{"id":64667,"date":"2025-08-13T19:02:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T19:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/64667\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T19:02:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T19:02:08","slug":"birdies-galore-in-boys-amateur-qualifying-at-county-louth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/64667\/","title":{"rendered":"Birdies galore in Boys\u2019 Amateur qualifying at County Louth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Playing together over the two rounds, they made 28 birdies and two eagles between them. No surprise Germany\u2019s Luca Jerome Herb uttered the words \u201cI think one of you will win this week,\u201d when he exited the scoring area after missing the cut.<br \/>\nThe highlight of Kim\u2019s round was an eagle at the par-5 second hole when he hit a 7-iron from 190 yards to 15 feet and rolled in the putt. The 17-year-old tried to play down the idea of any advantage he might have as a past champion.<br \/>\nKim confidence<br \/>\n\u201cI think I bring a little bit of confidence as a past winner, but then again anyone can beat you in match play if they have a good day,\u201d he said. \u201cSo I\u2019ve just got to keep playing well and try not to make as many bogeys (six and one double bogey) as I\u2019ve made the last two days.\u201d<br \/>\nAlzas also made an eagle, a three at the par-5, 6th hole when he hit a 6-iron to three feet.<br \/>\n\u201cIt was great playing with Kris over the last two days; we played some amazing golf,\u201d Alzas said. \u201cI think we urged each other on.\u201d<br \/>\nThe French player is in excellent form this summer. He reached the quarter-finals of The Amateur Championship at Royal St George\u2019s and lifted the Carris Trophy as English Boys&#8217; Open Amateur Stroke Play champion at Luffenham Heath last month.<br \/>\nMatch play success<br \/>\n\u201cI\u2019m feeling good about my game obviously,\u201d he added. \u201cI\u2019m looking forward to playing match play on this wonderful golf course. If I can just do what I\u2019ve been doing then I\u2019ll have a chance but match play is always tough. I had a nice run at The Amateur and hopefully I can have one here too.\u201d<br \/>\nHe is hoping to become the first French winner since 2019 Champion Tom Gueant.<br \/>\nAdam Fahey and John Doyle carry Irish hopes into the knockout rounds. They are seeking to win the premier under-18 title for Ireland for the first time since Grange member Leslie Walker won at Seaton Carew in 1986.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Playing together over the two rounds, they made 28 birdies and two eagles between them. No surprise Germany\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":64668,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5904,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-64667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64667\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}