Stolz shot a 6-under-par 63 at the Springwood Country Club to win by a massive seven shots from Darryl Purchase, Perry Parker and David Fearns.

The runaway victory was a warning shot to the rest of the Legends regulars that one of their best players is finding form ahead of the $120,000 NSW Senior Open at Thurgoona later this month and the $150,000 Nova Employment Australian Senior PGA Championship at Richmond (November 10-12).

HOW THE WINNING SCORE UNFOLDED

Stolz reeled off four straight birdies to end the front nine and after parring the short par-4 10th, added in another two birdies on the 11th and 12th holes. His two bogeys for the day came off “perfect tee shots” on the par-4 fifth and 16th.  

WHAT THE WINNER SAID

“I decided I was going to skip a couple of events and have a couple of days off,” Stolz said.

“We’ve got a big stretch of tournaments coming up so I went down to Federal Golf Club in Canberra and did some really good quality work.

“It was nice to turn up fresh and I was really keen to play today.

“I also had a practice round yesterday and did a lot of really good homework. There were a few putts today that when I got up there I knew where they were going to break.

“I’m really happy to have some good form going with what’s coming up.”

LEADERBOARD RUNDOWN

-6 (63): Andre Stolz

+1 (70): Darryl Purchase; Perry Parker; David Fearns

+2 (71): Shane O’Brien; Rhett McIvor; Rolan Baglin

NEXT UP

Monday will see the PGA Legends Tour visit the Fairbairn Golf Club for the TLE Fairbairn Legends Pro-Am.