The record-breaking Duncan Putter winner Tim Harry, and two
of his Welsh international team-mates Otto Mand and Jack Davidson, made the cut
for the second day’s play.
With the cut slashing down at 11 over, the Celtic Manor’s Joshua
Davies agonisingly missed out by a stroke, while St Melyd’s Jack Colecliffe
finished on 16 over with two rounds of 79, so also went home early.
The two days in Solihull were heavily weather-affected as sunshine
and heavy rain interspersed and golfers also had fierce winds to compete
against making putting very difficult. This was reflected in the scores with
only eight coming in under par over the course of the event, and none
whatsoever in the second round.
Many eyes were on the Vale Resort’s Harry to see how he
would perform straight after his win at Southerndown over the weekend.
Unfortunately, he had a disastrous front nine on his fourth round which cost
him a higher finish on the final leaderboard.
Just 15 years of age, he bogeyed the first two holes before
a double bogey on the sixth and another bogey on the eighth. Two birdies on the
back nine helped him recover a bit to finish tied for 13th with Mand, both carding
a gross 297, as well as Englishman Jake Storey. They were 10 strokes off the
eventual winner Bradley Moore, but will be happy with a Top 15 result in such a
big event.
Greenmeadow’s Mand had an improved second day and will be
pleased that he fought well against the elements to build on his opening two
rounds. After carding two 75s on day one, he produced a 74 and a 73, but could
have done even better had he not suffered a wobble on his fourth round.
The front nine on his third round didn’t go so well with
four bogeys creeping in, but that improved on the back nine with just the one
bogey and two birdies to improve matters. The back nine in his fourth round
stung his final score, with three bogeys and a double bogey, before he finished
with a birdie and two pars.
He said afterwards on Twitter: “Another ridiculously windy day!
Played solid [though]. Finished T13th and very happy. Now for Fairhaven.”
Llanwern’s Jack Davidson had a disappointing second day as
two rounds of 79, both eight over par, left him with a gross of 309, tied for
36th and with only two golfers below him.
His day got off to a disastrous start with two bogeys and a
double bogey on the first three holes, and he followed that with another five
bogeys and just one birdie in his third round. His fourth round didn’t fare
much better, with four more bogeys, another double bogey and a triple bogey on
the par-four sixth hole.
Davies was unlucky to miss out on the second day having
carded a 75 and 79 in the first two rounds to leave him on 154, one stroke
below the cut. It will be his second round he looks at in disappointment, with
three bogeys and three double bogeys ultimately costing him.
Colecliffe never really got going at the event. His first
round produced five bogeys and two double bogeys, while his second round
brought another eight bogeys and a double bogey mixed in with two birdies.
The title went to another 15-year-old, Moore of Kedleston
Park. He held off the challengers to take the prestigious event with a
three-over gross of 287, with Ashton Turner second, three strokes behind him,
and Jack Singh Brar, Adam Chapman and Harry Ellis all tied for third on 291,
the latter two the only golfers to complete the fourth round under par.
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