Power denied Brabazon Trophy in sudden-death; France's Ravetto wins three-man playoff
Mark Power (Kilkenny). Picture by Pat Cashman
Mark Power closed with a sensational 66 but lost out in a sudden-death, three-way playoff for the Brabazon Trophy at Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire.
The Kilkenny talent went into the final round tied for 12th, six shots behind Denmark’s Christoffer Bring and England’s Enrique Dimayuga after following rounds of 68 and 67 with a disappointing 73.
But he scorched through the field on the final day by carding the lowest round of the day by four shots and one of just six sub-par scores.
While it wasn’t quite good enough to earn him the win, it will give him confidence ahead of next week’s Amateur Championship at Royal Birkdale.
The Wake Forest star birdied the second, bogeyed the short fourth but then eagled the fifth, bogeyed the short seventh and eagled the eighth for the second time in four days to turn in 33.
He then came home in 33, picking up further birdies at the 12th and par-five 6th to set the clubhouse target at 10-under 274.
Bring was four strokes clear on 14-under with eight holes to play but bogeyed the 12th, then double-bogeyed the 15th and bogeyed the 17th to card a 72 that left him tied with Power and Ravetto, who bogeyed the 17th for a 70.
In the sudden-death playoff, Ravetto and Bring both birdied the first extra hole as Power made par to bow out.
He was bidding to become the fifth Irish winner of the Brabazon Trophy and join David Long (1979), Ronan Rafferty (tied with Peter McEvoy in 1980), Niall Kearney (2009) and Cormac Sharvin (2015).
The title eventually went to Frenchman Ravetto, who birdied the second extra hole.
Holywood’s Tom McKibbin finished eighth on six-under after a 71 with Malone’s Matthew McClean and Royal Dublin’s Hugh Foley 20th on level par as Carton House’s Marc Boucher tied for 41st on three-over.
English Men’s Open Amateur Strokeplay, Brabazon Trophy, Sherwood Forest GC, Nottinghamshire (Par 71)
T1 David Ravetto France -10 F -1 66 72 66 70 274
T1 Christoffer Bring Naestved Golf Club -10 F +1 67 70 65 72 274
T1 Mark Power Kilkenny -10 F -5 68 67 73 66 274
T4 Barclay Brown Hallamshire -8 F -1 71 69 66 70 276
T4 Jack Dyer Boyce Hill -8 F +1 70 64 70 72 276
T6 Enrique Dimayuga Walton Heath -7 F +4 67 69 66 75 277
T6 Sam Bairstow Hallowes -7 F +3 69 67 67 74 277
8 Tom McKibbin Holywood -6 F E 68 70 69 71 278
9 Joe Long Lansdown -5 F -1 70 68 71 70 279
T10 Jack Cope Players Club -4 F +1 74 69 65 72 280
T10 Joshua Bristow Canterbury -4 F +3 66 73 67 74 280
T12 Joseph Bryce Bathgate -3 F -1 69 72 70 70 281
T12 Connor Wilson Castle Park -3 F E 68 71 71 71 281
T12 Jake Bolton Ogbourne Downs -3 F +3 69 69 69 74 281
T15 James Wilson Close House -2 F +1 72 68 70 72 282
T15 Mason Essam Dartford -2 F +1 69 69 72 72 282
T17 Robin Williams Peterborough Milton -1 F E 68 72 72 71 283
T17 Callan Barrow Royal Lytham and St Annes -1 F +2 69 71 70 73 283
T17 Ronan Kleu Switzerland -1 F E 71 67 74 71 283
T20 Gregor Tait Aldeburgh E F +4 70 72 67 75 284
T20 Gregor Graham Blairgowrie E F E 72 70 71 71 284
T20 Stephen Roger Peebles E F +1 73 69 70 72 284
T20 Charlie Strickland Ham Manor E F +3 71 70 69 74 284
T20 Haider Hussain Kendleshire E F +3 71 70 69 74 284
T20 Ben Chamberlain Padeswood & Buckley E F -1 71 70 73 70 284
T20 Sam Done Kenwick Park E F +2 71 69 71 73 284
T20 Matthew McClean Malone E F +2 66 73 72 73 284
T20 Thomas Plumb Burnham and Berrow E F +1 71 67 74 72 284
T20 Andrew Ni Murrayfield E F +4 72 66 71 75 284
T20 Frederik Schott Germany E F +7 67 70 69 78 284
T20 Hugh Foley The Royal Dublin E F +4 69 68 72 75 284
T20 Ruben Lindsay Ayr Belleisle E F +6 69 68 70 77 284
T33 Brandon Dietzel Germany +1 F +1 68 71 74 72 285
T33 Jack Brooks Mere +1 F +4 69 69 72 75 285
T33 Laurenz Schiergen Germany +1 F +5 71 67 71 76 285
T36 Harry Butler Chigwell +2 F +7 70 73 65 78 286
T36 Loris Schuepbach Bad Ragaz, Switzerland +2 F +3 71 72 69 74 286
T36 James Biggs Diss +2 F E 69 73 73 71 286
T36 Robert Foley Switzerland +2 F +4 69 72 70 75 286
T36 Calum Scott Nairn +2 F +4 70 71 70 75 286
T41 Darren Howie Peebles +3 F +7 70 72 67 78 287
T41 Marc Boucher Carton House +3 F +1 73 69 73 72 287
T41 Habebul Islam Ipswich +3 F +3 69 70 74 74 287
T44 Jordan Boulton Notts +4 F +4 67 75 71 75 288
T44 Callum Farr Northamptonshire County +4 F +5 68 74 70 76 288
T46 Jamie Tofte Nielsen Denmark +5 F +1 73 70 74 72 289
T46 Owen Benson Moor Park +5 F +10 72 70 66 81 289
T46 James Wilson Balmore +5 F +3 72 70 73 74 289
T46 George Holland Southport and Ainsdale +5 F +4 72 70 72 75 289
T46 Harry Goddard Hanbury Manor +5 F +3 72 69 74 74 289
T46 Jacob Kelso Kings Hill +5 F +3 74 67 74 74 289
T46 Richard Wale The Leicestershire +5 F E 69 71 78 71 289
T46 Mauro Gilardi Switzerland +5 F +8 67 71 72 79 289
T54 Thomas Beasley The Chase +6 F +10 73 69 67 81 290
T54 Jack Ainscough Wynyard +6 F +7 70 71 71 78 290
T54 Ben Rhodes Headingley +6 F +7 68 70 74 78 290
T57 Benjamin Schmidt Rotherham +7 F +6 74 69 71 77 291
T57 Benjamin Jones Northamptonshire County +7 F +1 70 72 77 72 291
T57 Joe Harvey Kendleshire +7 F +6 70 72 72 77 291
T57 Oliver Brown Royal Porthcawl +7 F +3 71 71 75 74 291
T57 Alex Dixon City of Newcastle +7 F +9 69 70 72 80 291
T62 Jake Hibbert Delamere Forrest +8 F +2 68 75 76 73 292
T62 Charles Larcelet France +8 F +7 71 72 71 78 292
64 Hari Pachu Machynys +9 F +5 76 67 74 76 293
65 Charlie Daughtrey Rotherham +10 F +3 71 71 78 74 294
T66 Lewis Irvine Kirkhill +11 F +6 70 73 75 77 295
T66 Cormac Sharpe Blairgowrie +11 F +7 71 72 74 78 295
68 Mark Porter Sherwood Forest +12 F +5 74 69 77 76 296
