Burnage finishes strong for St. Andrews Links Trophy win

June 9, 2019 | by AmateurGolf.com Staff

St. Andrews Links/Twitter photo

Jake Burnage played the back nine at St. Andrews' Old Course for a one-shot win on fellow Englishman Matty Lamb.

Jake Burnage has made steady progress at the St. Andrews Links Trophy over the past three years. After moving up from 53rd in 2017 to third a year ago, the Englishman has now won the event at storied St. Andrews Links.

It didn’t come easily.

Burnage entered the day trailing fellow Englishman Matty Lamb, and had a see-saw front nine on the Old Course. Burnage birdied his opening hole, gave it back on No. 2, then birdied the third. The back nine included a birdie at No. 10 – which is where Burnage closed the gap on Lam – and an eagle at the par-5 14th.

Lamb, meanwhile, could only muster one birdie at the ninth, and with two bogeys on his card, finished with a final-round 1-over 73.

Both men made remarkable pars on the famous Road Hole 17th.

Box office stuff this! Two fighting fours from our leaders on the Road Hole 17th. Jake Burnage from the road, Matty Lamb from the infamous Road Hole Bunker. It's looking more and more like a two horse race to win the 2019 #LinksTrophy pic.twitter.com/OyouU7rDbD
— St Andrews Links (@TheHomeofGolf) June 9, 2019

In the end, Burnage won with a 20-under total, which was one better than Lamb.

Behind those two, Irishman Caolan Rafferty finished third at 17 under thanks in large part to a closing 66.

Results: St. Andrews Links Trophy

Place	Player	Location	Pts	Scores
1	Jake Burnage	, England	1200	69-64-66-69=268
2	Matty Lamb	, England	900	64-63-69-73=269
3	Caolan Rafferty	, Ireland	700	69-65-71-66=271
T4	James Wilson	, Scotland	700	67-70-71-67=275
T4	Ben Hutchinson	, England	700	69-68-70-68=275

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Burnage finishes strong for St. Andrews Links Trophy win

72-hole stroke play that draws one of the top amateur fields in Europe. Field plays two rounds, one at the Old Course and one additional (sometimes the Jubilee, sometimes the New), then the field is cut to the low 40 and ties. The final two rounds ar...