CONSISTENT HAYLOCK WINS CARRIS TROPHY BY FIVE STROKES
Hertfordshire’s Thomas Haylock, showing splendid consistency,
cantered to victory in the English Boys under 18 Strokeplay
Championship at Moor Park.
Carding two splendid rounds of 70 on the final day, the 17
year old finished on nine under par 283 to join the likes
of Ken Brown and Sandy Lyle as a winner of the Carris Trophy.
Haylock finished five strokes clear of Yorkshire’s
Daniel Willett, Sam Hutsby from Hampshire, and Essex youngster
Daniel Brooks. It was Haylock’s second victory in a
week and follows his triumph in the South East Boys Championship.
“That big win last week gave me a lot of confidence
coming here,” he said. “This is the one I really
wanted to win and I’m really pleased to get my name
alongside some famous names in golf.”
After his morning 70, Haylock began the final circuit one
shot behind playing partner Richard Gurney from Worcestershire.
But when the Midlander double-bogeyed the first hole, the
local lad was ahead and stayed there. The gap soon widened
and when Haylock went birdie-eagle-birdie from the seventh
it was just a case of who would be second.
Standing on the 15th tee at ten under par he was five shots
clear but a bogey-five at the 15th after he tangled with trees
off the tee cut the lead but did little damage.
“Obviously I knew Richard had dropped shots but I didn’t
know if anyone else was catching up,” Haylock added.
“But when I saw the scoreboard on the 16th tee I knew
that if I parred my way in I could seal it.”
That’s exactly what he did for a third successive 70,
underlining his obvious talent and sheer consistency.
His closest pursuers all shot under par, Willett with 72,
Hutsby 71 and Brooks 70, while England boy captain Tom Sherreard
cared the lowest final round with 69 for 294 to finish joint
ninth.
Haylock also won the Malcolm Reid Trophy for the lowest aggregate
of the McEvoy and Carris Trophies, while the Hazards Salver
for the best score by an under 16 was shared by Thomas Lewis
from Hertfordshire and Tim Chatfield from Surrey.
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