Jordan Zunic (Bonnie Doon) has continued on from his fine play with another solid performance at the St Andrews LInks Trophy held at the home of golf from June 8-10. Zunic with rounds of 71, 68, 73, 69 280 (-6) finished in a tie for 6th. This is Zunic&aposs 2nd top 10 finish in as many starts. Matt Stieger (St Michaels) also continued his fine form and was the only other NSW player to make the 40 man cut after two rounds. Stieger had rounds of 71,73, 77,72 293(+6) to finish a tie for 35th. Dan Huizing (Netherlands) ranked 9th on the World Amateur Golf Rankings (http://www.randa.org/wagr.aspx) went one better than last years runner-up finish to Tom Lewis, by posting rounds of 65,64,68,67 264(-23) to win by an incredible 14 shots from Alan Dunbar. For a full list of scores [Click Here]. Players now move onto the Amateur Championship to be played at Royal Troon and Glasgow – Gailes Links from June 18-23. Follow the action on the link: http://www.randa.org/en/Championship-Golf/Amateur-Championships/Amateur-Championship.aspx Since its inception in 1989, the St Andrews Links Trophy has attracted the world s top amateurs, many of whom have gone on to enjoy success on the PGA and European Tours, notably Ernie Els, Lee Westwood, Trevor Immelman, Geoff Ogilvy, Padraig Harrington, Justin Rose and Oliver Fisher. Stuart Bouvier from Queensland, is the only Australian to ever win this Elite International Amateur competition. The R&A World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR) ranks the St Andrews Links Trophy as one of the strongest amateur tournaments in the world, based on strength of field, and it is arguably one of the strongest outside the Amateur Championship in the British Isles. [Source: St Andrews Links Website]
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