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Nate Jordi has the lead after Round 2 of the Tailor-made Building Services NT PGA Championship at Palmerston Golf and Country Club.
5.00pm: It looks like our final group for round 3 is locked in – Nate Jordi (-11), Jason Hong (-8) and Nathan Barbieri (-7). Jack Munro is also at -7 thanks to a couple of late birdies led to a 68 in round 2.
4.30pm: Day done for Anthony Quayle who cards a 67 and is in the group tied for fifth at 6-under-par, five behind the lead.
4:20pm: Andrew Martin may be playing his way into the final group on Saturday. With three holes remaining, he’s 7-under-par and in a share of third.
3:50pm: Anthony Quayle made it to 7-under-par with a birdie on the par-5 13th, but handed the shot back straight away on the next hole, the long par-3 14th. That’s his first bogey on day two. He’s in a share of fourth at 6-under-par with three holes remaining.
3.30pm: It’s looking more and more likely that Nathan Jordi (-11) will be the 36-hole leader in NT this year and most definitely in the final group tomorrow.
A bit more on the American here:
Jordi grew up in Menen, Massachusetts and started in golf when he was four. He usually only played around six months each year, with baseball his major focus, until he moved to south Georgia where he teamed up with coach Mike Taylor, who has coached PGA TOUR players Harris English and Lucas Glover.
As a 13-year-old, Jordi won 17 of 21 events on the New England PGA Junior Tour and finished top three in the four others. His grandfather Howard was a big inspiration in his developing years as a golfer.
A keen fisherman, Jordi has worked on a commercial fishing boat based at Rhode Island, catching striped bass and tuna. His favourite sporting teams are the New England Patriots and Boston Red Fox, and he loves a meal of steak and potatoes.
3.15pm: Leaderboard : -11 Jordi (F), -8 Hong (F), -7 Barbieri (F), -7 Martin (9), -6 T Hart (F), -6 Murray (F), -6 Conran (F), -6 Crawford (F), -6 T Wood (F), -6 Quayle (12), -6 Munro (9)
3pm: You can catch the final two rounds of the Tailor-Made Building Services NT PGA Championship on Kayo and Foxtel tomorrow and Sunday.
2:50pm: Jeff Guan update – In his first event back from his serious eye injury, the former Australian amateur star is now at 4-over-par. He’ll need to play his final nine holes in 4-under-par to have a chance of making the cut which looks like coming at even-par. It could possibly be as low as 1-under.
2:45pm: Watch out for Andrew Martin. A multiple Tour event winner, he’s now up to a share of third place at 8-under-par with nine holes left in his second round.
2:20pm: The big move in the afternoon wave is coming from a familiar face, Queenslander Anthony Quayle. One of the pre-tournament favourites, he is 5-under today to be 6-under overall and in a share of fifth with nine holes still to play.
1:32pm: What a first two days for American Nate Jordi in the NT. He has finished his second round and holds a three-shot lead at 11-under-par, following a 63 on Thursday with a 68 today.
Over his two rounds, he has 14 birdies and three bogeys – all while using a yardage book and pin sheet in a pro event for the first time.
Leaderboard : -11 Jordi, -8 Hong, -7 Barbieri, -6 T Hart, -6 Murray, -6 Conran, -6 Crawford, -6 T Wood
1:30pm: It’s a fantastic Friday 65 for Sydney’s Jason Hong, who is now in outright second at 8-under and in the hunt for his first Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia. He’s two back of the lead.
1:00pm: Nathan Barbieri has just finished off a second round of 67 to move to 7-under-par after 36 holes. He’s sitting in equal second place as our afternoon field starts their rounds.
12:50pm: A birdie at the fifth hole for Nate Jordi, who is the first player to double digits under-par. He’s -2 for his second round and three clear of Jason Hong.
12:40pm: Some of our leaders are now back in the clubhouse, among them PNG Open winner Cory Crawford (-6), Zac Murray (-6) and Tim Hart (-6). They are currently three shots from the lead.
12:30pm: Hong enters the chat! A regular on Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia leaderboards last summer, New South Welshman Jason Hong is getting himself in the mix early in Palmerston. He’s 5-under on his day today, 7-under for the week and now just two back of Jordi atop the leaderboard.
12:07pm: American Nate Jordi remains in the lead. While he carded three birdies and three bogeys on his opening nine today, Jordi has made a nice birdie on Palmerston’s par-5 second to increase his lead to three shots at 9-under.
11:25am: A Ballarat golfer in town for next week’s Australian Veteran Golfers Union National Championship has come to the rescue for tournament leader Nate Jordi. The gentleman, happy to have escaped the cold of Ballarat, leant Jordi the battery from his Bushnell rangefinder after the American’s died midway through his front nine. Jordi sought confirmation from rules officials that he was able to change the battery and has promised his saviour a cold beer at the end of his round.
11:06am: After a brilliant up-and-down from the back of the 17th green, Nate Jordi makes birdie at the par-4 18th to turn in even par and one stroke in front. PNG Open winner Cory Crawford is Jordi’s nearest challenger and is 5-under on his round through 12 holes.
10:45am: After getting back to his overnight score of 8-under, Nate Jordi isn’t able to save par from the sand at Palmerston’s par-3 16th and drops a shot. Playing partner and closest challenger Chris Wood makes double however and so Jordi still enjoys a buffer atop the leaderboard.
10:06am: With Nate Jordi coming back to the field, there is now just three shots separating the top 18 players on the leaderboard. Winner of the season-opening PNG Open, Cory Crawford is 2-under on his round and now just two off the lead while Zach Murray and Dylan Gardner have both drawn to within one of Jordi at 5-under.
10:02am: Some stats from Round 1. The front nine played 0.13 under par, the back nine 0.58 over par. At 0.33 over par, the par-3 14th played as the hardest hole on the golf course on Thursday while the par-5 ninth was statistically the easiest, playing to 4.44 in Round 1.
9:45: Our overnight American leader Nate Jordi has dropped two shots early in the second round to come back to the rest of the field. He’s still in the lead at 6-under, but now only by a single shot over Tour winners Zach Murray and Chris Wood, as well as young Queenslander Dylan Gardner.
7:50am: No morning fog to contend with for the early groups in Round 2 of the Tailor-made Building Services NT PGA Championship. Palmerston Golf and Country Club is looking a treat and our overnight leader, American rookie Nate Jordi, will seek to build on his four-shot advantage from 8:50am local time.
7:40am: As the first groups tee off in Round 2, learn more about our overnight leader, Nate Jordi.
6pm: How things stand after day one.
5.40pm: What a round from American Nate Jordi – a bogey-free 8-under-par 63 at Palmerston gives him a four-stroke lead after day one of the Tailor-Made Building Services NT PGA Championship.
Nate turned pro in 2024 and hails from Massachussetts
His closest chasers are Queenslanders Tim Hart and Jack Munro and Q School winner Jimmy Zheng at 4-under-par
5.12pm: We have a new outright leader and he is building a buffer. After birdies at 11, 13 and 15, American Nate Jordi has chipped in for birdie at the par-3 16th. He is now 7-under and three strokes clear with two to play.
Jack Munro, joint leader at 4-under-par
4:35pm: It’s very crowded at the top – 30 players are within two shots of the lead.
4.30pm: We do have some movers in the afternoon groups. American Nate Jordi has joined the leading group at 4-under-par through 12 with Zach Maxwell the next best on-course at -3. We’ve received word that Jordi is a deep sea fishing fan.
3pm: Americans start hot in the afternoon. Two of our new American Tour school graduates have made a good start to their Australian soil debuts. Both Tyler Griggs and Nathan Jordi find themselves at 2-under and just two back of the morning leaders.
2pm: The morning groups are through and some familiar names have risen to the top of the leaderboard, as well as some rookies including Tour school winner Jimmy Zheng.
T1 Jack Munro -4
T1 Jimmy Zheng -4
T3 Jack Tanner -3
T3 Jasper Stubbs -3
T3 Jack Buchanan -3
T3 Scotty Kennon -3
T3 Harrison Crowe -3
T3 Andrew Martin -3
12pm: Early leader Jack Tanner is the leading man in the clubhouse at 3-under, but he has some men on the course ahead of him. Jack Buchanan remains at 4-under after 15 holes, and is joined at the top of the leaderboard by NSW amateur Blake Phillips.
Interestingly, Phillips is a former NT Amateur champion and so knows his way around the golf courses in the Top End.
11am: Our leader Jack Buchanan remains on the charge. He’s 4-under through 13 and just slid his birdie try by on Palmerston’s par-3 fourth.
10am: What a first nine from Jack Tanner. He turns in 5-under-par 30 and with a three-shot margin. Been a big 24 hours for Jack, who is a Gold Coast Suns fan.
Jeff Guan on the 15th at Palmerston in his comeback to professional golf
9.15am: It’s Jack Tanner who has the lead at -3 after six holes, one clear of Louis Dobbelaar. In 2015, Tanner took home medallist honours at the Glenelg Men’s Club Championship as a 14-year-old, becoming the youngest winner in the event’s 88-year history.
8:50am: Croweaters at the top! Lachlan Barker has joined fellow statesman Tanner at the top of the leaderboard at 1-under after a birdie at Palmerston’s 11th and two birdies to start the day.
8:40am: After just missing the fairway on 11 and finding the back edge with his approach, Jeff Guan hit an amazing lag recovery putt to set up another tap-in par.
8:30am: South Australian rookie Jack Tanner has claimed the early lead in the Top End. With a birdie on Palmerston’s tenth hole and two pars to follow, Tanner is currently the only player under par.
8:15am: After just missing the fairway left on his opening hole, Jeff Guan followed with a stunning 6-iron to 20-feet over the trees. His birdie putt just came up short but it is an easy par on the first to get his return to professional golf underway.
7:40am: First groups are off in the 2025 Tailor-made Building Services NT PGA Championship at Palmerston Golf and Country Club. This week sees the return to the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia of Sydney’s Jeffrey Guan, less than 12 months after losing sight in his left eye after being struck by a golf ball during a pro-am on the NSW South Coast.
Guan has been drawn to play with fellow New South Welshman Harrison Crowe and South Australian Lachlan Barker for the first two rounds and will tee off at 8am local time.
