2017 was the 17th staging of the Casino Golf Club Ladbrokes PGA Pro-Am and saw Professional  Steven Jones, who was joint winner in the 2016 Casino Pro-Am, fire a  7-under par 63 to claim outright victory by one shot over the field on an unusually hot October day.

The Gold Coast Professional’s round included six birdies 4^th, 6^th, 8^th, 10^th, 14^th and 16^th holes.

An eagle mid way through the round on the 500 metre par5, 7^th courtesy of a chip in really got the round going.

His only blemish was a bogey on the Par 4, 13^th hole resulting from a 3-putt.

“I  struck my driver really well today,” said Jones.

"When I can get my  driver going well it gives me an advantage over the rest of the field, I  just haven’t been able to do that of late.”

The  next best placed Professionals were James Gibellini and Jacob Boyce in a  tie for second place after firing rounds of 6-under par 64.

The next stop on the Ladbrokes PGA Pro-Am Series is the Carlton United Breweries Ocean Shores Pro-Am to be played Tuesday 10 October at the Ocean Shores Country Club.