Teen ace could be England champion (From Daily Echo)
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Teen golf ace could be England champion
12:11am Saturday 4th August 2012 in Sport
By Gordon Simpson, Senior Sports Reporter
Harry Ellis
MEON VALLEY teenage ace Harry Ellis will today bid to become the new English Amateur Champion.
The 16-year-old yesterday stormed through to the final of the prestigious tournament with an inspired display of golf at Silloth-on-Solway, in Cumbria.
Ellis beat England international Seb Crookall-Nixon by two holes in his morning quarterfinal and then produced a dramatic win in the semis against Wiltshire’s Jordan Smith, claiming the first extra hole after the pair had finished their match all square.
In a field featuring the best amateur golfers the country has to offer, Ellis admitted he could hardly believe what he had achieved.
“It’s unbelievable. It won’t sink in for a while,” he said. “Every round I have got through since the stroke play qualifying stage has been a bonus.”
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