johnston (Dumfries and County) and Connor Syme (Drumoig) are sharing second place on seven-under-par 209 with one round to go in the African amateur stroke-play championship at Leopard Creek Country Club, South Africa.
Johnston, pictured upper right, has had rounds of 72, 67 and 70 while Syme, pictured lower right, has shot 67, 70 and 72.

With 18 holes to go, the Scots are two shots off the lead which has been held from the start by 16-year-old South African Christo Lamprecht who won his national championship last week. Lamprecht has had scores of 66, 70 and 71 for nine-under 207.
There are three other Scots in the top 10.
Jamie Stewart (Old Ranfurly) is lying fifth with scores of 73, 68 and 70 for 211.
Last year's Scottish U18 match-play boys champion Eric McIntosh (Bruntsfield Links) is sixth with scores of 69, 72 and 71 for 212.

Peebles' Craig Howie has had rounds of 75, 69 and 70 for joint ninth place on 214.
Calum Fyfe from Cawder is joint 12th on 215 with rounds of 77, 69 and 69.
Craig Ross (Kirkhill) is sharing 37th place with scores of 75, 73 ad 76 for 224.
Banchory's Sam Locke is joint 48th on 226 after rounds of 76, 76 and 74.
Scotland won the team event with a 16-under-par aggregate, two strokes ahead the South African junior team. The third-placed England team were well behind the leaders with a six over par tally.
Ten teams took part.
SCROLL DOWN FOR A PICTURE OF THE WINNING SCOTLAND TEAM WITH COACH IAN RAE

Third Round Scores (top 20)

207 Christo Lamprecht, junior 66 70 71

209 Liam Johnston SCO 72 67 70; Connor Syme SCO 67 70 72

210 Joseph Long GBR 73 69 68

211 Jamie Stewart SCO 73 68 70

212 Eric McIntosh SCO 69 72 71

213 Anthoine Auboin FRA 73 67 73; Luca Filippi 70 69 74

214 Craig Howie SCO 75 69 70; Jeremy Freiburghaus SUI 73 67 74; Khaled Attieh KSA 70 72 72

215 Herman Loubser 78 67 70; Calum Fyfe SCO 77 69 69

216 Franklin Manchest 73 75 68

217 Darin de Smidt 69 74 74

218 Garrick Higgo 79 69 70

219 Mitchell Waite GBR 81 68 70; Jayden Schaper 78 70 71; Josh Hilleard GBR 78 67 74; Aneurin Gounden 76 75 68; Steven le Roux 75 72 72; David Nortje 71 76 72

 

Team Competition Result

Best 3 scores of 4 to count

632 Team Scotland 214 Connor Syme 67 Liam Johnston 72 Craig Howie 75; 206 Liam Johnston 67 Craig Howie 69 Connor Syme 70; 212 Craig Howie 70 Liam Johnston 70 Connor Syme 72

634 Team Junior South Africa 214 Christo (Jnr) Lamprecht 66 Luca Filippi 70 Jayden Schaper 78; 208 Garrick Higgo 69 Luca Filippi 69 Christo (Jnr) Lamprecht 70; 212 Garrick Higgo 70 Christo (Jnr) Lamprecht 71 Jayden Schaper 71

654 Team England 227 Dan Brown 73 James Walker 76 Josh Hilleard 78; 211 Josh Hilleard 67 James Walker 71 Sean Towndrow 73; 216 Dan Brown 71 Sean Towndrow 72 James Walker 73

657 Team RSA 216 Kyle McClatchie 71 Marco Steyn 72 Aubrey Beckley 73; 217 Marco Steyn 72 Albert Venter 72 Kyle McClatchie 73; 224 Aubrey Beckley 73 Albert Venter 75 Kyle McClatchie 76

659 Team Switzerland 217 Francesco Quirici 71 Jeremy Freiburghaus 73 Loris Schuepbach 73; 217 Jeremy Freiburghaus 67 Loris Schuepbach 75 Neal Woernhard 75; 225 Jeremy Freiburghaus 74 Neal Woernhard 75 Loris Schuepbach 76

664 Team France 225 Pierre Pineau 74 Victor Veyret 75 Dimitri Mary 76; 218 Dimitri Mary 71 Pierre Pineau 73 Victor Veyret 74; 221 Dimitri Mary 73 Pierre Pineau 73 Victor Veyret 75

676 Team India 224 Tapendra Ghai 74 Yashas Chandra 75 Aalaap Indira-Lakshminarayana 75; 220 Tapendra Ghai 71 Aalaap Indira-Lakshminarayana 74 Yashas Chandra 75; 232 Yashas Chandra 73 Tapendra Ghai 78 Aalaap Indira-Lakshminarayana 81

706 Team Reunion 243 Romain Payet 77 Alexandre Lasalarie 80 Johane Mouniama 86; 234 Jeremy Ablancourt 77 Alexandre Lasalarie 78 Romain Payet 79; 229 Romain Payet 74 Alexandre Lasalarie 77 Johane Mouniama 78

710 Team Mauritius 244 Florent Toulet 79 Rakesh Channoo 82 Phil Minkley 83; 231 Phil Minkley 75 Ritish Venkamah 78 Florent Toulet 78; 235 Florent Toulet 76 Rakesh Channoo 79 Phil Minkley 80

713 Team Zimbabwe 245 Tafara Mpofu 77 David Amm 83 Never Milazi 85; 230 David Amm 71 Tafara Mpofu 79 Liberty Gumisa 80; 238 David Amm 79 Tafara Mpofu 79 Never Milazi 80

                 Scotland's winning squad in the team event with national coach Ian Rae