Sam Stuart continued his form to secure his 2nd victory of the season by winning the Calvert Trophy at Ashton in Lea GC Preston in very difficult conditions.
See article by David Birtill below.
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Calvert Trophy
Ashton & Lea GC,
June 21, 2008.
Sam’s the man - again
SAM Stuart won his third Mitsushiba Northern Order of Merit title in as many weeks thanks to a blistering second round four-under-par 67 in the Calvert Trophy at Ashton & Lea.
And it helped to ease some of the pain for failing to qualify for the matchplay stage of the Amateur Championship at Turnberry where his Lancashire team-mate Tommy Fleetwood lost in the final.
The 20-year-old England player said: “I don’t know why I’m struggling at links golf. I feel a lot more comfortable on parkland courses and my recent performances show.”
Stuart, a member of St Annes Old Links and Chorley, opened with a 73 in wet and windy conditions but the weather was less testing in the afternoon as he reeled on six birdies to beat county colleague Matthew Cox, from Royal Birkdale, by a shot.
Stuart, who is playing in the Midlands Amateur Championship at Sherwood Forest and Worksop next week, leapfrogged Southport and Ainsdale’s James Robinson to go 80 points clear in the merit table.
DETAILS: 140 Sam Stuart (St Annes Old Links) 73,67; 141 Matthew Cox (Royal Birkdale) 71,70; 142 Kristian Taylor (Formby) 68,74; 147 Sean Nichols (St Annes Old Links) 72,75; 148 Andrew Terry (Manchester) 76,72, Carl Thompson (Manchester) 76,72, David Holt (Shaw Hill) 75,73, Ryan O’Neill (Haigh Hall) 71,77; 150 Chris Hayes (Ashton & Lea) 76,74, Craig Slattery (Hesketh) 74,76; 151 Lee Smart (Blundell Hills) 76,75; 155 Ian Kenwright (Haydock Park) 77,78
