Hokie ClubFormer Hokie golfer Jurrian van der Vaart was eliminated in the first round of match play at the 2008 British Amateur Championship at Turnberry, Scotland. He had advanced into match play by tying for 15th place in the two rounds of stroke play earlier in the week.
Van der Vaart, from Almelo, the Netherlands, fell to Tommy Fleetwood of the United Kingdom, 3 & 1 on Wednesday afternoon. He completed his eligibility in May, as he finished tied for ninth at the NCAA Men’s Golf Championship in West Lafayette, Indiana.
The field of 288 competitors played two rounds of stroke play. Following completion of the second round, the top 64 players advanced to match play, which will culminate in a 36-hole final on Saturday.