{"id":1633,"date":"2022-07-05T10:05:22","date_gmt":"2022-07-05T10:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fairwaysgolf.vn\/?p=1633"},"modified":"2022-07-05T10:05:22","modified_gmt":"2022-07-05T10:05:22","slug":"archibald-hobbles-to-logan-trophy-triumph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fairwaysgolf.vn\/en\/archibald-hobbles-to-logan-trophy-triumph\/","title":{"rendered":"Archibald hobbles to Logan Trophy triumph"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hampshire\u2019s Stuart Archibald hobbled to victory following a three-man play-off for the Logan Trophy after fearing he might have to quit the event with four holes to play.<\/p>\n

The Tent Valley golfer suffered back spasms as the English Men\u2019s Mid-Amateur Open Stroke Play Championship reached a dramatic climax at Liphook Golf Club earlier today.\u00a0At the point he pulled up injured on the 14th fairway, Archibald was tied for the lead with Brokenhurst Manor\u2019s Martin Young on +1 for the championship.<\/p>\n

Mike Henson from Rockcliffe Hall then posted that total for 54 holes after a sparkling final round of 68.\u00a0That left Young, John Kemp and Archibald out on the course to see if they match or better a tally of 214 (+1).\u00a0Archibald gritted his teeth and got through the last four holes to tie Henson.\u00a0Woburn ace Kemp needed a birdie at the last to reach +1 but could only manage a par.\u00a0Young then had a six-foot birdie putt on 18 to win the event \u2013 only for it to slip by and confirm a three-man play-off between himself, Henson and Archibald.<\/p>\n

Archibald was able to limp onto the first tee \u2013 where he faced a 208 yard shot to the green \u2013 and fired his approach to 20 feet.\u00a0When both Henson and Young missed the target and failed to get up and down from greenside, Archibald holed a two-footer for par and a most unlikely victory.<\/p>\n

With trophy in hand, the 38-year-old champion said: \u201cIt\u2019s been a weird week. I had to pull out my club championships after 25 holes because of my back.\u00a0I thought I could manage through this with 18 holes a day. Then, with four holes to play, I slipped and put my back out.\u00a0I didn\u2019t expect to be standing here with the trophy.<\/p>\n

\u201cWearing a bit of black inspired me. I had a tip from my younger days that if you\u2019re ever struggling to get through the golf ball \u2013 Gary Player was the best at it \u2013 just walk after the shot.\u00a0That\u2019s all I did after every shot just to try and get it on line.\u00a0I actually hit some good shots coming in and scrapped my way in.\u00a0On the 14th \u2013 my wedge shot \u2013 I barely made a swing and duffed it onto the green.\u00a0My caddie Phil just said \u2018let\u2019s see if we can make it through\u2019.\u00a0Him pushing my trolley helped and I holed a 50-footer across the green when I didn\u2019t bend to line it up. When we got to 17, I realised I had a chance.\u201d<\/p>\n

Archibald returned from the pro ranks two years ago and with wins on the Euro Pro Tour and experience at Challenge Tour level he had enough in the locker to grimace and get over the line.\u00a0His rounds of 68, 74 and 72 followed by a par in the play-off allowed him to edge out Young \u2013 a winner of this event in 2006 \u2013 and Henson who finished tied for second spot last year at Thorpeness.<\/p>\n

As well as the trophy, Archibald was also presented with a framed painting of Liphook\u2019s stunning 18th hole by the host club.\u00a0He added: \u201cIt\u2019s always a treat to play here and playing a major golf tournament here recognised by England Golf and winning on behalf of my county and club means a lot to me and others.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was a case of \u2018if only\u2019 for so many of the 144 golfers who played this week, but no-one had more cause for regret than Hornsea\u2019s Steve Uzzell.\u00a0The former winner of the Brabazon Trophy opened with a round of 81 and followed that with a 68 and then a course record 66 to miss out on the play-off by a single shot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Hampshire\u2019s Stuart Archibald hobbled to victory following a three-man play-off for the Logan Trophy after fearing he might have to quit the event with four holes to play. The Tent Valley golfer suffered back spasms as the English Men\u2019s Mid-Amateur Open Stroke Play Championship reached a dramatic climax at Liphook Golf Club earlier today.\u00a0At […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1628,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fairwaysgolf.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1633"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fairwaysgolf.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fairwaysgolf.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fairwaysgolf.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fairwaysgolf.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1633"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fairwaysgolf.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1636,"href":"https:\/\/fairwaysgolf.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1633\/revisions\/1636"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fairwaysgolf.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fairwaysgolf.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fairwaysgolf.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fairwaysgolf.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}