Ash Hall has claimed victory at the Mercedes-Benz Truck and
Bus Victorian PGA Championship with a chip-in birdie on the first playoff hole.

Starting the day six shots off the lead, Hall posted 2-under
70 to be in the clubhouse at 11-under the card for the tournament.

Watching on as David McKenzie had a horror finish, a double
bogey on the 17^th and bogey on the 18^th, Hall found
himself tied for the lead at the end of regulation play.

Playing the 18^th at Huntingdale in a sudden death
playoff it took just one trip down the par-4 to declare Hall the champion.

With the honour, McKenzie was safely down the middle of the
fairway with his first, while Hall found the first cut of rough but with a good
lie and line into the green.

McKenzie was safely on the green for two and about 25 feet
from the pin. While Hall was surprised that his second flew the 18^th
leaving him five metres off the back of the green.

Taking his 56 degree wedge, Hall played the best shot we
have seen since Michael Long last week in the Oates Vic Open playoff.

Landing his ball two feet onto the green, it bounced once
and spun. It hit the flag stick with pace and dropped into the hole.

The pressure was then on McKenzie to make his 25 feet birdie
putt, looking on line the whole way it shaved the right edge of the hole
handing the victory to Hall.

It was an emotional win for Hall who had to come back to PGA Tour of Australasia Qualifying School to earn status at
home after he also lost his card on the Web.com Tour at the end of last year.

With this win he earns $16,500, Official World Golf Ranking
Points and a start in the ISPS Handa Perth International.

David McKenzie also earns a place in the ISPS Handa Perth
International as do Scott Strange, Stephen Dartnall and American Ryan Carter
thanks to their prize-money earnings the past two weeks.

Finishing a shot outside of the playoff on 10-under 278 were
Matthew Millar, Anthony Houston, Matthew Griffin, Tim Hart, Adam Blyth and
Stephen Leaney.

Rounding out the top-10 on the leaderboard with a score of
9-under the card were Todd Sinnott and Brad Shilton.

The PGA Tour of Australasia will now travel to Lake Karrinyup
Country Club in Perth, Western Australia for the ISPS Handa Perth International
from the 25-28 February.

For all final scores from the Mercedes-Benz Truck and Bus
Victorian PGA Championship please visit pga.org.au.

For the Order of Merit following the Mercedes-Benz Truck adn
Bus Victorian PGA Championship please visit pga.org.au.

For the PGA Tour of Australasia schedule please visit
pga.org.au.

Quick Quotes

Ashley Hall, 66, 69,
72, 70, 11-under 277, champion

"I didn’t see a leaderboard until half way up 11 and I was
just kind of trying to plod along and make some birdies and keep mistakes off
the card, which I had. To see I was only two back at that time I thought he was
letting me have a chance."

"I’ve had three wins and I’ve been close in playoffs before.
I wanted to hit a good shot in the playoff and playing under the pump makes you
really find out where your game is at early on in the year."

"That hole (18) has been troubling me a lot lately, during
the Masters it really troubled me. During the first round and yesterday it
really troubled me, so I just wanted to get a good drive away like I did in the
regulation and hit a good shot in."

"I was surprised my second shot in went as far, I didn’t
expect it to go over the back of the green."

"I haven’t hit good shots in playoffs in the last few years
and that was a really good one there."

"I sort of refocused a lot after last year which was pretty
bad. So refocused a bit and practiced smarter. It seems to be working."

"I said we should try win one of these early on in the year and
I can play them all now at the end of the year and the following year, so it’s
nice."