GOLF: Walton lands second Frilford Gold Medal (From Herald Series)

GOLF: Walton lands second Frilford Gold Medal

8:29am Thursday 25th June 2009

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Ashley Walton clinched his second Frilford Heath Gold Medal victory after a fine second round on the Green Course.

The Frilford member and BB&O champion, who also won the event in 2004, edged out William Ellis (De Vere Carden Park) by one shot.

Walton was five shots off the pace after carding a two-over-par 74 on the Blue Course, but his two-under-par 67 on the Green was enough for the title.

Luke Williams, the BB&O junior champion and also a member of Frilford, won the prize for the best gross score on the Green Course with a 66.

Walton continued his good form by beating Robbie Christian (Beaconsfield) in a play-off to win the Berks Bucks & Oxon Mid Age Championship at East Berkshire on Friday.

The players had tied on 144 after two rounds.

l Eddie Pepperell will represent England in the European Boys Team Championship at Golf de Pan near Utrecht, Nether-lands, from July 7-11.

The 18-year-old Drayton Park member is in a team of six as England bid to improve on last year’s third-place finish.

Pepperell made his full England debut in the 2008 Home Internationals, but has yet to hit top form.

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