England's Garrick Porteous beats the elements to win the Amateur Championship and book his Open spot Porteous is certain of a Walker Cup berth and little wonder when one analyses his match-play credentials. The former Tennessee University man won the Scottish Strokeplay Championship earlier this year and will be an integral member of Nigel Edwards's Great Britain & Ireland team when they seek to retain their title in Long Island in September. It clearly isn't only the possession of an art degree that he shares with his countryman Luke Donald. The former world no 1 is also a devastating match play merchant. Yet Donald did not win The Amateur - indeed, he never even entered it. England had to go back to Gary Wolstenholme in 1993 for their last winner. "It feels unbelievable," Porteous said. I can't quite get to grips with it. I definitely had an advantage in the wind and growing up on links golf, it's second nature to me. I know how to hit it low, hit it high and how to chip and run. I knew it was going to be a grind and wasn't intimidated. Porteous plans to turn professional but will obviously now wait until after the US Open next June. Growing up in Morpeth, he initially set his sights on becoming a professional rugby player after representing his country. "But I first represented England in golf at the age of 16 and since then it's always been golf," Porteous said. Britain should be glad of it and after Justin Rose's glory in last weekend's US Open this is another welcome boost. "To get into The Open is awesome," Porteous told Golf Week. Muirfield is only about an hour and a half from my house so I'm sure to have a lot of people cheering me on. Meanwhile, Lee Westwood made up for a wretched opening nine in the third round of the Travelers Championship on Saturday by coming back in four-under to record a 69. But on one-under he was still facing mission implausible, standing nine shots behind the halfway leader, Bubba Watson. On the European Tour, Thomas Bjorn shot a seven-under 65 to move to 14-under and into contention at the BMW International in Munich.