Shay Bennett of Umina Beach, representing Everglades Country Club, has moved into adult competition at the NSW Amateur Championship, following his third placing in his age group at the recent Sydney Junior week of golf.
In the NSW Medal he had two fantastic rounds of one under and three under to finish at four under par.
That qualified him for the Matchplay championship.
It also meant he was in fourth place in the NSW Champion of Champions.
It is not often a 15-year-old qualifies for the Matchplay, and Shay was a little unlucky in having to play the defending champion.
That didn’t slow him down and he played exceptionally well to be two-two under par, though it meant a 2/1 loss to the player who went on to defend his championship.
Shay has worked exceptionally hard on his game and had to deal with a badly dislocated knee, as a result of a surfing accident, in the lead up to the Sydney and ACT Weeks Of Golf.
At Murrumbidgee he finished seventh in his age group and 17th in the All Ages Competition and then moved to the adult NSW Champion Of Champions over five days in Sydney.
With dad Scott serving as caddy, Shay represented Everglades amongst international, interstate and big city clubs.
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