West Wales golfer, Carys Worby, and Cardiff schoolboy, Ben Davies lifted their respective trophies at the Welsh Girls and Welsh Boys championships at Newport Golf Club.
West Wales golfer, Carys Worby, made up for the disappointment of being left out of the Wales team for the European Masters this year by winning the Welsh Girls title at Newport Golf Club in Gwent last weekend, whilst Cardiff schoolboy Ben Davies claimed the Boys' title.
Both players put in a series of impressive performances at the Pembrokeshire golf club. Worby beat Radyr’s Alice Thomas 2&1 in the Girls' final, whilst Davies beat Wrexham’s Matthew Sandoz 3&2 in the Boys' final, winning every match of the tournament without reaching the 18th hole.
"I didn’t get picked for the European Master this year, having played the last two years, so some people might say I had a bit to prove but I really enjoyed the Welsh Girls," said Worby, "I like the course but it does not favour longer hitters so I was playing safe with irons off the tee."
"I know it is a good tournament so I was excited rather than nervous coming in. The win has helped my confidence a lot after not being picked, with a lot of big events coming up."
Worby is now preparing for the English U18 Championships, the British Girls Championships, and the English Amateur, and is also hoping to be selected for the Home Internationationals.
"I just kept hitting greens and putting putts close, the greens were quick so I had to have good pace control", commented Davies on his win in the Boys category. "The final was close, we both had holes where we did not hit it so good, until I nudged ahead, winning the final two holes".
"I am ecstatic to have won, it is starting to sink in now and it is a really good feeling. I did feel under pressure because I am not as confident in match play as stroke play, so I just tried to shoot a good score as though it was stroke play."
“It is the Welsh Amateur next week and I will be more confident knowing I have put in six good rounds here so I hope I can keep that going.”
Wales Golf championships manager David Wilson added, "Congratulations to both Carys and Ben, they came into the vent with high expectations and certainly lived up to them. It was great to see so much good gold being played across the main events and the plate events by the best up and coming golfers in Wales...The Newport course was in excellent condition and provided a fair but tough test for all the players. Once again the change to running both the Girls and Boys events over the same course at the same time has been a resounding success."
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