Graham continues form to advance as top qualifier at The Amateur

Finishing flourish

Van Wyk’s day had started with a bogey on the 1^st hole, which only served as motivation as he made a birdie on the 4^th before holing his second shot from 40 yards on the 6^th for an eagle. Further birdies at the 17^th  and 18^th saw van Wyk qualify in style.
“I love match play, especially on a course like this where you can make scrappy pars over your opponents,” It’s a course where you basically have to get up-and-down from the right spots. I like my chances here.”
English teenager Oscar Lent also produced a grandstand finish and birdied the 16^th before rolling in a long eagle putt of 50-feet on the 17th in a one-under-par 71 on the Glashedy Links for a two-under total.

Play-off for places

The qualifying mark for the leading 64 players and ties fell at three-over-par. A total of 19 players, including Spain’s Jose Luis Ballester Barrio who birdied his final three holes highlighted by a 35 foot putt at the 18^th, were competing in a sudden death play-off for 18 places in the match play stage of the Championship. 
Richard Teder of Estonia, last year’s quarter finalist at Hillside, Walker Cup player Jack Bigham and recent St Andrews Link Trophy champion Sebastian Cave all progressed. 
Notable players to miss out included the highest ranked player Christiaan Maas of South Africa, former Walker Cup players Matthew McClean and Liam Nolan as well as the R&A Boys’ Amateur champion Kris Kim.