ALEX PLAYS HIS WAY UP THE FIELD

Alex improved his position today and now sits in joint 2nd place and only 2 shots off the lead. He finished in spectacular style with 4 birdies in the last 5 holes. He can now go into tomorrow's final round with the confidence of knowing what he can do. 

2016 Series 20th Faldo Series Grand Final Stoke by Nayland 11th - 13th October 2016

Scores at End of Round 2  (Boys Under 16) Pos. Score -Par+ Name [World Ranking] Country R1 R2 Card 1 139 -3 Harry Goddard (ENG) [23] 69 70 »» 2= 141 -1 Alex Simpson (SCO) [28] 73 68 »» Kiet van der Weele (NED) [29] 74 67 »» 4 143 +1 Esteban Jaramillo (COL) [25] 69 74 »» 5 144 +2 Pavol Mach (SK) [26] 72 72 »» 6 146 +4 Hynek Groh (CZE) [31] 74 72 »» 7 148 +6 Mikkel Mathiesen (DEN) [24] 78 70 »» 8 151 +9 William Groom (ENG) [36] 75 76 »» 9 152 +10 Charlie Salter (ENG) [27] 76 76 »» 10 155 +13 Alejandro Pedryc (POL) [32] 77 78 »» 11= 156 +14 Christian von Flemming (GER) [33] 83 73 »» Eoin Murphy (IRL) [34] 75 81 »» Joe Fenton (ENG) [35] 76 80 »» George Heath (ENG) [30] 77 79 »»

20th Faldo Series Grand Final Stoke by Nayland 11th - 13th October 2016 Alex Simpson (SCO) [0] Scotland

Scorecard Stoke by Nayland Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 OUT 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 IN TOT Yrds 341 525 112 455 512 415 141 364 196 3061 418 214 282 415 512 348 552 352 191 3284 6345 Mtrs 312 480 102 416 468 379 129 333 179 2798 382 196 258 379 468 318 505 322 175 3003 5801 Stroke 12 8 18 2 16 4 14 6 10   1 3 17 7 15 11 13 9 5     Par 4 5 3 4 5 4 3 4 3 35 4 3 4 4 5 4 5 4 3 36 71 R1 4 5 3 4 5 4 3 4 4 36 4 3 4 4 5 5 5 4 3 37 73 R2 4 5 3 5 4 3 3 5 3 35 5 2 4 5 4 4 4 3 2 33 68

Summary and Analysis Round Date Start Time Start Tee Holes Gross -Par+ Net -Par+ Eagles (-2-) Birdies (-1) Pars (-) Bogies (+1) D/Bgies (+2) Other (+3+) 1 11-10-16 9:20 10 18 73 +2

DAY ONE

Alex has got off to a solid start and lies in 4th place after round 1. 2016 Series 20th Faldo Series Grand Final Stoke by Nayland 11th - 13th October 2016

Scores for Round 1 only (CSS 71)  (Boys Under 16) Pos. Score -Par+ Name [World Ranking] Country Card 1= 69 -2 Esteban Jaramillo (COL) [25] »» Harry Goddard (ENG) [23] »» 3 72 +1 Pavol Mach (SK) [26] »» 4 73 +2 Alex Simpson (SCO) [28] »» 5= 74 +3 Hynek Groh (CZE) [31] »» Kiet van der Weele (NED) [29] »» 7= 75 +4 William Groom (ENG) [36] »» Eoin Murphy (IRL) [34] »» 9= 76 +5 Joe Fenton (ENG) [35] »» Charlie Salter (ENG) [27] »» 11= 77 +6 Alejandro Pedryc (POL) [32] »» George Heath (ENG) [30] »» 13 78 +7 Mikkel Mathiesen (DEN) [24] »» 14 83 +12 Christian von Flemming (GER) [33] »»

Sir Nick Faldo passing on a few tips 

GRAND FINALE TO THE SEASON FOR ALEX

Alex tees of tomorrow in the 20^th Faldo Series Grand Final with many of the world’s best young amateurs competing over three days. Players heralding from 19 nations will join Sir Nick Faldo at Stoke-By-Nayland Hotel for the World Amateur Golf Ranking event.

Stoke by Nayland Hotel, Golf & Spa in Colchester will host winners from European Faldo Series events, winners from the Faldo Series Asia Grand Final, selected invitees as chosen by the PGA of America and for the first-time ever, invitees from the ANNIKA Foundation.

The Faldo Series and Annika Sorenstam, through her ANNIKA Foundation, are collaborating in an effort to grow global awareness and opportunity through golf. 

Players will be tested by the superb Gainsborough course at the multi award-winning resort on the Essex/Suffolk border. The venue has regularly hosted international, televised PGA and European Senior tour events.

Faldo Series Asia Champion Arjun Prassad will have the tantalising goal of holding both the Asian and the European titles in his sights. PGA of America invitee Frankie Capan will also be in the hunt for the top prize having competed with distinction in 2015.

“The team at Stoke-By-Nayland are excited to welcome this crop of talented golfers from around the world.” Susanna Rendall, Managing Director of the resort commented. “We’re proud to be working together with the Series in its milestone twentieth year. Sir Nick has been a leading light in providing opportunity to young people through golf for so many years and it’s great to be able to support this effort. We hope the players will enjoy the experience and challenge of the Gainsborough course.”

Sir Nick will run clinics throughout the week, sharing his knowledge from over 35 years of playing at the highest level. He will be watching the competition with keen interest and offering his insight to the young players. The PGA will be on hand, amongst many other experts, to advise players during the week on the many career paths within the game of golf. Faldo’s personal coach Keith Wood will also be in attendance and available to share his expertise.

Competitors aged 12 to 21 will compete for the title of Faldo Series Champion over 54 holes at on the Gainsborough course at Stoke-By-Nayland. The field will be split into five age-categories, with three boys and two girls to receive a trophy and an exemption into the eleventh Faldo Series Asia Grand Final in 2017. The leading boy and girl will be invited to play in a professional Tour event.

Today, 40 Faldo Series tournaments take place in 30-plus countries worldwide, touching thousands of golfers each year. Past winners include Major Champions Tseng Ya-ni and Rory McIlroy, who took his tally of professional Major titles to four with his wins at the 2014 Open Championship and US PGA Championship.

Good luck Alex.

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ALEX DOES IT AGAIN

Alex wins the Autumn meeting by 11 shots shooting 3 under par 67 at Alyth and reduces his handicap to scratch. Kirsty finished tied 3rd with a 78.