Hampshire’s Stuart Archibald secured his second Logan Trophy title after being the one participant to shoot under-par to win at Rockliffe Corridor.
The Take a look at Valley golfer posted rounds of 73, 72 and a final-day 69 (-3) to win by 5 photographs, making it his second Logan Trophy victory, after profitable the title in 2022 at Liphook.
He mentioned: “To play in any England Golf Championship is an honour and I’m delighted to win one other trophy, it’s an incredible achievement. My iron play was actually strong and my placing was in all probability nearly as good because it ever has been, and that was all the time my Achilles heel earlier than, however I putted pretty on the back-nine and that was sufficient to get it accomplished.
“The wind was actually robust on the primary two days. One of many strengths of my sport has all the time been my distance management and enjoying pin-high golf, and to get it to a number of the plateaus the place a number of the pins had been, was robust. I believe everybody struggled, it created some challenges with placing and likewise protecting the ball in play.”
Requested about the place he’ll be placing his trophy and if he’ll be seeking to defend his title subsequent yr, Archibald added: “It relies upon the place my different half will let me put it! She doesn’t like me bringing residence trophies!
“I’d prefer to dedicate this win to my associate Ashley and daughter Sofia – we’re anticipating one other little one in December – so whether or not I play subsequent yr will depend upon whether or not I’m allowed to depart the home after that!
“I hope I can play at Hadley Wooden, and the next yr it’s at my previous membership Blackmoor, so I’ll undoubtedly be seeking to come again and win there too.
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“I’m going to have a good time the win by driving as much as Edinburgh for work on the Scottish Open, so no enjoying golf for a number of days, after which I’ll be off to The Open in Eire so hopefully I can get pleasure from a Guinness or two there!”
The primary two days of the Logan Trophy noticed 40mph winds make scoring difficult, earlier than a peaceful closing day, till heavy showers hit the main teams on the course.
James Glenn’s 5-under again 9 on day two meant the Bishop Auckland golfer joined Archibald within the closing pairing on the final day, and each loved good entrance nines with Archibald making three straight birdies on 5, 6 and seven to stretch his lead on the prime.
Bogeys on the again 9 all however ended Glenn’s hopes, whereas Archibald held his nerve to birdie 12, 15 and 17 to seal victory.
Chester-le-Avenue’s Kevin Suggett had the spherical of the event on the ultimate day as he produced a bogey-free 67 (-5) to complete 2nd, whereas John Sadler (Bromborough) Geoff Harris (Formby) and Mark Wharton (Newcastle United) shot rounds of 70 (-2) to power their means up the leaderboard, however it was Sadler, Martin McCririck (South Shields) and Glenn, who completed tied-Third to safe prizes.
The par-4 eighth proved to be the most important check for the gamers in the course of the week, with simply seven birdies being made out of the 312 occasions the opening was performed, at a median of 4.97. The simplest gap proved to be the par-5 Third which noticed a scoring common of 5.04.
