Grant Wood wins his first national title
He started the final round of the South African Mid Amateur Championship today two shots off the pace. After a testing 69, three under par, forty three year old Glendower Golf Club member Grant Wood was crowned the 2010 South African Mid Amateur Champion.
This was his first national amateur golf title, having won the Central Gauteng Mid Amateur in February this year.
He played the 72 holes stroke play championship, over the well prepared ERPM Golf Club, in East Gauteng, in 284, four under par.
“The final two holes were really tough because a knew I was in the lead,” explained an excited
Wood after his round. “I had a twelve footer on the final green for a win, it was really tough, awesome,” said the jubilant winner who works for an advertising agency when he is not playing golf. “Mid Amateur golf is the best thing that happened to me,” he enthused.
The newly crowned champion went out in 33, three under par, dropped a shot on hole 12. He birdied the penultimate hole to go one shot clear.
Henk Geldenhuys, who recorded the best final round score, a 68 four under par, finished one shot adrift Wood on 285, one under par.
Defending champion Rob Oosthuizen (70) was two under par for his final round. His expected charge up the leader board in the final round did not materialise. He had to settle for third place, two shots behind the winner.
Overnight leader Norman Raad battled round for a disastrous (by his high standards) final round of 76, four over par, dropping down to fifth position overall.
(Mid Amateur golf is for golfers who are thirty five years of age or more).
Final Results
Venue: ERPM Golf Club (par: 72; 72 holes: 288)
284 – Grant Wood 72 72 71 69
285 – Henk Geldenhuys 72 73 72 68
286 – Rob Oosthuizen 71 74 71 70
287 – Pieter Cooper 70 69 75 73
289 – Norman Raad 70 69 74 76
291 – Graeme Watson 75 70 74 72
292 – Kevin Monk 72 73 74 73
294 – Hendrik Burger 75 70 77 72, Josef Fourie 72 75 74 73, Dolf Kotze 72 72 76 74
295 – Niel West 73 75 76 71, Stephen Johnston 77 77 72 69
296 – Gavin van Aswegen 72 74 75 75, Hugo Delport 71 75 78 72, Greg Heuer 75 70 75 76
297 – Barry Sundelson 74 73 75 75
299 – Craig Bell 70 78 73 78
300 – Louis Jonck 78 72 76 74, Martin Kraft 70 77 76 77, Dean Roach 74 71 78 77, Francois Steynberg 75 76 71 78
301 – Brett Langston 75 75 79 72
302 – Garreth Johnston 77 74 74 77, Weyers Janse van Rensburg 78 75 70 79, David Younge 73 76 78 75, Henry Roodt 77 76 78 71
303 – Dawie Louwrens 75 84 74 70, Johann Nel 74 73 78 78
304 – Anton van Wyk 77 79 74 74, Leonard Pienaar 73 80 76 75, Greg Sheard 75 76 78 75
305 – Lawrence Joubert 74 75 76 80, Leon de Lange 72 82 73 78, Theo Bleeker 74 79 75 77
306 – Rinus van Niekerk 78 73 78 77, Warren Mann 75 73 75 83
308 – Ben Kleynhans 78 75 76 79
309 – Leon Scheepers 77 78 78 76, Rod Tiley 74 73 77 85
310 – J Delport 85 75 78 72
311 – Alan Burns 74 81 72 84, Wayne Kurten 79 81 72 79
312 – Philip Croukamp 75 80 82 75, Marius Lourens 75 74 84 79, Mark Terrey 80 80 76 76
313 – Stephen Marais 82 73 81 77, Wayne Fourie 76 76 78 83
314 – Graham Daubern 76 77 84 77
316 – Deon de Villiers 80 77 80 79, Gavin Botes 80 82 78 76
317 – Clark Appleby 76 84 81 76, Victor Wegerle 77 78 84 78, Kim Young 79 79 83 76
319 – Clive Kitch 78 79 84 78, Alex Anderson 74 86 82 77, Gary Pettit 79 76 83 81, Craig Roberts 74 81 76 88
322 – David Ackermann 82 78 80 82
323 – AJ Becker 80 80 81 82
337 – PC van Coller 77 86 87 87
340 – Cedric Touzard 80 83 83 94
341 – Andrew Joubert 76 84 88 93