MARTIN LE MESURIER completed a rare Hampshire amateur golfing double when he won the Stoneham Trophy and the Mike Smith Memorial Trophy at Brokenhurst Manor over the weekend.

The 23-year-old former Hampshire champion is halfway through a four-year golf scholarship at the University of Minnesota and each time he comes home, Le Mesurier looks a classier act.

He took the Stoneham Trophy on Saturday with two five-under-par rounds of 67 - four shots ahead of Waterlooville's Kevin Hickman and Stoneham's big hope Alan Mew.

Both rounds were a carbon copy of each other with Le Mesurier firing six birdies in the morning and six in the afternoon.

By the time he had carded a brilliant six-under-par 64 to take the Mike Smith Memorial Trophy on Sunday afternoon, his birdie count had reached 21 - a pretty impressive weekend's work.

Brokenhust Manor is Le Mesurier's home club, but he's never won the prestigious Mike Smith event there.

And he thought he had passed up the chance again after, in his own words, "struggling" to a first round 69.

Two of his three birdies came at the last three holes, one of them at the 17th coming courtesy of a 70ft putt from the front of the green.

"I went in the nets during the lunch break and adjusted my swing and I played my second round a lot better," said Le Mesurier.

He had to produce something special to reel in Brokenhurst clubmate Martin Young who set the first round standard with a four-under-par 66. And, after playing his first eight holes in five under, Le Mesurier had the course record of 63 clearly in his sights.

He had another great birdie chance at 14 but missed a three-footer. Another birdie did follow when he found the 16th green with a three iron and got down in two putts for a four on his way to a 64.

And it was just good enough to give him a one-shot victory over Surrey's Joe Wormald who had two rounds of 67, with Young finishing a further shot back after coming in with a 69.

Defending champion Chris Hudson from the Army Club was well in contention after a first round 68 which included four birdies and an eagle but lost his touch on the greens second time out and finished five behind Le Mesurier.

Last year's county champion is going for his tour card next month.

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