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The South African Christo Lamprecht beat the Swiss Ronan Kleu by 3&2 and won the 128th edition of the prestigious The Amateur Championship, a Major for amateurs played on the Hillside Golf Club (par 72) and Southport & Ainsdale (par 71) courses in England.
In the semifinal, the winner beat the Englishman Frank Kennedy by 1 up and Kleu eliminated the Thai TK Chantananuwat by 8&6.
The Amateur Championship, results
Two Italian players passed the 36-hole medal qualification won with 132 (64 68, -11) by the South African Ben Van Wyk: Riccardo Fantinelli, 20th with 138 (71 67, -5), and Matteo Cristoni, 62nd with 141 ( 73 68, -2).
The second started by beating the Englishman Calum Fitzgerald 4&3, then lost against the Australian Joshua Greer (2&1). Fantinelli, who had direct access to the second round, beat the Belgian James Skeet 3&2, then stopped in the round of 32 defeated by K leu (1 up).
Did not qualify: Bruno Frontero (70 77) and Pietro Bovari (69 73), 86th with 142 (-1), and out by one shot, Lucas Nicolas Fallotico, 156th with 145 (73 72, +2 ), and Giovanni Daniele Binaghi, 221st with 148 (71 77, +5). The winner secured exemptions for The Open and the US
Open and, by tradition, will receive an invitation to play the Masters Tournament. The tournament was won only once by the Italians with Matteo Manassero in 2009, while on two other occasions Francesco Molinari (2003) and Luca Cianchetti (2007) reached the semifinals .
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