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The Amateur
The 127th Amateur highlights | Leading qualifier through to last-32
Leading qualifier Jonathan Broomhead from South Africa continued his title bid, beating home club member Callan Barrow by one hole.
14 Jun 22
2 mins
He said, “I’m very happy with the win. There is a bit of past history with the number one seed getting knocked out in this round. I played very nicely today but I did let a few things go toward the end and Callan made some good putts coming down the stretch. There were a lot of people walking with us and I knew most of them were walking and supporting Callan.”
Match play specialist John Gough stayed on course to make history as he progressed to the last-32 of The 127th Amateur Championship at Royal Lytham & St Annes and St Annes Old Links.
The Englishman has won 20 of his last 22 match play ties and saw off the challenge of Denmark’s Frederik Birkelund with a convincing 8&6 win to continue his knockout form.
Gough also won the Lytham Trophy at Royal Lytham & St Annes in May and can emulate Sir Michael Bonallack by winning The Amateur and Lytham Trophy in the same year. Only Bonallack has achieved that feat after he won the 1965 Lytham Trophy and then triumphed in that year’s Amateur at Royal Porthcawl.
“Match play seems to be treating me well,” he said. “If I just keep playing matches and winning them, then I think we'll have a very nice outcome at the end. It's another opponent every day but I feel for people playing me, they could potentially feel that.”