Jack McDonald (Kilmarnock Barassie) suffered the agony of a
nineteenth hole exit in the semi final of The Amateur Championship at
Carnoustie on Friday afternoon, losing out to Romaine Languasque of France in
his bid to reach the final for the first time.
With Grant Forrest (Craigielaw) having defeated the other
French semi finalist Alexandre Daydou by 4 & 2, there were high hopes for
an all Scottish final but these were dashed late in McDonald’s match.
Par figures over the opening five holes saw McDonald lead by
one hole after his opponent bogeyed the fourth, but the sixth hole, which had
not been a good one for McDonand all week, again yielded a bogey six and a lost
hole for the Scot.
A bogey five at the seventh saw McDonald go behind for the
first time in the match but he hit straight back at the next hole with a birdie
two then his opponent bogeyed the ninth, leaving McDonald one up at the turn.
Langasque birdied the par five twelfth hole to square the
match once more, and edged ahead of McDonald for the second time in the match
when the Ayrshire player could only manage a bogey five at the fifteenth hole.
One behind with three to play did not look good for McDonald
but his opponent suffered successive bogeys at the sixteenth and seventeenth
which allowed McDonald to reverse a one hole deficit into a one hole lead going
to the last.
Unfortunately for McDonald In what was a cut and thrust
match throughout, the tables turned again and he slipped to successive bogeys
at both the eighteenth and nineteenth holes to let his opponent grab the final
spot against Grant Forrest from the Ayrshire players grasp.
The 36 hole final between Forrest and Langasque takes place
on Saturday, 20th June.
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