ZIMBABWE’S leading amateur golfer Scott Vincent received a major boost ahead of next month’s United States Amateur Championship after breaking inside the top 10 of the latest the World Amateur Golf Ranking.
DANIEL NHAKANISO
Vincent, who won the prestigious Players Amateur tournament in South Carolina, last week before finishing fourth at the 108th Southern Amateur Championship on Saturday is now ranked seventh in the world, making him Africa’s flag bearer in the amateur ranks.
South Africa’s Zander Lombard, who is ranked on position 31 is the second highest ranked player on the continent, followed by his compatriot Zander Lombard who sits on position 40.
With the 2014 US Amateur Championship now less than three weeks away, Vincent’s rich vein of form should give him confidence to do well against some of the world’s finest amateurs.
The US Amateur Championship which is the leading annual golf tournament in the United States for amateur golfers will take place at the Atlanta Athletic Club in the US state of Georgia from August 11-17.
Vincent, a three-time winner at Virginia Tech University during the 2013/14 season will be one of the players to watch during the tournament after qualifying by virtue of being in the top 50 of the World Amateur Golf Ranking.
Meanwhile, the country’s top professional golfer Brendon de Jonge missed the cut at the Open Championship held at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Merseyside, England.
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