Robson knocks out English championship top seed
Dorset’s
Tom Robson knocked out top seed Will Enefer today to claim his place in
the quarter-finals of the men’s English Amateur Championship at Ganton
Golf Club.
“It’s
been a good day,” said Robson (Weymouth) who earlier defeated Leon
Fricker (Yelverton) 3 and 2. He’s in the quarter finals for the second year
in a row and said: “Anything now is a bonus, I just want to enjoy it,
that’s what I do it for.”
Robson
(image © Leaderboard Photography) had the upper hand throughout his
match against Enefer, never dropping behind and eventually winning
2 and 1. Tomorrow he plays Jack Gaunt (Drayton Park) who was taken to the
21st before clinching his match against Jay Beisser (The Rayleigh).
Yorkshire
hopes of a third home winner in a row – after Nick Marsh and Joe Dean –
now rest with Dan Brown (Masham). He’s the county’s sole survivor after
Steve Robins (Hull) was beaten on the last this afternoon by Jack Singh
Brar (Remedy Oak).
Brown
had a topsy-turvy day. First he sped through his morning match against
Ben Amor (Marlborough) with the help of a hole-in-one on the 158-yard
5th, where he used an eight iron. It was his third hole in one, but his
first since he was 11, 10 years ago.
This
afternoon he faced Daniel Sutton (Walsall) and had to withstand a
determined fightback before making his way into the quarter-finals. Brown was four up after 10 but after 17 holes the pair were level and Brown had to produce a closing birdie to win through. “It was a good birdie under a lot of pressure,” he said. “I’m relieved more than anything.”
Tomorrow
Brown will play Tom Gandy (Rowany), who knocked out Lytham Trophy
winner Alfie Plant (Sundridge Park) this afternoon by 2/1.
Jamie
Mist (Hayling) beat international Paul Kinnear (Formby) 3/1 and will
face boy international Charlie Strickland (Ham Manor). Strickland
defeated another international, Josh Hilleard (Farrington Park), this
afternoon.
The
last quarter final will be between George Bloor (Cavendish) and Jack
Singh Brar (Remedy Oak). Bloor beat Laird Shepherd (Rye) on the 19th
this afternoon while Singh Brar defeated Steve Robins (Hull) by one
hole.
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Lyndsey Hewison Press Officer England Golf pr@englandgolf.org |
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