SKANDIA UNDER-21 BOYS TOURNAMENT

BYRNE TOP SCOT IN SWEDISH JUNIOR OPEN

 

Banchory’s James Byrne, finished a creditable joint 11^th in a field of 97 for the Skandia Junior Under-21 Open tournament over three rounds at Boras Golf Club, near Gothenburg, Sweden at the weekend.

Byrne, only 17 and beaten semi-finalist in the recent Scottish boys’ championship, had scores of 76, 71 and 71 for a two-over-par total of 218.

He finished the tournament strongly with birdies at the 17^th and 18^th after reaching the turn in one-under-par 34, thanks to a birdie at the long opening hole and another at the eighth after dropping a shot at the second.

James lost a bit of ground when he shed shots at the 10^th and 11^th but a birdie at the 12^th put him back on course and he dropped only one further shot, at the sixth, before his back-to-back birdies at the last two holes.

The other teenagers who made up the Scottish Golf Union party were Lewis Kirton (Newmachar) who tied for 26^th place on seven-over-par 223; Scottish boys champion James White (Lundin), who finished 51^st with 230, and Cameron Gray (West Kilbride), 51^st with 237.

Kirton, who had rounds of 73, 76 and 74, birdied the third but dropped shots at the fifth, 10^th and 12^th in halves of 35 and 39 in his final outings.

White had improving scores of 80, 77 and 73, birdieing the 10^th and 12^th in his final round with bogeys at the ninth, 14^th and 15^th in halves of 36 and 37.

Gray scored 75, 82 and 80. His last round had halves of 38 and 42, including double bogeys at the 12^th and 14^th.

The tournament was won by Denmark’s Anders Kristiansen with scores of 72, 70 and 68 for an excellent, six-under-par total of 210.

He won by two shots from Englishman Nick McCarthy (Moortown, Leeds) with scores of 71, 71 and 70, and Sweden’s Jakob Nordstrom (70-71-71).

 

SCOREBOARD

 

SKANDIA JUNIOR UNDER-21 OPEN

 Boras Golf Club, nr Gothenburg, Sweden.

LEADING FINAL TOTALS

210 A Kristiansen (Nor) 72 70 68.

212 N McCarthy (Moortown) 71 71 70, J Nordstrom (Swe) 70 71 71.

Other totals:

218 J Byrne (Banchory) 76 71 71.

220 D Whitnell (Forrester Park, Essex) 80 70 70.

223 L Kirton (Newmachar) 73 76 74.

230 J White (Lundin) 80 77 73.

227 L Joy (Broadstone) 73 73 81.

237 C Gray (West Kilbride) 75 82 80.

 

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