Run at the Amateur comes to an end for Forster
ABERDEEN, Scotland – A late oppositional resurgence in the back nine brought Tom Forster’s (Oundle, England) time at the 123rd Amateur Championship to an end on Thursday morning.
Third Round Match Play Results
ABERDEEN, Scotland – A late oppositional resurgence in the back nine brought Tom Forster's (Oundle, England) time at the 123rd Amateur Championship to an end on Thursday morning.
Going head-to-head with Viktor Hovland, the fifth-ranked amateur in the world and highest ranked in the Amateur field, the Eagle owned leadership in the match for 16 consecutive holes, leading by as many as four-up. Hovland won five-straight holes to leave Forster out of the rest of competition.
The All-America Honorable Mention jumped out to a quick one-up lead thanks to an even showing on one were Norway's Hovland bogeyed. Forster's one-up advantage remained until Hovland conceded the sixth, putting Forster up two.
A double bogey on seven by the Carson-Newman golfer put him back to one-up but was quickly answered with a birdie on eight, allowing him to build a substantial lead.
Back-to-back bogeys by the Oklahoma State golfer helped boost Forster to four-up. That was the largest lead Forster would hold in the round with a birdie on 13 that was suddenly answered by a swing in momentum that favored Hovland.
.@tomforster88 has held a lead through the entire third round and is currently four up heading to the 14th.
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The England native lost the next three holes before Hovland pushed the match to all square on 17 with a birdie on the par 3. A bogey on 18 by Forster gave Hovland his first and most important lead of the day to eliminate Forster.
Three more rounds of 18-hole match play remain in the event before a champion is crowned in the 36-hole final on Saturday.
