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Aldrich Potgieter of South Africa is the British Amateur champion. The 17-year-old from South Africa raced out to a 7-up lead through 18 holes at Royal Lytham & St. Annes. Then it was a matter of holding off Sam Bairstow of England. Bairstow rallied to cut the deficit to 2 down with four holes to play. But a double bogey on the 15th all but ended his chances. Potgieter s victory gets him into the British Open next month at St. Andrews, along with next year s Masters and U.S. Open. He s only the third South African winner in 127 years.
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