TWO county brothers were among the hopefuls trying to win one of the most prestigious tournaments in amateur golf.

Ollie and CJ Mukherjee, of Loretto Golf Academy and pupils at Loretto School, were among the near-300-strong field taking part in The R&A Amateur Championship at Hillside Golf Club and Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club.

The competition, which teed off on June 16, is split into two formats. All the entrants play two rounds of strokeplay before the best go through to the matchplay knockout side of the competition.

Ollie, 17, finished on four-under-par and tied for 31st after the opening two rounds, which was enough to put him through.

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Unfortunately, there was not such good news for CJ, who, along with Connor Wilson, Harry Bent and Angus Carrick, missed the cut of two-under-par.

CJ, 15, finished tied for 86th on one-under-par, while Wilson, of Castle Park, was one stroke further back and tied for 113th.

Bent, of Gullane, finished on three-over-par and a tie of 177th, while Carrick, of Craigielaw, came home on 10-over-par and tied for 268th place.

Ollie went through to the last 64 but lost 2&1 to England’s John Gough.

Ollie is in the Scottish men’s squad and represented both Scotland and GB&I last year.

With last week at The Amateur, this week at The European Amateur and Open Final Qualifying the week after, he has his sights firmly set on earning a spot at the 151st Open at Hoylake in July before he takes his place in the US Junior Amateur in Daniel Island, South Carolina, later in the month.

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Ollie and his twin brother Sam, also a Scottish internationalist, will be spending their forthcoming gap year working, travelling and playing elite-level amateur golf in the Southern Hemisphere before heading to play college golf at Duke University in North Carolina in August 2024.

Sam chose to focus mainly on exams this year and will be returning to tournament golf in the Stephen Gallacher Foundation’s Trophy.

Speaking ahead of the tournament, CJ was looking forward to being involved.

He said: “I remember seeing Ollie heading off to play in the Am a couple of years ago and thinking how cool it was to be seven rounds away from playing in the Masters in Augusta.

“My brothers are great role models for me and I will be working hard to do them proud this week.”