Southland No 1 Vaughan McCall missed the two-round cut of the 111th Western Amateur in Arkansas by only one stroke today.
McCall, who recently qualified for the upcoming US Amateur Championship, shot rounds of 73 and 71 at the Alotian Club for an even-par total to miss the cut of the top 44 players and ties.
He incurred a one stroke penalty in round one for slow play on the 18th hole - which meant his bogey on the final hole became a double bogey - and that one stroke proved the difference in qualifying as he finished tied for 54th.
McCall will now look to prepare for the US Amateur, at the Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts from August 12-18.
Danny Lee is the only New Zealander to have won the Western Amateur, claiming both the strokeplay and match play titles in 2008 on his way to becoming World No 1 amateur.
