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One-on-one lessons building towards joining 18-hole competitions with established golfers is not how most women want to engage with golf for the first time. It’s perhaps a key reason why so many women were reluctant for so long.
But with participation numbers continuing to increase, the establishment of the Women’s Golf Network by the PGA of Australia and WPGA Tour of Australasia is designed specifically to provide an entry point that makes women feel welcome and connects them with other new golfers.
Katie East plays her golf at Windaroo Lakes in Brisbane’s south but says attending a Women’s Golf Network event at Royal Queensland Golf Club showcased everything that the game has to offer.
“I entered the event thinking that I would take away a few tips and improve on the skills on offer,” East said.
“Well, I was wrong. I didn’t think a single day could possibly improve every element of my golf game – but there I was at the end of the day, mind blown and thirsting for more.”
The all-encompassing nature of Women’s Golf Network events separate them from standard clinics or coaching sessions.
Skills stations facilitated by female PGA Professionals provide coaching in chipping, putting and long game elevates the golf IQ of each participant. That is followed by a ‘Learning Lunch’ featuring guest speakers, the opportunity to play on-course and rounded out by drinks in the clubhouse.
It is this final element that gives Wembley Golf Course Professional, Claire Elvidge, her greatest thrill.
“The best thing that I see is when they start exchanging numbers or getting a WhatsApp group together,” Elvidge says.
“It’s the camaraderie. When women are in social surroundings, they enjoy it more. They love having different coaches at each of the stations and the flexibility that comes with that.
“We know that if we can build friendships in the game, they’ll keep on coming back and playing.”
Elvidge has been integral in two Women’s Golf Network events staged at Wembley, drawing a total of 180 women to take part.
Elvidge has staged additional events at Wembley targetting women under the age of 40 and believes golf is getting better at understanding what women want from the game.
“Golf can be a hard sport to take up in the initial stages so anything we can do to make it fun and engaging is going to get people through that phase and more likely to become long-term golfers,” says Elvidge.
“At the end of the day when they are having drinks up top, they’re laughing and having a good time, they’ve just come off the course for probably the first time and they realise what it’s like.
“They enjoy their golf because they are having fun but they are learning at the same time.”
Such was her experience at RQ, East is looking at when she can sign up for a second Women’s Golf Network event in 2024 and is encouraging other women showing an interest in golf to do the same.
“I met some amazing women that day, ones that I hope to play golf with in the future,” she adds.
“Numbers were exchanged and offers of playing at local clubs and in upcoming competitions.
“It was a great networking event to meet like-minded women with a passion for the sport.
“It is a gift that you should give to yourself.
“I know that I’ll be coming back again and again.”
To view the Women’s Golf Network schedule and register for an event near you, visit pga.org.au/womens-golf-network/
In-form Jason Norris clinched a sudden-death playoff win at the PGA Legends Tour’s 2023 season finale to go with a share of the Sunshine Coast Series title on a day to remember at Headland Golf Club.
Despite closing with a 5-under 64 to finish at 6-under after 36 holes at the Living Choice Australian Legends Tour Championship, Norris was caught by 62-year-old Terry Price who beat his age with a spectacular 61.
The duo went to a playoff where Norris, the defending champion at Headland, triumphed with a par on the second hole to record his sixth PGA Legends Tour victory for 2023 and have the honour of being the first winner to have his name engraved on the Glenn Joyner Memorial Mug.
On a crowded leaderboard, Murray Lott (68-65) and joint day one leader Martin Peterson (65-68) finished just a shot back at -5.
In the Sunshine Coast Series played across seven rounds in four events, Norris remarkably came from 12 shots behind after the opening round at Beerwah to share top spot with Order of Merit champion Andre Stolz at 20-under-par.
The Gold Coast-based Victorian, battling jet lag after finishing tied for eighth at the Staysure Legends Tour’s final event in Mauritius, slipped to a 6-over 78 to kick off the six-round event but then followed up with rounds of 68-68 at the Sunshine Coast Masters at Twin Waters and 64-68 to clinch the Queensland Senior PGA Championship at Maroochy River.
His 64 in the final round at Headland allowed him to close down a two-shot lead that Stolz, the joint winner at Twin Waters, held after the first five rounds.
The early series leader, Beerwah winner David Bransdon, was tied for the lead coming into the final day but dropped to fourth with a closing 68.
WHAT THE WINNER SAID
“It’s a great thrill to come up here and win two in a row. I must like this place,” Norris said.
“It was an amazing score from Terry to break his age. To be honest, I thought if I lose to Terry it’s quite fitting since he’d broken his age with a 61 but I’m happy to take the win.
“I was a bit jetlagged at Beerwah after coming back from Mauritius and ended up 6-over and 12 behind. Andre’s a great player, the Player of the Year on the Legends Tour, and it was good to tie with him in the overall series.
“I’ll definitely be back next year.”
Norris’s 2024 plans also include a return to the Staysure Legends Tour in Europe, as well as attempting to Monday qualify for some PGA TOUR Champions events in the US.
LEADERBOARD RUNDOWN
-6: Jason Norris (68-64), Terry Price (71-61) – Norris won sudden-death playoff.
-5: Murray Lott (68-65); Martin Peterson (65-68)
-4: Brad Burns (68-66); Richard Gilkey (69-65); Andre Stolz (68-66)
SUNSHINE COAST SERIES
-20: Andre Stolz, Jason Norris
-18: Murray Lott
-15: David Bransdon
-13: Terry Price
-11: Brad Burns
-10: Brendan Chant
NEXT UP
Qualifying School stage one for the 2024 PGA Legends Tour will be held at Sandhurst in Melbourne’s south on January 9-10 with final stage at the same venue on January 11-12.
The 2024 Tour will kick off with eight events in New Zealand in January-February.
The 2023 portion of the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia’s 2023/24 season is in the books with first-time champions, winners from the past re-emerging and a young superstar on the rise contributing plenty of highlights to remember.
Another eight tournaments, including the New Zealand Open presented by Sky Sports, will come after the Christmas-New Year break, starting with the return of the Heritage Classic at The Heritage Golf and Country Club on the fringes of the Yarra Valley from January 11-14.
Still very much on the line at the halfway point of the season is the 2023/24 Order of Merit title, with defending champion David Micheluzzi well in the mix again.
The fight also continues for the three cards on the 2024/25 DP World Tour which will be awarded to the Order of Merit’s top three eligible players after the finale at The National Tournament in mid-March.
Here’s a look at six Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia members who came to the fore in the first halfway of the Tour season:
Min Woo Lee
His spectacular hole out from off the green at ninth hole during the final round of the Fortinet Australian PGA Championship at Royal Queensland is definitely be on the list of the Tour’s Shots of the Year. After winning an Aussie major first time, the West Australian almost made it two in a row before eventually finishing third at the ISPS HANDA Australian Open.
Ben Eccles
The Victorian was understandably emotional when he won for the first time in eight years at the CKB WA PGA Championship, backing up his 2015 victory as an amateur at the NSW Open. A few weeks later, he almost won again, only missing out by a shot at the Victorian PGA Championship. He sits at No.2 on the Order of Merit, trailing only Min Woo Lee.
David Micheluzzi
The reigning Order of Merit champion stormed home to win the Victorian PGA at Moonah Links, his fourth victory on Tour in just over 12 months. One week earlier, he was in an eight-way tie in a wild finish at the Queensland PGA at Nudgee. With a fulltime DP World Tour card for this season, Micheluzzi will be overseas for much of the rest of the Australasian Tour but he has entered the Heritage Classic to try and win No.5.
Kerry Mountcastle
The Kiwi, who leads the Rookie of the Year standings, was a first-time winner at the Gippsland Super 6 at Warragul Country Club, surviving a playoff on the third day before running the table in the knockout matchplay on Sunday. He’s also had top-10s at the Nexus Advisernet Bowra & O’Dea WA Open (T4) and PNG Open (T10).
Lachlan Barker
The South Australian was the early leader on the Order of Merit with his breakthrough victory in Port Moresby in May, setting up his win with a brilliant 7-under 30 on the front nine of his final round. He backed the win up with a T9 at the Tailor-Made Building Services NT PGA Championship and a T3 at the CKB WA PGA Championship.
Andrew Campbell
The next player to seize his first Tour title may be the Coffs Harbour professional who turned in a consistent start to his 2023/24 campaign with five top-15 finishes, highlighted by sharing second at Webex Players Series South Australia at Willunga. He’s 11th on the Order of Merit, but ranked seventh amongst those who have already completed the minimum number of four events to qualify for an end-of-season position.
2023/24 Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit standings
1 Min Woo Lee 1044.00*
2 Ben Eccles 340.37
3 Adam Scott 326.67*
4 Marc Leishman 314.93*
5 David Micheluzzi 312.90
6 Lachlan Barker 273.94
7 Kerry Mountcastle (NZ) 267.28
8 Austin Bautista 265.75
9 Lucas Herbert 245.23*
10 Simon Hawkes 233.26
11 Andrew Campbell 208.64
12 Daniel Gale 197.32
13 Lawry Flynn 192.73
14 Jake McLeod 191.60
15 Jak Carter 191.11
16 Michael Wright 177.76
17 Sam Brazel 163.65*
18 Andrew Kelly 146.09
19 Maverick Antcliff 135.59
20 Chris Crabtree 134.24
(* have currently played less than the four events required to qualify for end-of-season ranking)
Scott McDermott is well aware that coaching in the All Abilities space is changing lives. What is perhaps less obvious right now, is how it is changing his.
Based at the PGA Academy at Sandhurst in Melbourne’s south-east, McDermott’s first exposure to coaching people with a disability was initially with a hearing-impaired student. A non-verbal wheelchair-bound student with cerebral palsy and limited physical movement was his next project of discovery.
In more than a decade since, McDermott has coached people across the full gamut of physical and mental disabilities, but all with the same simple intention.
“I am here to help them to achieve their goals,” explains McDermott.
“Golf itself may only be a small part of that. They may want to lose weight, spend more time exercising outdoors or to develop a social connection.
“Are you changing someone’s life? One hundred per cent.
“Are we doing it through playing golf? Absolutely.”
A joint initiative of the PGA of Australia and Golf Australia, the PGA All Abilities Coach Accreditation has given Professionals such as McDermott the framework to offer coaching to people with a disability.
Funding is available through the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) which makes golf coaching not only financially viable, but accessible to a great many more people.
The impacts are wide-reaching and, in some cases, life saving.
McDermott has a golfer with Prader-Willi Syndrome that causes obesity, intellectual disability and shortness in height.
“When I first met him he was a touch under 160 kilograms and now he’s at 139,” says McDermott.
“In the time that he has been playing golf, his blood glucose levels have gone from from 15 to 6.8.”
Another of McDermott’s students had his licence suspended six times because driving in excess of 150km/h on the freeway was how he emotionally regulated.
In 18 months of playing golf, he didn’t have his licence suspended once.
“He was able to communicate better, he was regulating better, he was making friendships again,” McDermott explains.
“It was because he was able to take his frustration out on an impact bag as opposed to jumping in his car and going 155km/h.”
Another became an incomplete quadriplegic but is back to playing golf and regularly hitting drives 240 metres down the middle of the fairway.
McDermott is quick to point out that any PGA Professional working in the All Abilities space will have similar stories to share.
Such is his passion for the impact he is having on people’s lives, McDermott wants to become the pre-eminent All Abilities golf coach in the world.
He wants to understand the physical and mental challenges faced by people with a disability so that he can help to devise a pathway into golf for anyone and everyone.
Watching how All Abilities golfers interact at tournaments such as the Special Olympics and the sense of accomplishment they receive from it is all the fuel McDermott needs to commit his professional life to it.
“Sam Smyth came third at the Special Olympics and said, ‘This is the greatest achievement of my life,’” McDermott adds.
“That comment makes it all worth it and gets you ready to do it all again, because this is bigger than me and I am here to assist people to reach their goals.
“There’s a great quote in Ted Lasso where he says, ‘I’m curious, not judgmental.’ We all need to be more curious and less judgmental.
“I love what I do because they create a humility that makes you realise we need to behave more like they do. It’s all OK and we’re here for each other.
“They’re just golfers and friends and part of something bigger than themselves.”
To find an All Abilities-accredited PGA Professional near you, visit pga.org.au/find-a-pga-pro/
Jason Norris added the Queensland Senior PGA Championship to his growing list of achievements on the PGA Legends Tour with a dominant victory at Maroochy River Golf Club on the Sunshine Coast.
The winner of the Australian Senior PGA Championship in October, Norris (64-68) finished on an impressive 12-under-par total for the 36 holes to be three shots ahead of new PGA TOUR Champions member David Bransdon (69-67).
It was the fifth victory of the year, and eighth overall, for Norris on the PGA Legends Tour as he finishes off a busy 2023 which has also seen him compete on the Staysure Legends Tour in Europe, where he had three top-10s, and the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia.
The shot of the tournament, the third leg of the Sunshine Coast Series, came from Queensland’s Richard Backwell who aced the par-3 12th hole on day two, holing out from 135 metres with an eight-iron.
HOW THE VICTORY UNFOLDED
Norris had visions of shooting his first 59 in competition when he was an incredible 10-under-par after 14 holes in his opening day 64 at Maroochy River.
Starting on the 12th, the 51-year-old birdied his opening four holes and then produced another streak of four in a row from the 4th to the 7th.
Bogeys on the 9th and 11th ruined the 59 chances but still left the Victorian with a two-shot overnight lead over Paul Gow and Marcus Cain.
A front nine of 31 in windy conditions sealed the win on day two where the only bogey of his round came at the short par-4 15th.
WHAT THE WINNER SAID
“It was just amazing golf,” Norris said of his opening day 64.
“The putts went in, the drives went straight and my irons were good. It doesn’t happen often so you take it while you get it.
“I started really well again today which was nice but the putts didn’t go in on the back nine.
“I’m a score looker, I like looking at scores, and there were a couple of guys coming closer so I felt a bit of pressure which was nice.”
LEADERBOARD RUNDOWN
-12: Jason Norris (64-68)
-9: David Bransdon (69-67)
-7: Mark Boulton (69-68)
-6: Terry Price (69-69), Murray Lott (68-70)
-5: Paul Gow (66-73)
NEXT UP
The Sunshine Coast Series reaches its finale with the Living Choice Australian Legends Tour Championship at Headland Golf Club on Wednesday and Thursday. The 36-hole event has a $30,000 prize purse with Norris as the defending champion.
Photo: Jason Norris with his son Bailey at Maroochy River
Australian Harrison Endycott has won the PGA TOUR’s Q-school in Florida, securing full playing rights for a second season.
Endycott, 27, shot a closing 67 at Dye’s Valley Course to close out the 72-hole event by four shots at 15-under par.
He had led the event from the outset having opened with a 65 and shot three more rounds in the 60s.
The top five finishers and ties graduated with PGA TOUR cards.
The Sydney professional spent 2023 on the tour with some good results, but finished 129th on the Fedex Cup list and went back to Q-school having secured only conditional playing rights for 2024.
He will now be able to play a full schedule.
“I’m very proud of myself,” he said afterward. “It’s funny, when you have a bit of a tough year, and you have conditional status, you kind of look at it a little bit like a disappointing year. But now with a win, what do I look at? Is it a good year or a tough year? No, there’s lots of positives. I’m looking forward to a fresh start to the season on tour again.”
New South Welshman John Lyras was the next-best of the half-dozen Australians competing in the Jacksonville area, finishing tied-54th. Victorian Tom Power Horan finished tied-64th.
Endycott is the third Australian to win medallist honours at a tour school this month. Robyn Choi won the LPGA Tour Q-school and Cameron Percy took out the PGA Champions event, with four of the five available spots on the senior tour taken by Aussies.
PHOTO: Harrison Endycott now has full playing rights for the 2024 season. Graphic: PGA TOUR
Harrison Endycott will have to wait another day to find out if he can win the PGA Tour Q-School in Florida, but the Australian is close to achieving his goal with a two-shot lead.
Storms dumped a huge amount of rain on the courses in the Jacksonville area leaving the tour no option but to cancel Sunday’s round and postpone to Monday.
Sydney’s Endycott, 27, is at 12-under par through three rounds needing to finish in the top five to secure playing rights for 2024.
The New South Welshman played the full 2022-23 season on the US Tour but just missed his card, sending him back to Q-School. But he already knew that he had conditional playing rights having finished in the band between 125th and 150th on the Fedex Cup points list.
“It’s been really solid this week,” he said on Saturday. “Just really been working hard on limiting mistakes. Just done a really good job of that today. I think I didn’t really make a mistake today on a tough day. 18 was very easy to make a mistake this afternoon, and it was nice to make a pretty clutch par on the last.
“I feel really free. Putter feels great. I’m just kind of in a good head space this week. It’s a weird one just because of Q-school and how it’s a different format, just slightly different opportunities for so many different guys.
“Coming into this week for me was a little bit of a freer week, and also being able to trust what I was working on over the last few weeks at home, and it’s a good week to come in and try that.
“I’m playing really, really good golf, really happy where I’m hitting the shots to, where I’m making putts from.”
The other Australian to watch closely in the final round is Tom Power Horan, who is tied-24th through three rounds at 2-under par. Outside of the top five, the next 40 players at the end of the tournament receive rights to play on the Korn Ferry Tour in 2024.
PHOTO: Harrison Endycott is leading Q-School in Florida. Image: Getty
Results
PGA TOUR
Q-School (final round postponed), Ponta Vedra Beach
DP World Tour
Mauritius Open, Heritage Reserve GC, Mauritius
Asian Tour
Saudi Open, Riyadh GC
Ladies European Tour
Q-School, Morocco (through 2 rounds)
Rookie professional Toby Walker clinched the final event for 2023 in the adidas PGA Pro-Am Series, firing a 7-under 65 to claim a three-shot win in The Middle of Everywhere Yarram Pro-Am on Saturday.
Eagles on two short par-4s were the highlight of Walker’s bogey-free round which left Ryan Haywood (68) and Alex Edge (69) to fill the minor placings on the last leg of the Gippsland swing.
It was the second win on the pro-am circuit for Walker, who turned professional earlier this year after a win as an amateur in the Tasmanian Open and broke through in the Emu Park Pro-Am in Queensland in June. Ironically, his round that day also featured two eagles.
He’s heading back north to work on his game with new coach, John Wright, on the Sunshine Coast before getting set for 2024.
“I’ll play the Tour season out and as many pro-ams as I can. Looking forward to it,” he said of his New Year plans.
HOW THE WINNING SCORE UNFOLDED
Beginning his round on the fifth hole, a par-five which be birdied to make a fast start, Walker was -4 after his opening five holes, including a two on the 256m par-4 ninth. Walker’s back nine featured eight pars and a birdie before he posted a second eagle on the 278m par-4 third.
WHAT THE WINNER SAID
“I hit driver very well on the holes that I needed to, holed some nice putts and had two eagles which definitely helps,” Walker, from the Heritage Golf and Country Club, said.
“It’s always fun when you have a bogey-free round.
“Golf is what I want to do for life, but this playing (for a living) it’s not easy. We’ll keep going.”
LEADERBOARD RUNDOWN
-7 (65): Toby Walker
-4 (68): Ryan Haywood
-3 (69): Alex Edge
-2 (70): Alexander Simpson
NEXT UP
After the Christmas-New Year break, a stacked field will contest the $40,000 Peninsula Southeby’s Portsea Celebrity Pro-Am on January 3. Peter Wilson is the defending champion, with the likes of Austin Bautista, Andrew Martin, Tom Power Horan and Lachlan Barker in the field.
Gavin Fairfax was taken to a playoff by fellow Queenslander Will Bruyeres before claiming the Traralgon Latrobe City WIN Network Pro-Am Classic at Traralgon Golf Club.
Leading by two after a 6-under 66 on day one, Fairfax found the Traralgon layout trickier in Round 2.
One-over through his first four holes, Fairfax responded with consecutive birdies at five and six but would par his next 12 holes for a round of 1-under 71.
That opened the door for Bruyeres who bounced back from a double-bogey at his opening hole in Round 2 to post 4-under 68 and match Fairfax’s total of 7-under par.
From there the pair headed for a playoff, Fairfax’s par at the first extra hole enough to secure the outright win.
“It was tough. It wasn’t the start I had yesterday,” Fairfax conceded.
“I was 1-over through two so a bit of a slow start but I managed to hit a good shot at the fifth, the par 3 and then got one back on the par 5 after it, too.
“From there I hit a lot of greens but not close enough to make any birdies. Just hung in there. Hit a good drive down the last but didn’t get up and down but lucky enough to get up in the playoff.”
HOW THE WINNING ROUND UNFOLDED
As Fairfax struggled to find the decisive birdies to hold the challengers at bay, Bruyeres made his charge with one of the best rounds on day two.
He dropped to five shots back of Fairfax when he made double-bogey at his opening hole, the par-4 17th, but headed to the first tee on the back of a birdie on 18.
He played the front nine in 3-under thanks to birdies at four, seven and eight and then closed with two birdies in his final four holes to match Fairfax, the pair finishing one clear of Matt Millar (69).
Neither player found the fairway with their tee shots in the playoff – Fairfax missing left, Bruyeres right – but it was Fairfax who recovered best.
From beneath a tree but with a clear shot to the green, Fairfax hit his second to 10 feet behind the hole.
Believing Bruyeres would make his par putt, Fairfax ran his birdie try six feet past the hole, making the come-backer to claim victory.
WHAT THE WINNER SAID
“I was just hoping that my ball was going to be OK,” Fairfax said of his wayward tee shot in the playoff.
“I knew Will was headed off right and had some sort of shot and managed to hit a pretty good recovery shot.
“Walking down I was just praying for some kind of break. I got half a break with a clear shot to the green from under a tree and managed to put that on. Had a fair run at the first putt and left a little bit too much meat on it coming back but managed to make the one coming back to seal it up.”
LEADERBOARD RUNDOWN
1 Gavin Fairfax 66-71—137
2 William Bruyeres 69-68—137
3 Matthew Millar 69-69—138
T4 Alexander Simpson 68-71—139
T4 Andrew Kelly 68-71—139
T4 Adam Burdett 69-70—139
T4 Josh Younger 68-71—139
NEXT UP
The final adidas PGA Pro-Am Series event before the Christmas break is on Saturday with The Middle of Everywhere Yarram Pro-Am at Yarram Golf Club. The season will resume on January 3 with the Peninsula Sotheby’s Portsea Celebrity Pro-Am.
They played against each other as trainees, won the same PGA TOUR event in Las Vegas and now Rod Pampling and Andre Stolz have finished joint winners at the 2023 Sunshine Coast Masters.
One of the most popular events on the PGA Legends Tour circuit attracted a host of iconic names within Australian golf, Twin Waters Golf Club offering pristine playing surfaces in which to showcase their skills.
Stolz and Sanctuary Cove Legends Pro-Am winner Brad Burns shared the lead after day one with matching rounds of 5-under 67, one shot clear of Jason Norris.
A winner in his first start at Noosa, Pampling began the second round two shots off the pace but produced a brilliant 7-under 65 with a grandstand finish to match Stolz’s two-round total of 10-under par.
“It’s always great to be back up here and playing the course and seeing the old guys,” said Pampling, a two-time winner on the PGA TOUR Champions in the US.
“Obviously Andre has been the champion here for a few years so it was nice to tie him.
“It’s good fun just to see everyone. It’s more catching up with the old boys and having fun. Obviously the golf is good which is a bonus.”
Stolz joked that he’d be happy to see Pampling return to Texas given his recent form but was thrilled to have the Queenslander back playing on home soil.
“We played together at Robina Woods when we were trainees – I might have been a year ahead of him – so I’ve known him for a long time,” said Stolz.
“It’s great to see him having a great career and winning again on the Champions Tour this year and great to have him back here playing.”
HOW THE WINNING ROUND UNFOLDED
For much of the second round Stolz seemed on course for a successful defence of his 2022 title.
He holed a bunker shot for birdie after missing the green left at the par-3 17th and stood on the 18th tee with a two-stroke lead.
As Stolz plotted what he thought would be a tournament-winning par, Pampling threw a final Hail Mary.
He lasered a brilliant second shot into just a few feet to set up eagle for the second straight day to tie Stolz at 10-under.
Pampling had a chance to win outright at his final hole – the par-5 first – but would have to settle for par and a shared victory.
Stolz and Pampling finished two shots clear of Norris (68) with Burns (72), Brendan Chant (70) and Murray Lott (69) tied for fourth three shots further back.
WHAT THE WINNERS SAID
Andre Stolz: “I checked the leaderboard walking to the 18th tee. I’d forgotten what hole Rod was on so I checked the leaderboard and I was two in front. Two minutes later I check again and see that Rod has made eagle.
“I thought the course was playing fantastic, as it usually does. I’ve been lucky enough to play here a lot over the past couple of years so if I’ve half figured out the greens. I don’t think I’ve fully figured them out yet.
“Played pretty nice the past two days which was good because I’ve been struggling with my striking a little bit.”
Rod Pampling: “I needed something special to happen. I didn’t realise that Andre had made birdie on 17 but it was a good number and it came out perfect.
“It was just one of those shots that landed and rolled up nice and close which made it a comfortable putt to tap in.”
LEADERBOARD RUNDOWN
T1 Andre Stolz 67-67—134
T1 Rod Pampling 69-65—134
3 Jason Norris 68-68—136
T4 Brad Burns 67-72—139
T4 Brendan Chant 69-70—139
T4 Murray Lott 70-69—139
NEXT UP
The Sunshine Coast Series moves to Maroochy River on Sunday for the 36-hole Queensland Senior PGA Championship to be followed by the season-ending Living Choice Australian Legends Tour Championship at Headland Golf Course from December 20-21.
