Kent’s Jake Potter received the forty third Peter McEvoy Trophy after taking pictures rounds of 69, 67 and 72 at Copt Heath Golf Membership in Warwickshire.
The large-hitting 17-year-old from Chelsfield Lakes’ five-under-par complete noticed him win the distinguished junior title by a single shot from Alex Wells, with Jack Peters and Ben Bolton three photographs again in tied third.
After his two-under par begin, the foundations for his victory had been established within the second spherical, the place a run of birdie, birdie, eagle, birdie from the fifth gap noticed him attain the flip in simply 31 photographs. He got here dwelling in stage par to be the one participant within the 72-player discipline to interrupt par for the opening two rounds.
Potter’s closing spherical noticed him hearth three birdies and 4 bogeys, with a dropped shot on the 16th that means that he needed to par the final two holes to safe the win after nearest challenger Wells made a birdie at 17.
“I’m so proud, it’s the most important win of my profession to date,” Potter mentioned, after being introduced with the trophy by Peter McEvoy. “It was a tricky competitors, the situations on the primary day was very difficult, with robust wind and rain, and the climate in direction of the top of the draw was tough attributable to my tee time, so I used to be delighted to open up with a 69.”
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