Young golfers book place at Principality Junior Wales Open

Junior Welsh golfers had to overcome snowy conditions to book place at Junior Wales Open final at Celtic Manor

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Kyle Harman

Young golfers met at Cardiff's Radyr Golf Club for the chance to compete at the Principality Junior Wales Open.

Despite poor weather, 16-year-old Kyle Harman produced a one-over-par 70 to win the gross competition, with Joe Hillard also progressing to the final from the Under 18 section, with the best net score of 68.

The pair are two of ten qualifiers from the event, who will compete in the final on July 29, at Celtic Manor's Twenty Ten course, which hosted Wales' first Ryder Cup.

"The short game is always key to scoring well around here," said Harman. "The greens were rolling fast but I managed to keep the ball under control and was really pleased to shoot my lowest score here in such an important competition.

"I qualified last year but did not perform too well in the final. I'm looking forward to going back to Celtic Manor and now I've played the Twenty Ten course, I'm hoping I can plot my way around a bit better this time."

Four more qualifying events will take place over the coming weeks, at Celtic Manor's Roman Road course, Builth Wells, Royal St David's at Harlech and Langland Bay.

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