Carnoustie, Albert Hansson from Sweden won
Albert Hansson from Sweden and Lottie Woad from England have won the Boys Amateur Championship and The R&A Girls Amateur Championship respectively.
Albert Hansson and Lottie Woad, results
In the men’s tournament, which was held in Carnoustie in Scotland, Hansson beat compatriot Didrik Ringvall Bengtsson 2/1 in the 36-hole final.
The best of the Azzurri was Eugenio Bernardi, who made it to the quarter-finals, where he gave way to Englishman Morgan Blythe only after an extra hole. Previously, he had knocked out the Irishman Morgan O’Sullivan (in 20th place), the Englishman Ashley Millington (3/2) and the Swede Wilmer Edero (3/2).
He left Filippo Ponzano beaten 2/1 by Ringvall Bengtsson in the third round, after beating Scotland’s Harry Bent (4/2) and England’s John Berry (2 up). They came out in the first round: Giovanni Binaghi (1 up from Spaniard Jaime Montojo Fernandez), Marco Florioli (5/4 from Scotland’s Ross Laird), Luca Memeo (in 21st from Scotland’s Cormac Sharpe) and Flavio Michetti ( in the 19 :th from Ashley Millington) In the 36-hole medal qualifier, with 252 competitors at the start and taking place on the two courses of Panmure Golf Club (par 70) and Monifieth Golf Links (par 71), Florioli was ranked second with 138 (70 68 , – 3) behind the Spaniard Siyan Jorge Hao (137 – 68 69, -4).
The other five Italians who had access to match play were thus classified: Michetti sixth with 139 (75 64, -2), Ponzano 15th with 140 (70 70, -1), Memeo 19th himself 140 (70 70), Bernardi 38th with 143 (73 70, +2) and Binaghi 56th with 144 (74 70, +3).
Pietro Guido Fenoglio (146, +5), Tommaso Rossin, Pietro Boeris and Andrea Biagio Gagliardi (147, +6), Michele Ferrero (151, +10), Francesco Attili came out at the cut and fell to 145 (+4) ( 155, +14), Neri Checcucci (156, +15) and Andrea Zancolò (163, +22).
The Azzurri were joined by Alberto Binaghi, technical commissioner of the men’s amateur national team, and by Giovanni Gaudioso, assistant technical commissioner. In the R&A Girls’ Amateur Championship, held at Carnoustie Golf Links in Carnoustie, Scotland, Lottie Woad literally overwhelmed Spain’s Cayetana Fernandez Garcia-Poggio for 7/6.
Three blues made it to match play, but went out in the first round: Francesca Fiorellini (2 up from Spain’s Julia Sanchez Morales), Giulia Bellini (5/3 from Thailand’s Eila Galitsky) and Rebecca Galasso (3/2 from India’s Avani Prashanth).
In the qualification of 36 medal holes, where the Spanish Paula Martin Sampedro won with 140 (69 71, -2), the three Italians had access to the next phase with these positions: Francesca Fiorellini 17th with 150 (72 78 , +8) ), Rebecca Galasso 51st with 156 (77 79, +14) and Giulia Bellini 52nd again with 156 (77 79).
They did not make the cut, falling to 157 (+15) Cristina Albertazzi and Lorena Rossettin (158, +16), Marta Spiazzi (159, +17), Ginevra Coppa (161, +19), Diana Maria Casartelli (168, + 26 ) and Noah Zocco (171, +29). The Blues were supported by national team coach Roberto Recchione and team-mate Stefano Sardi.