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.