Kicking off a swing of events in the sunshine state, North Stradbroke Island Golf Course played host to 43 players who upon disembarking the ferry to the course were greeted with a Welcome to Country ceremony performed on the putting green.

Allan Cooper was the best of the field across 18 holes – the layout’s nine holes played twice from different tees – with a final score of 2-under 69.

Birdies on holes four, nine, 10, 15, 16 and 18 helped Cooper to a one shot win over Nigel Lane in second place.

“I played well but to be honest I missed a few putts at the end so it could have been a great score,” said Cooper.

“I have recently moved to Kooralbyn Valley so I have been playing a fair bit. That has helped with not much tournament play recently.”

Lane’s 1-under 70 round featured two eagles on the same hole, 9 and 18, the second finishing only one foot away from holing out for an albatross.

“The two eagles helped but not enough birdies on the other holes,” said Lane.

“It is such an entertaining course to play and the ferry ride with those views just makes the event so unique and special.”

Finishing in solo third place was David Fearns with an even par round of 71.

Tournament promoter, Club President and Course Superintendent Peter Turner said it was a thrill for the club to host the Legends once again.

“We tried a few times to get the event off the ground this year but with COVID we couldn’t do so until now,” said Turner.

“The club loves having the Legends here and look forward to welcoming them back next year with the plan on a two day event so they can tour the island and relax a bit more.”

The PGA Legends Tour will now make its way north to the Sunshine Coast for the One Agency Noosa Legends Pro-Am to be played at Noosa Golf Club on Tuesday 8 December.

For the final SeaLink Stradbroke Ferries Legends Pro-Am leaderboard click here.