Dinwiddie Takes Scottish Trophy to England - 14th Jun 2005

The Scottish Open Amateur Strokeplay Championship has been won by English player Robert Dinwiddie, who has taken the trophy south of the border for only the third time in the Championship’s history.

Dinwiddie, 22, from the Barnard Castle Golf Club, took the honours with 3 strokes to spare delivering a final score of 281 beating a high quality international field. He took the Championship lead, played from 10th – 12th June, at the halfway stage with a second round of 68 and, as only one of only three players to break 70 in the third round with 69, he strengthened his lead to five shots before going into the final day’s play.

Despite a score of 74 on the last day, his only round over par, Dinwiddie held onto first place in style and emulated the success of his current England team mate Gary Wolstenholme, who took the title for England in 2003 and the previous English winner Gordon Clark 30 years earlier.

Dinwiddie, who recently graduated from Tennessee State University, is rated the number one English college golfer in the US according to the Golfstat rankings. His six wins on the college circuit in 2004 clearly played a part in ensuring his full England debut for the winning side at the Home Internationals last year. He now is aiming for a repeat performance at the Welsh Championship, which starts on 17th June.

Another England player Gary Lockerbie, who currently leads the English Golf Union’s Ping Order of Merit, took 5th place in the Championship continuing his excellent form shown throughout the 2005 season to date.

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