Constable wins North and South
- photo by Phillip Taylor for The Pilot
PINEHURST, North Carolina (July 3, 2010) -- It took 33 holes on Saturday for Donald Constable to win the 110th North & South Amateur Championship. But it could have been over much quicker -- his opponent in the 36-hole championship match, Kelly Kraft, didn't go down without a fight.
The 31st seeded Constable jumped out to an 8-up lead through 25 holes and literally held on for a 4 and 3 win.
The lefthander's round included three birdies and two eagles, one apiece on the par-5 16th and the par-5 22nd.
- story courtesy Patrick Love, for The Pilot
ABOUT THE North & South Amateur
The North & South Amateur Championship is the
longest consecutively run amateur tournament in
the
United States. Its past winners list includes names
like
Walter
Travis, Francis Ouimet, Billy Joe Patton, Jack
Nicklaus
and Curtis Strange. The field is made up of invited
players as well as open applications. Two rounds of
stroke
play are followed by five rounds of match play
(32
qualifiers) to determine the Champion. All stroke
& match play rounds are contested on
Pinehurst No. 2.
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