Chart Hills' Jason Barnes wins Kent Amateur Open
by Kevin Redsull
England international Jason Barnes
won the Kent Amateur Golf Championship at Mid Herts GC.
In Sunday's final Barnes, from
Chart Hills GC, defeated the defending champion, Liam Burns, from
Sundridge Park 3&2.
In the semi-finals Barnes overcame
Charlie Wilson (Littlestone) by one hole and Burns knocked out
another England international from Chart Hills, Tom Sherreard,
by the same score.
Barnes and his
fellow semi-finalists had qualified for the knockout
stage by producing some of the leading scores in the 36-hole
qualifying competition on Friday.
Barnes shot a new amateur course
record of 64 in the morning which was then equalled by both Burns
and Sherreard in the afternoon.
Burns had already shot 65 in the
morning round and, with an aggregate total of 129 for the
36-hole qualifier, he won the Simpson Cup (best gross scorer by an
under-25 year old) and the Scratch Cup.
And Burns' efforts also helped
Sundridge Park to win the team event for the third year
running.
In the Hetherington Salver, Adam
Hedges (Sundridge Park) defeated Bob Crockett (Westgate &
Birchington).
Wednesday, July 01 2009