Carris Trophy is latest in long list of 2022 titles for Yorkshire star
It is hoped that Dylan Shaw-Radford has a big mantelpiece at his family home after the 17-year-old from Yorkshire won another major honour last night at Silloth on Solway GC
FORMAT: 72-hole stroke play
Since winning the Yorkshire Boys last June, the Huddersfield player has gained international recognition and also claimed the:
• England Golf’s Boys Champions of Champions
• The Scottish Boys Open
• The Henry Cooper Junior Masters
He was also instrumental in helping the Yorkshire Boys team qualify for the county finals at Furness next month (August 23-25).
However the quality of the field, plus the manner in which carried off the Carris Trophy, suggests the unflappable teenager has made another step up and could well contend at next week’s English Amateur, which starts on Tuesday (July 26).
“I’ve beaten a lot of good people this week form different countries as well as England so it feels very good,” said Shaw-Radford.
“It was tricky – at the start of the day I was one back and just about moved ahead by the end of the front nine. But there was only ever one or two in it the whole back nine and it was quite nervy coming in.”
He started the final round one behind the Californian-based Scot Niall Shiels-Donegan but a closing 67 (-5) saw him win by three.
The champion added: “Niall was always hitting good shots so there was always pressure.”
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Shaw-Radford has repeatedly proved he can more than cope with pressure and again came through strong at the end. He was four under for his final ten holes.
He drew level with the Scot at the fifth thanks to an eagle and despite a bogey at seven, took the lead there as his playing partner doubled the tricky par four.
Back-to-back birdies either side of the turn left the White Rose star three ahead and thereafter his lead was never worse than two as he picked off the par fives at 14 and 17 to keep the Mill Valley player at arm’s length.
As the competition reached its climax, upwards of 200 spectators were watching as Shaw-Radford holed out from eight feet at the last for closing par.