Thursday, August 03, 2017

REPEAT JAPANESE VICTORY IN ST
 
ANDREWS BOYS' OPEN FINAL

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
For the second year in a row, the St Andrews Boys' Open has been won by a player from Japan.
Taiga Sugihara followed in the footsteps of his 2016 winning compatriot by travelling halfway round the world to Scotland to beat the top seed, Daniel Nicholls (Colchester) by 3 and 1 in the final over the Old Course today.
Sugihara was the underdog, having qualified for the match-play in 22nd place, but he found his game as the tournament progressed and peaked at the right time against Nicholls.
In the morning semi-finals Sugihara beat Matthew Jackman (St Andrews) by one hole.
The boys' handicap section title stayed in Scotland, thanks to Ben Carberry (Falkirk) who beat Demi Di Matteo (Burhill) by 3 and 2 in the final after KOing Calum G Daun (Inverness) by 3 and 2 in the morning semi-finals.
Perth and Kinross women's county team player Jennifer Saxton won the Junior Ladies Open by beating Aboyne's Kimberley Beveridge 3 and 2 in the morning semi-finals and then scored a 2 and 1 win in the final against Eloise Healey (West Lancs).
The girls' handicap section was an all-England final in which Adel Watt (Leeds), playing off eight, beat Isla McDonald O'Brien (Lilleshall), who has a handicap of 12, by 4 and 3.

RESULTS

SCRATCH 
SEMI-FINALS
Daniel Nicholls (Colchester) bt Christian Barbour (St Andrews New) 3 and 1.
Taiga Sugihara (Japan) bt Matthew Jackman (St Andrews) 1 hole.
FINAL
Sugihara bt Nicholls 3 and 1.

HANDICAP 
SEMI-FINALS
Demi Di Matteo (Burhill) bt Artur Koyama (Luffenham Heath) 3 and 2.
Ben Carberry (Falkirk) bt Calum G Daun (Inverness) 3 and 2.
FINAL
Carberry bt Di Matteo 3 and 2.

ST ANDREWS JUNIOR LADIES OPEN
SCRATCH
SEMI-FINAL 
Eloise Healey (West Lancs) bt Katie Jane Stanley (Manchester) 4 and 3.
Jennifer Saxton (Muckhart) bt Kimberley Beveridge (Aboyne) 3 and 2.
FINAL
Saxton bt Healey 2 and 1.

GIRLS' HANDICAP
FINAL
Adel Watt (Leeds) (8) bt Isla McDonald O'Brien (Lilleshall) (12) 4 and 3.

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