The South Australian Swing of the E-Z-GO Legends Tour wrapped up on Sunday at Blue Lake Golf Links with Glenn Joyner taking out The Barries Water Centre South Australian PGA Seniors Championship.

After tournaments at Adelaide Shores Golf Park, The Vines Golf Club of Reynella and Stirling Golf Club the tour moved on to Mount Gambier for the principal event of the swing.

Peter Fowler, who won at Stirling with a 5-under 62, was the hot favourite to take out the title. Other in-form players coming off wins were John Onions and Glenn Joyner along with last year’s run away Order of Merit winner, Mike Harwood.

The Blue Lake Golf Course looked picture perfect with good scoring expected. Queenslander Dan Harrington set the pace early with a 1-over 71 but was later run down by Victorian Senior Open Winner, Lucien Tinkler, who fired 69 and Fowler 68. Mike Harwood took opening round honours; equalling the course record of 67 to take a one shot lead into day two.

Day two saw a seeded draw with the final group of Harwood, Fowler and Tinkler attracting a substantial crowd.

Overnight rain and a sudden drop in temperature made the course play harder and the marquee group all struggled through the front-9.

However, it was Joyner who posted level par 140 having after an up and down round that included five birdies, three bogeys and a double bogey to card a second round of 70.

Tim Elliott joined Joyner one group later leaving Harwood needing a birdie on 18 to take the title. Two good shots to 10 feet set him up but the putt slid past and the group returned to the 10th hole for a play-off.

All three hit good drives but it was Joyner and Harwood who honed in on the flag with their second shots. Joyner holed in from 12-feet for birdie leaving Harwood 10-feet to take it to another hole, but his putt slid by again giving Joyner his first Senior state title.

"It was a tough day for scoring so I knew I just had to hang in there and try and post a score. When I birdied the last I thought I would be a couple short. Luckily I found myself in a play-off and it was good fun to birdie the first play-off hole to win," said Joyner.

"It was a great event at Blue Lake. The course was in excellent shape and my old mate Bill Burley did a fantastic job hosting. The atmosphere around the hospitality marquee on the 18th was awesome. It’s a great social club and we all had a few beers to celebrate."

The E-Z-GO Legends Tour now moves to New South Wales for the Jerry Stolhand Memorial Tumut Legends Pro-Am at Tumut Golf Club and will see Fowler, David Merriman, Tim Elliott and Joyner all tee it up.

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