\n The Dereham golfer shot a level-par round of 73 to earn a place at England Golf\u2019s \u2018Boys County Champion of Champions\u2019 tournament at Woodhall Spa Golf Club on September 12.\n<\/p>\n
\n Caffyn, who last year won the Midlands U16s Boys Stroke Play Championship, finished two shots in front of fellow Norfolk second-team golfers Jake Gunby and Theo Pudney.\n<\/p>\n
\n Caffyn, 16, said: \u201cIt means a lot, really. Going into the day, it was just like I wanted it done \u2013 I wanted to be that champion. Get my name on the trophy and to play in the Champion of Champions in a month’s time.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThe Midlands last year was a big, big achievement. But I think I’ve been a bit up and down this season, last season. And just to get the job done, get a nice win under the belt, it’s a great result I think.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cBeing a bit more mature, playing this game for a while, I know to just stay in it \u2013 even when things are not amazing.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cAnd don’t attack all the time. Just try and hit the greens in regulation, and the putts will drop eventually, hopefully. And they did.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n More than once, Caffyn had to show resolve. He made a three-putt bogey on the opening hole, but bounced back by slotting a 15-footer for birdie on the second and then holed out from even further for another gain at the seventh.\n<\/p>\n
\n A pushed drive from the 10th tee resulted in a double bogey to open the door for others, including his playing partner Pudney.\n<\/p>\n
\n But, once again, Caffyn dug deep, making two more excellent birdies. His deft pitch from 80 yards at the par-5 12th allowed him to convert from five feet and his putter blew hot again on the 14th green where he sunk a twisting 12-foot putt.\n<\/p>\n
\n At the difficult par-4 16th, Caffyn overcame tree trouble with a brilliant knock-down 7-iron from 160 yards to six feet from where he rescued par in gritty fashion.\n<\/p>\n
\n Caffyn admitted his heart was racing at the time, but he kept his composure sufficiently in the closing stages to clinch a deserved triumph.\n<\/p>\n
\n Hugo Fisher-Briggs, 12, took top spot in the handicap competition (Image: Rushmer PR)\n<\/p>\n
\n Top spot in the handicap competition went to Hugo Fisher-Briggs. Receiving 14 strokes, the 12-year-old Royal Norwich member recorded a fine net score of 68 \u2013 five-under-par. That left him a shot clear of Bawburgh golfer George Merritt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Dereham golfer shot a level-par round of 73 to earn a place at England Golf\u2019s \u2018Boys County…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":730604,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5904,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-730603","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\/730603","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=730603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/730603\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/730604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=730603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=730603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=730603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}