Tom leads the way
The BB&O Amateur Championship headed to The Caversham – Home of Reading Golf Club on Friday 5th August. Over 100 players entered the event and with space for only 72 the ballot was strong with the highest handicap index making it in 1.0. After round 1, Tom Lawson (Ellesborough) – defending champion – got his tournament off to a good start with a steady level par round (72). 2011 & 2016 champion John Kemp (Woburn) and 2000 & 2007 champion Kevin Freeman (East Berkshire) both went around in 72 to match Tom. Will Tate (The Caversham) and Taylor Paul (Harleyford) trailed the past champions by 1 shot heading into the second round. Top 16 players plus ties make it through to round 3 & 4.
Paul McMullen (Frilford Heath) played his way into round 3 after shooting the first under par round of the day – 71 (-1) – to finish +5 for the first two rounds. Harry Gale (Goring & Streatley) matched Paul’s 71 to sneak into Saturday. Archie Smith (The Caversham) shot 74 in the morning and needed something special to make the cut and he did just that. Archie shot a new amateur course record of 67 (-5) with a double bogey! A phenomenal round of golf. Tom Lawson was going steady until he holed out for an eagle on his last hole to finish -4 (68) for his final round. Tom’s eagle on the last snuck him ahead of Archie by 1 shot heading into the final two rounds.
Good luck to everyone who made the cut and will battle it out to lift the trophy!
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