Foster behind at Aussie Amateur

IN: News | Australian Mens Amateur | Australian Amateur Championship (2008) | Grand Final | by Anthony Powter | 20 Apr 2008

Michael Foster will need to make his move early in the afternoon round at the Australian Amateur after finding himself 2-down to Norwegian Anders Kristiansen.

Michael Foster

Michael Foster finds himself 2-down after 18 holes in the Australian Amateur final at Royal Adelaide

(Photo: Anthony Powter)

Kristiansen, the 2007 World Junior champion, had the perfect start after winning the first and fourth holes, to move to 2-up early, before Foster was able to secure his first win on the 6th with a birdie.

A birdie on the 8th enabled 17-year-old Kristiansen to move back to a two hole margin, which he kept until Foster won the 14th after Kristiansen bogeyed, to remain a hole behind.

Kristiansen recovered on the 464 metre 15th, which has presented all week as one of the birdie hole opportunities at Royal Adelaide, nailing his second shot 3-iron to centre of the green, to claim the hole with his third birdie of the morning round.

Regulation pars from both players on the last two morning holes retained the two hole advantage for Kristiansen, moving into the afternoon of the 36-hole match play contest.

Position	Score	Player	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
1	-6	Daniel Willett	73	71	71	70	285
T2	-5	Grant Scott	73	72	72	69	286
T2	-5	Josh Younger	68	73	70	75	286
4	-3	Brendan Smith	76	70	71	71	288
5	-1	Matt Jager	73	72	73	72	290
T6	Ev	Chris Wood	72	71	74	74	291
T6	Ev	Dale Whitnell	69	73	76	73	291
T6	Ev	Jordan Sherratt	73	70	74	74	291
T6	Ev	Matthew Griffin	68	73	78	72	291

Position	Score	Player	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
T2	-5	Grant Scott	73	72	72	69	286
T2	-5	Josh Younger	68	73	70	75	286
4	-3	Brendan Smith	76	70	71	71	288
5	-1	Matt Jager	73	72	73	72	290
T6	Ev	Jordan Sherratt	73	70	74	74	291
T6	Ev	Matthew Griffin	68	73	78	72	291
T6	Ev	Michael Foster	69	72	76	74	291
T6	Ev	Rohan Blizard	74	69	76	72	291
12	+2	Bryden Macpherson	79	71	72	71	293
T13	+3	Danny Lee	75	71	76	72	294
T13	+3	Nick Gillespie	74	71	77	72	294
T13	+3	Peter Spearman-Burn	72	74	78	70	294
T13	+3	Ryan Mccarthy	70	72	81	71	294
T13	+3	Shaun Malone	70	78	74	72	294
T13	+3	Tim Stewart	75	69	78	72	294
T21	+2	Scott Arnold	72	75	76	70	293
T21	+4	John Martino	74	72	77	72	295
T21	+4	Leighton Lyle	72	75	74	74	295
T25	+5	Kevin Smith	74	72	75	75	296
T25	+5	Nicholas Cullen	71	73	75	77	296
T30	+6	Brett Rankin	76	73	77	71	297
T30	+6	Christopher Brown	74	76	70	77	297
T30	+6	Mitch Davis	72	76	76	73	297
T30	+6	Ray Beaufils	73	77	75	72	297
Cut +6
CUT	+8	Adam Gemmell	76	77	-	-	153
CUT	+8	Alex Katholos	78	75	-	-	153
CUT	+8	Craig Hasthorpe	79	74	-	-	153
CUT	+8	Michael Smyth	78	75	-	-	153
CUT	+9	Adam Boyer	77	77	-	-	154
CUT	+9	Aidan Bae	76	78	-	-	154
CUT	+9	Alex Edge	80	74	-	-	154
CUT	+9	Boyd Watts	78	76	-	-	154
CUT	+9	Brenton Haines	73	81	-	-	154
CUT	+9	Chris Austin	76	78	-	-	154
CUT	+9	Jonathan Welsh	79	75	-	-	154
CUT	+9	Justin Walker	80	74	-	-	154
CUT	+9	Kyu Ha Sim	79	75	-	-	154
CUT	+9	Lester Peterson	79	75	-	-	154
CUT	+9	Matthew Melrose	79	75	-	-	154
CUT	+10	Alex Hendrick	76	79	-	-	155
CUT	+10	Andre Na	75	80	-	-	155
CUT	+10	Ben Weatherly	75	80	-	-	155
CUT	+10	Jared Consoli	76	79	-	-	155
CUT	+10	Lachlan Wall	78	77	-	-	155
CUT	+10	Matthew Mcbain	74	81	-	-	155
CUT	+10	Travis O'Connell	76	79	-	-	155
CUT	+11	Blake Mcgrory	79	77	-	-	156
CUT	+11	Lincoln Tighe	80	76	-	-	156
CUT	+11	Luke Henwood	78	78	-	-	156
CUT	+11	Nicholas Saraceni	75	81	-	-	156
CUT	+12	Rhys Mcgovern	82	75	-	-	157
CUT	+14	Richard Talsma	79	80	-	-	159
CUT	+15	Damien Jordan	80	80	-	-	160
CUT	+19	Scott Hayes	82	82	-	-	164
CUT	+21	Jonathan Painter	87	79	-	-	166
CUT	+5	Michael Brown	80	72	71	73	296
CUT	+6	Daniel Valente	75	73	75	74	297
CUT	+7	Adrian Wickstein	74	74	75	75	298
CUT	+7	Ashley Umbers	72	72	80	74	298
CUT	+7	Ben Wallace	75	76	72	75	298
CUT	+7	James Carr	76	72	74	76	298
CUT	+7	Jared Pender	76	76	69	77	298
CUT	+7	Jason Scrivener	75	71	74	78	298
CUT	+7	Justin Roach	73	76	74	75	298
CUT	+7	Luke Bleumink	77	74	76	71	298
CUT	+7	Tom Prowse	74	73	75	76	298
CUT	+8	Dakila Falcon	75	77	75	72	299
CUT	+8	Daniel Beckmann	74	73	77	75	299
CUT	+8	Danny An	75	70	77	77	299
CUT	+8	Darren Baynes	78	69	77	75	299
CUT	+8	John Corbett	73	77	70	79	299
CUT	+11	Michael Raseta	79	71	76	76	302
CUT	+11	Sam Costa	72	76	78	76	302
CUT	+11	Steve Thompson	73	77	76	76	302
CUT	+12	Adam Stephens	76	75	77	75	303
CUT	+12	Matthew Gleeson	74	75	73	81	303
CUT	+12	Michael Montgomery	78	74	78	73	303
CUT	+13	Hayden Hearne	74	76	81	73	304
CUT	+14	Alex Peade	69	81	78	77	305
CUT	+14	John Fitzgerald	76	69	82	78	305
CUT	+14	Leighton James	76	74	75	80	305
CUT	+14	Steven Power	75	75	78	77	305
CUT	+14	Tim Dugdale	73	75	81	76	305
CUT	+15	Allan Haughie	69	77	78	82	306
CUT	+15	Dean Meagher	78	72	81	75	306
CUT	+15	Greg Sivyer	76	75	77	78	306
CUT	+15	Mathew Walkenhorst	75	75	75	81	306
CUT	+15	Sam Eaves	74	77	78	77	306
CUT	+16	Kalem Richardson	76	74	80	77	307
CUT	+16	Matt Mcgowan	74	76	77	80	307
CUT	+17	Eagle Chang	77	74	80	77	308
CUT	+17	Taylor Cooper	75	72	78	83	308
CUT	+18	Stephen Speirs	73	76	83	77	309
CUT	+19	Peter Hall	73	77	75	85	310
CUT	+21	Gavin Fairfax	76	74	81	81	312
CUT	+21	Nicholas Fung Chee Yung	80	70	81	81	312
CUT	+21	Patrick Brimmer	72	76	78	86	312
CUT	+22	Kieran Pratt	80	70	81	82	313
CUT	+24	Ben Thomson	74	77	80	84	315
CUT	+26	Jayson Watson	76	74	83	83	316
WD	-	Daniel Nisbet	-	-	-	-	WD
WD	-	Paul Blake	83	-	-	-	WD

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