ENGLAND'S MORRISON WINS 2005 VICTORIA AMATEUR GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP
 England's
James Morrison has won the Victoria Amateur Championship at
Spring Valley Golf Club, Australia beating Queensland's Aaron
Pike by one hole in the 36 hole Final.
On the final day of play, Sunday 18th December, under overcast
skies and with a strong southerly wind making low scores difficult,
the golf was of an exceptional quality with little separating
the players all day. Pike led by two holes after the morning
round, but Morrison (pictured left) came back to take a two
hole lead into the last nine holes. Pike rallied to level
the match by the 15th, but Morrison took the 17th to gain
the lead and become the first non-Australian ever to win the
Victorian Amateur Championship.
The victory tops off an excellent year for Morrison, whose
home club is St George's Hill, Surrey. After achieving a semi
final place in the English Amateur Championship, being placed
fourth in the Finnish Amateur and regular representing the
Surrey County side, Morrison was chosen as an England A Squad
member in October this year.
Morrison was delighted with his victory in becoming the 60th
player to take the title in the 105 year history of the event
and commented, "I am very happy. All the hard work I
have put in is paying off."
This prestigious Championship, won in the past by such players
as Peter Thomson, Robert Allenby, Stuart Appleby, Geoff Ogilvy
and Aaron Baddeley, consists of 36 holes of qualifying stroke
play followed by match play for the top 32 players.
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