Haydn Porteous defends at Boland Amateur Open

May 2, 2012 | by

Haydn Porteous

South Africa's number two player comes from 3 back, battles 50 kph winds to defend his title

WORCHESTER, South Africa (May 2, 2012) -- South Africa's second ranked amateur, Haydn Porteous showed why he was the top ranked amateur in the Boland Open when he over came a 3 shot deficit and wind speeds gusting in excess of 50km/h to win the Boland Open Championship as defending champion. Gerlou Roux who had the lead at the start of the days play but the first hole already resulted in a two shot swing when Gerlou started with a bogey to Haydn's birdie and the lead was down to one. From that point on, the players slugged it out until the 5th hole where Haydn changed a gear and reeled off 5 birdies over the next 14 holes without a bogey to win the Championship by 4 shots. Once again, in winds which made the playing of the game almost impossible, only two players managed to better par over the final round with Haydn scoring 69 and Mark Mahoney scoring a 71. Boland's leading player and top ranked player on the local OOM, Drikus Bruyns finished the tournament on level par two shots ahead of Jacquin Hess and Dylan Raubenheimer.

Results: Boland Amateur Stroke Play

Place	Player	Location	Pts	Scores
1	Haydn Porteous	, South Africa	500	70-70-69--209
2	Gerlou Roux	, South Africa	400	68-69-76--213
3	Drikus Bruyns	, South Africa	300	76-68-72--216
T4	Jacquin Hess	, South Africa	300	76-68-74--218
T4	Dylan Raubenheimer	, South Africa	300	73-73-72--218