Jake Burnage Wins the South of England at Walton Heath
Jake Burnage, the 2017 South of England Open Amateur champion
(Golf Bible photo)
TADWORTH, ENGLAND (July 27, 2017) -
Jake Burnage held off fellow Englishman
Jack Yule to win the South of England Open Amateur at
Walton Heath Golf Club.
The two golfers were neck and neck the entire tournament. They shot identical rounds of 68-70 to separate themselves from the field at the halfway point, before Burnage's 68 in round three put him one ahead of Yule with one round to play.
Yule pulled even at the fourth hole on Thursday, but immediately bogeyed the long par-four fifth to fall one behind again. The big swing occurred at the par-5 eighth, with Burnage's birdie producing a two-shot swing and a three-shot lead.
Burnage maintained that lead all the way to the eighteenth tee but found trouble on the 479-yard par four while Yule was on his way to making birdie. Suddenly it looked like all might be lost as Burnage faced a four-foot bogey putt for the win, but he smoothly rolled it in to clinch the title.
Burnage has had a good amateur season with several top finishes but not a breakthrough win until this week. He finished runner-up in the English Amateur (Brabazon Trophy), third in the Lytham Trophy and fourth in the Duncan Putter.
His record at Walton Heath is excellent, finishing third and fourth in the South of England the last two years before becoming the champion on Thursday.
ABOUT THE Walton Heath Trophy
The Walton Heath Trophy each year attracts a top-
class
field of amateur
golfers from across the world. The 72 hole
stroke play event
takes place over both the Old and New
courses
at the famed Walton Heath Golf Club in
Tadworth,
Surrey
and consists of four
rounds of golf with a cut after 36 holes.
The tournament changed its name from South of
England Open Amateur to the current name in
November of 2017.
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