Surrey-based amateur Kris Kim has won English Boys’ Under 14 Open Stroke Play title after dominating the event held at Porters Park Golf Club in Hertfordshire from start to finish.
Kim, who is the son the former ladies tour professional Ji Hyun Kim, posted a closing one-over-par 71 in the final round, to go with earlier scores of 67 and 65, to win by seven shots from Charlie Croker from Thorndon Park, who closed with a 70.
Kim, who plays off +2.6 and is a member at Walton Heath Golf Club, led the field at the end of all three days and ran out a deserved winner of the Reid Trophy with a seven-under-par total for the 54-hole event.
Speaking after lifting the trophy previously won by players such as current European Tour players Eddie Pepperell and Toby Tree, Kim said: “I’m really proud to have won such an important event. My putting – especially my short putting – was a strength this week. I was just going for fairways and greens all week, and then when the pins were in the middle of greens I aimed at them. I stuck to my game plan all week and even with a lead I focused on what I had to do.”
Spencer Davies (Wallasey), Ayden Knight (Tidworth) and Ronnie Groves (Enville) finished in a tie for third place on five over par. Groves took the honours in the handicap event – finishing on eight under par and seven clear of John O’Gaunt’s James Stocks and Kim who were tied on one under the card.