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Leading England Trio Target US Amateur Top Prize - 22nd Aug 2005
Three of the leading England players will be flying the flag at the 105th US Amateur Championship next week.
Oliver Fisher, Gary Wolstenholme and Robert Dinwiddie, who were all members of the Great Britain and Ireland Walker Cup team, will be competing in the prestigious event that takes place at Merion Golf Club and the Philadelphia Country Club from 22nd – 28th August.
Fisher, 16, from West Essex, is the youngest player ever to compete in the Walker Cup and has achieved a number of recent successes prior to his Walker Cup selection. He has taken the first prize in the English Under 16 Championship, the Lagonda and Douglas Johns Trophies as well as the Essex men’s and boys Championships.
This year, Fisher has finished joint runner-up in the Brabazon Trophy, reached the semi-finals of the Amateur and English Amateur Championships and represented England in the World Boys Team Championships in Japan prior to helping England triumph in the European Men‘s Team Championship at Hillside.
Fellow Englishman Wolstenholme, from Kilworth Springs, is GB&I's all-time record Walker Cup points scorer. He also holds the accolade of being England’s most capped player with 183 matches to his credit and has won many titles during his career, including two Amateur Championships
Dinwiddie, who is based at Barnard Castle, has had a year to remember winning both the Scottish and Welsh Open Strokeplay Championships in successive weeks before securing his place in the Walker Cup team. He is no stranger to US golf courses as this year he graduated from Tennessee State University in Nashville after four years, during which time he won a string of tournaments on the college circuit
The US Amateur can show a long list of now famous names on its trophy. Former champions include Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Lanny Wadkins, Craig Stadler, Mark O'Meara, Hal Sutton, Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods.
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