Golfers bid for Open places
12:53pm Sat 4th Jul 09:: written by Bryce Martin
Guy Woodman tees up at Western Gailes on Monday bidding to join golf's supertstars in this year's Open Championship at the famous Turnberry links.
Woodman, from Old Windsor, fired a 68 at Old Ford Manor, one of a dozen regional qualifying venues, to clinch his place in the final 36-hole qualifers held at three venues.
Last year the 31-year-old former Royal Ascot junior, completed a unique double in winning the inaugural Crown Golf English PGA Assistants' Championship at Batchworth Park, Hertfordshire, following his triumph in the prestigious Powerade PGA Assistants' Championship at the London Club.
The win meant Woodman, the assistant PGA professional at East Berkshire Golf Club, earned a place in the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth in May and the English Open at St Mellion, Cornwall.
Five other players from local clubs will also be among the 288 hopefuls in Scotland trying to secure one of the handful of places still available for The Open.
Justin Evans, one of three players from Wentworth still in with a chance, shot 67 to finish the leading qualifier at Effingham and book a place at Kilmarnock's Barassie course. He will be joined by Wentworth amateurs Curtis Griffiths, another Effingham qualifier, and Steven Brown who came through at Gog Magog after a play-off.
Matt Allen of The Berkshire bagged a place at Glasgow Gailes with a round of 70 at Effingham while Sunningdale's amateur star Farren Keenan, easde with thanks to a 67 at Ferndown.
Previous winners of the prestigious event include Ross Fisher, Gary Wolstenholme, Sandy Saddler, Sir Michael Bonallack and Sir Nick Faldo.
The starting field for each LFQ will be 96 players, with four qualification places from each venue into The Open at Turnberry.
* Fareen Keenan has just joined an illustrious club of four golfers in the 63-year history of the Berkshire Trophy to have successfully defended the title, with a 72-hole aggregate score of 16 under the CSS, 268.
Keenan, fired scores of 66, 66, 69 and 67 for the third lowest aggregate on record over the famous Red and Blue courses in Ascot, to win by four shots.
Keenan, fired scores of 66, 66, 69 and 67 for the third lowest aggregate on record over the famous Red and Blue courses in Ascot, to win by four shots.
Previous winners of the prestigious amateur event include Ross Fisher, Gary Wolstenholme, Sir Michael Bonallack and Sir Nick Faldo.
But only Bonallack (70-71), Phillip Scrutton (50-52), Wolstenholme (96-97) and Maidenhead star Van Phillips (92-93) completed back-to-back successes.
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