Scotland’s James Byrne collected the silver medal in the 125th Amateur Championship after losing out in today’s 36 Hole Final at Muirfield to Korea's Jin Jeong by 5&4.

The Banchory player, playing in front of a strong home support including former Scotland team mate and 2006 US Amateur Champion Richie Ramsay, got off to a good start winning the 1st and by the 5th was 2 up.  However after a closely thought match, with never one hole in it, Jeong, ranked number 10 in the R&A’s World Amateur Golf Rankings, reversed Byrne’s good start to take a two hole lead at lunch.

The afternoon round started with the first four holes halved but then the Korean produced a master class on the greens as he single putted the 23rd, 24th and 25th, from nothing less than 18ft, for three consecutive birdies and a five hole advantage.

The North East star, aiming to become the first Scot to win the Amateur Championship on home soil since Stuart Wilson at the Home of Golf in 2004, had a glimmer of hope when he won the 28th with a par and reduced the deficit to four.  The fightback looked set to continue at the 29th after the Scottish Internationalist played a magnificent third shot from a plugged lie in a greenside bunker to 3ft.  However Jeong with a very difficult downhill 25ft putt continued his masterly display on the greens to sink it for birdie and restore his five hole lead with seven to play.

With the next two holes halved in par and holes running out for the former Scottish Boys Stroke Play Champion it came to the 474 yard, par 4, 32nd which both players hit in regulation.  Jeong 18ft from the hole was to putt first and just as he had done all day curled it in to win in style.