Stockport’s Daniel Hayes delivered a masterclass on the ultimate day of the Carris Trophy, as he was topped champion at Ormskirk Golf Membership.
The England Boys golfer raced out the blocks early on with three birdies in his first 4 holes, and went on to shoot a four-under 67 to contribute to an general -16 to win by two pictures forward of nearest competitor Arthur Carlier from France.
Carlier did pile on the strain with three birdies from holes 8-11, however bogeys on 16 and 18 noticed his hopes of profitable fade away, regardless of a nice spherical of 69.
Following his win, Hayes, whose dwelling membership is Bramhall Golf Membership in Cheshire, stated: “It’s large. It feels good. I’ve had a number of second-place finishes over he previous 18 months so it feels good to lastly get one over the road.
“I believe the important thing was simply maintaining it in play by taking two-irons and three-woods while you wanted to as an alternative of driver, as you can also make some large scores from the tough.
“I in all probability received’t do a lot celebrating as I’ve obtained to move to the English Novice, so I’ll be straight again into it!”
One other England Boys’ teen, Monty Holcombe (Walton Heath) completed third after an even-par remaining spherical, ending -11 general, whereas 14-year-old Teessider Thomas Hartshorne was an additional shot again in 4th to win the Hazards Salver award, offered to the highest under-16 Nice Britain & Eire participant.
Within the Nations Cup, England 1, consisting of Hayes, Ben Bolton and Drew Sykes, had been topped winners, as Hayes and Bolton’s scores of -9 and -6 on the primary two days counted in direction of their general rating of -15, which was 9 forward of their nearest opponents (Netherlands 2).
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