Jamie Van Wyk leads the Lytham Trophy at his home course

May 4, 2024 | by Justin Golba of AmateurGolf.com

Jamie Van Wyk (Royal Lytham Golf Club Photo)

Van Wyk, who plays at Royal Lytham and St. Anne's Golf Club, leads by one shot heading into the final round

With 18 holes remaining, local Jamie Van Wyk leads the 2024 Lytham Trophy at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St. Annes, England.

Van Wyk is 3-under and leads 2023 Walker Cupper James Ashfield by one shot. Ashfield is in solo second place at 2-under. Van Wyk has shot rounds of 67-70 to get to 3-under.

Ashfield is in solo second place at 2-under, and Luis Masaveu, Andrew Haswell, and Oscar Couilleau are all T3 at 1-under.

Hugo Le Goff, Will Hopkins, Elias Haavisto, and Nicola Gerhardsen are all T6 at even par and three shots back of the lead. 18 golfers are within five shots of the lead.

Van Wyk is one of the three members of Royal Lytham and St. Anne's Golf Club in the field, and he is currently making the most of the opportunity. He is currently ranked No. 598 in the Golfweek/AmateurGolf.com World Rankings.

Van Wyk finished in the final 32 of the 2023 English Amateur, in solo seventh place at the 2023 North of England Open Amateur, and in T5 at the 2024 Hampshire Salver.

Results: Lytham Trophy

Place	Player	Location	Pts	Scores
1	Will Hopkins	, England	1200	70-70-73-66=279
T2	Tomi Bowen	, Wales	900	72-69-68-70=279
T2	James Ashfield	, Wales	900	67-71-72-69=279
4	Matt Roberts	, Wales	700	70-71-69-70=280
T5	Lev Grinberg	, Ukraine	700	73-71-70-67=281

View full results for Lytham Trophy

About the Lytham Trophy

Jamie Van Wyk leads the Lytham Trophy at his home course

In the early 1960s some of the senior Members of the Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club felt that there was a gap in the amateur golfing calendar and the need for a major 72 hole scratch competition. Help was given by the English Golf Union to launch...