The golden era of Australian amateur golf continued today at
the Isuzu Queendsland Open with amateur Brett Coletta recording a convincing
victory.

The 20-year-old Victorian amateur fired rounds of 67, 69,
67, 70 for a tournament total 7-under 273 at The Brisbane Golf Club to win the
ISPS HANDA PGA Tour of Australasia title by three shots.

Coletta becomes the first amateur to win the Isuzu Queensland
Open since a 20-year-old Victorian by the name of Stuart Appleby won the
tournament in 1991 when it was also played at The Brisbane Golf Club.

"I can’t even explain how I feel at the moment, I am lost
for words," said Coletta, who now has to make a decision about his future, to
stay amateur or turn Professional.

"I had a couple of starts coming up anyway which was handy
to know but to win this week and get a couple of years exemption, I will have a
serious conversation with a few people about it."

Coming into the tournament fresh off the disappointment of finishing
runner-up at the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship, Coletta was very proud at
the resilience he showed to bounce back this week.

"The Asian-Amateur was just a disappointment, you don’t want
to ever face that again, you wouldn’t wish it upon anyone," added Coletta.

"To come back this week, play the way I did and come out on
top I am just so proud of myself, I just can’t put words to it."

"The way I handled myself was the biggest thing I learned
today."

For most of the day Coletta held a five shot lead but runner-up
and fellow Victorian Lucas Herbert challenged him in the middle of the back-9.

Herbert made an eagle at the 12^th and had a near
miss for an ace at the par-3 13^th. Feeling the pressure Coletta made
a double bogey at the 14^th.

"I just thought eagle, eagle what is this? It was a great
shot by him. We had to wait on the tee for 10 minutes and he would have had
stuff running through his head just like I did. He hit a great shot and I felt
the pressure," added Coletta.

"The next hole (13) was just an error, probably the worst one
I made all week and it cost me a couple of shots.

 "Coming down the stretch
with people putting the pump on me, I had a good buffer at the start of the day
and I just saw it slip right in front of me with four holes to go," added
Coletta, who fired under pressure draining a 30 foot uphill putt for birdie on
the 17^th.

"I was staring down the barrel, I still had the lead, but it
was much tighter than I would have liked. That putt on 17 was such a heartfelt
putt."

While it was a great battle at the end, Coletta’s lead
proved too much for Herbert to overcome. For his runner-up result Herbert
collected the first place cheque of AUD$16,500 as well as a start at the NSW
Open in two weeks.

This result has seen Herbert move to 56th on the ISPS HANDA
PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit with the top-60 earning a Tour card for
the 2017 season.

Thanks to a birdie at the 18^th hole, Dale
Brandt-Richards finished tied third with Kalem Richardson on 3-under the card,
earning a place in the NSW Open.

Finishing in a tie for 5^th were a group of six
players including Jarryd Felton (WA), Ben Campbell (NZ), Douglas Klein
(am)(QLD), James Gibellini (QLD), Ryan Lynch (VIC) and Max McCardle (SA).

For all final results please visit pga.org.au.

From the Isuzu Queensland Open the ISPS HANDA PGA Tour of
Australasia moves to Stonecutters Ridge Golf Course from 10-13 November for the
NSW Open Championship.

For the full ISPS HANDA PGA Tour of Australasia please visit
pga.org.au.