North Carolina State University Athletics
Home Again Lewton Ready For A Czech Out
7/27/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
July 27, 2006
Raleigh, N.C. - Former NC State men's golfer Stephen Lewton (Woburn, England) is one of three top players who will represent England in the Czech Amateur Championship at Prosper Golf Club, Celadna, on August 9-12. He will be accompanied by Danny Belch (Hillside) and Lawrence Dodd (Thetford), the trio making up the England team that will compete in the Nations Cup.
Lewton enjoyed much success while at NC State, including earning All-America honors this past year with a top-20 finish at the NCAA Championships, and is now enjoying considerable success after his college career ended in May. Before crossing the Atlantic to play in college, Lewton was an England under-16 and boy cap who twice finished runner-up in the McEvoy Trophy and represented England in the World Boys Team Championships in Japan and in the European Boys Team Championships in Poland.
He was also a quarter-finalist in the British Boys Championship and won the individual prize in the EGU South East Qualifying in 2005. Recently, he reached the last 16 of the Amateur Championship at Sandwich having put out Walker Cup man Oliver Fisher in the second round.
The Czech Amateur Championship attracts an international field, which will be cut to the leading 70 players and ties after two rounds. There will be a further cut after 54 holes when the best 40 players and ties will contest the final round.
The Nations Cup will be decided over the opening two rounds, the best two scores from three to count each day.
Scores during the championship can be found by using the link on the EGU website homepage at www.englishgolfunion.org or on the Czech Golf Federation website at www.cgf.cz.
