Local Hero's at the St Andrew's Open

11-08-2008

The Catch the Spirit sponsored event was won by John Bruce, from Ullapool (Open Division). The Amateur Division was won by Ben Heywood, from St Andrews.

John Bruce struck a superb round of 49 on the Saturday afternoon to put him in pole position on for Sunday. Despite dropping a few shots, he managed to do the job to claim his first victory in the Open Division. Meanwhile in the Amateur Division, neither Jesse or Chris we able to catch Ben Heywood to take a step closer towards the 2008 British Amateur title. Ben combined his reliable drives, putting and valuable local knowledge to good effect to stay clear away from any (Pro D or FLX) challengers. Sophie Southgate played solid golf all weekend to take third spot, not far behind Jesse in second place. Chris finished with a birdie on the last to take fourth place, one ahead of Paul Stoddart...

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