On 12th January 2017

Barker takes SA Junior Amateur Championship

2017 SA Junior Amateur Champions - Lachlan Barker & Amy Chu (Photo: Anthony Powter)

Glenelg’s Lachlan Barker has convincingly claimed the 2017 Golf SA Boy’s Amateur Championship held at the Kooyonga and Grange golf clubs this week.

Barker fired a 54-hole total of 7-under to take the title ahead of NSW junior, Harrison Crowe (St Michael’s Golf Club) by seven shots.  Barker’s 3-round total included opening rounds of four and five under respectively around the prized Kooyonga layout, sealing the Kooyonga Summer Cup trophy at the same time.

Full Boy’s leaderboard available here

Last week’s Victorian Junior Masters champion, Jackson Kalz, was the next best placed South Aussie in 9th position, firing rounds of 73, 72, 75 for a 54-hole total of 8-over.

Barker and Kalz, prodigies of Glenelg’s highly regarded Junior Golf & Elite Player Development Program, were the only SA locals to feature inside the top-10 positions.

Frank Vucic fired a 2-under par 68 in his second round at Kooyonga, finishing tied for 10th position on a 54-hole total of 221.  Youngster, Jack Buchanan, was a further two shots back in a tie for 15th with The Grange’s Jamie Smith and Victoria Golf Club’s Antony Majstorovic.

In the Girl’s Amateur Championship, The Australian’s Amy Chu claimed the title by 3-shots with a 54-hole total of 214.  Ella Adams (The Grange) was SA’s best performing junior finishing in 4th place.

Glenelg’s Charley Jacobs fired rounds of 80, 76, 76 to finish in a tie for 8th position whilst Emma Sutton finished in 16th place and Shakira Kuys finished 18th.

Full Girl’s leaderboard available here

2017 Golf SA Boy’s Amateur Championship

Rank Player Club R1 R2 R3 Total
1 Lachlan Barker Glenelg GC 66 65 74 205
2 Harrison Crowe St Michaels GC 66 74 72 212
3 Mitch Varley Sanctuary Cove CC 71 70 76 217
T4 Adam Brady The Vines WA 71 74 73 218
T4 Kieran Vogels Huntingdale GC 72 72 74 218
T4 Joshua Greer Joondalup CC 71 70 77 218
7 Jayden Bayliss Gladstone GC 73 70 76 219
T8 Zachary Maxwell Virginia GC 73 72 75 220
T8 Jackson Kalz Glenelg GC 73 72 75 220
T10 Brandon Shong Castle Hill CC 72 77 72 221
T10 Thomas Johnston Darwin GC 77 71 73 221
T10 Bradley Doherty Oatlands GC 76 70 75 221
T10 Frank Vucic Glenelg GC 75 68 78 221
17 Jack Buchanan Glenelg GC 72 71 80 223
22 Harrison Burner Glenelg GC 78 72 76 226
25 Jacob Rillotta Glenelg GC 77 72 78 227
31 Marcus Kuys Glenelg GC 75 74 82 231
33 Liam Kennewell Glenelg GC 80 75 78 233
36 Ben Layton Glenelg GC 84 71 80 235
39 Aaron Buchanan Glenelg GC 81 81 75 237
45 Mitchell Ward Glenelg GC 81 76 84 241
48 Jack Tanner Glenelg GC 79 84 81 244
54 Harry Edwards Glenelg GC 85 84 79 248
57 Joshua Gumm Glenelg GC 90 80 82 252