For the first time since 2015, the Open Open's Best Amateur Player award is in suspense, although entering Sunday, Germany's Matthias Schmid has the upper hand over China's Lin Yuxin.
Matthias Schmid studied at the University of Louisville, his last game before he switched careers. In the third round, he caught 2 birdies, swallowed 1 bogey and 1 double bogey, and shot a 71, with a three-round score of 210 (74-65-71), which was par.
Lin Yuxin, a junior at the University of Florida, set off alone this round, did not catch a birdie, and made 4 bogeys throughout the day, including swallowing bogeys in two holes, and shot 74, with a score of 215 (69-72-74) in three rounds, 5 over par.
More than one amateur qualified at The Open, which has not been seen in some years, in fact, the last time an amateur qualified was back in 2018. That year, sam locke was the only one who advanced.
Since only the qualified amateur players are eligible to compete for the highest honor of amateur, there has been no suspense in the ownership of this award in the past 6 years and 5 competitions. The last time more than one amateur qualified was in St Andrews in 2015, when five people advanced.
Although Lin Yuxin did not show the best level today, he was still positive and optimistic, saying after the game: "Today in all aspects, including the weather, the setting of the course is more difficult than the previous two days. The first two holes of today were not played by themselves, and then the overall state of the back was not particularly good. There were some better saves on the first nine holes, and some better opportunities were created for themselves on the back nine holes, but there was no advance, so the results were not very good. ”
Still, Lin Yuxin has one more day to make adjustments, looking forward to his excellent performance tomorrow, becoming the first Chinese player to win the Best Amateur Player Award at The Open.
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