Alfie Plant wins European Amateur in Marathon Playoff

July 1, 2017 | by AmateurGolf.com Staff

European Amateur winner Alfie Plant <br>(Twitter Photo)

Last year the European Amateur was decided in a seven hole playoff, this year it only took five extra holes

TADWORTH, ENGLAND (July 1, 2017) - Last year the European Amateur was decided in a seven hole playoff, this year it only took five extra holes for Alfie Plant to claim the title. In the playoff at the Old Course at Walton Heath Golf Club Plant was eventually able to outlast Lorenzo Scalise and defending champion Luca Cianchetti. The trio first played three holes of aggregate score golf after which Cianchetti was eliminated. After the defending champion fell out of the running, Plant and Scalise moved onto sudden death golf with Plant winning with a birdie on the second win or go home hole.

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Plant, Scalise and Cianchetti all finished the final round at 15-under with Plant at 4-under 68 putting together the round of the day. The 2016 Lytham Trophy winner bogeyed his first hole of the day before carding five birdies on Nos. 2, 3, 8, 14 and 18. Scalise and Cianchetti began the day tied for the lead and shot 3-under 69's on Saturday. Both Scalise and Cianchetti had a chance to win the title outright but they bogeyed the 18th hole. The top-five was rounded out by Robert MacIntyre and Victor Pastor who finished tied for fourth at 14-under and one shot out of the playoff. The low American was Sean Crocker who finished T32 at 6-under after rounds of 73-74-66-69. Jimmy Stanger was the only other United States player to make the cut was Jimmy Stanger who finished T44 at 4-under after rounds of 74-68-72-70.

Results: European Amateur

Place	Player	Location	Pts	Scores
1	Alfie Plant	, England	1200	72-66-67-68=273
T2	Lorenzo Scalise	, Italy	900	64-75-65-69=273
T2	Luca Cianchetti	, Italy	900	70-67-67-69=273
T4	Robert MacIntyre	, Scotland	700	68-70-70-66=274
T4	Victor Pastor	, Spain	700	71-64-73-66=274

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Alfie Plant wins European Amateur in Marathon Playoff

The premier championship in Europe, conducted by the European Golf Association, which is comprised of 38 member countries. 72 hole stroke play format. After 54 holes the field is cut to the leading 60 players and ties. The winner earns a spot in the ...