Paul Casey is still the English champion. The 23-year-old from Ping K15 Hybrid Surrey beat his Walker Cup colleague Gary Wolstenholme 4&2 in the 36-hole final of the English Amateur Championship at Royal Lytham to become only the seventh golfer in the 76-year history of the event to win back-to-back titles. Casey was four-up at lunch after a morning graced by sunshine and sparkling golf in which Casey bagged five birdies. As the weather turned gray in the afternoon so did the k15 hybrid performance of both players.
Casey got through 27 holes three-up but then saw his lead whittled away to one as Wolstenholme won the 29th with a birdie-four when Casey tangled with the rough, and the par-four 31st when the defending champion was bunkered k15 hybrid review off the tee and failed to reach the green in two.
But 39-year-old Wolstenholme, who was seeking to emulate his late father Guy, who won the title at Royal Lytham in 1956, lost the next when he came out of sand to eight feet but missed for par to see Casey go two-up again. Casey also won the 33rd when Discount Golf Wolstenholme missed from five feet for par. All at http://www.globlesports.com/ 20110523