No glory for Rowlands Castle Trio

The 2014 Hampshire Golf Championship was held at Hockley Golf Club. Rowlands Castle’s Thomas Robson, Billy McKenzie and Mark Sawford, playing off of -3, -1 and 0 respectively were among the high quality field of players.

The morning qualify round saw 2009 champion Robson placed in second place, one shot back from the lead, with an opening round of 67. McKenzie and Sawford did not fare so well however and both shot 74. The afternoon qualifying round was a different tale for both McKenzie and Robson with McKenzie shooting 68 to bring him back to level par but Robson only managing a 71, leaving him on four under par, narrowly missing out on first place via count-back. Sawford unfortunately was not able to emulate the golf of McKenzie and thus failed to finish inside the top 16 and progress to the knock-out stage.

The last 16 produced a matchup between two friends; Mckenzie and Hayling Island’s Ben Wall. Mckenzie came out on top, birdying six of the last nine holes to come back from behind. On the other hand Robson was not so fortunate, losing on the third extra hole after coming back from behind to force a stalemate against The Armys’s Hayden Reay. McKenzie’s championship came to a halt in the quarter finals with a narrow loss to number one seed and eventual champion Martin Young of Brockenhurst Golf, claiming his second title in four years.

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