The team from Numurkah Golf Club has taken out the 2015 Holden Scramble Championship Final in a thrilling finish at Twin Waters Golf Club on the Sunshine Coast.

The team consisting of Andrew Nicholls, Nathan Hickey, Colin McMinn, Paul Fry and PGA Professional Anthony Sanders, were joined by PGA Touring Professional Anthony Summers in the final round. In what would be the lowest round of the tournament, the team carded a nett score of 50.3 finishing less than one shot ahead of overnight leaders Wolston Park Golf Club.

Located 220km north of Melbourne near the NSW border, Numurkah team captain Anthony Sanders said he is thrilled to be a part of the winning team.

"We all talked last night about being patient because we felt that we had played some pretty good golf the first two rounds without too much luck and I guess that luck came our way today."

"We had a rule today that we weren’t allowed to look at the leaderboard though it was really tough when we got on a roll making seven birdies in a row through the middle part of the round. When we birdied the tough 17th hole with Rod Pampling joining us and then eagled the 18th, we thought we must have been a chance."  

"Playing with Anthony Summers was great today. He made our team feel so relaxed and he hit a couple of clutch wedges on the back nine, not to mention a long drive down the par 5 18th hole which only left us with 160m to the flag."  

"I have been at the Numurkah Golf Club for 16 ½ years and really enjoy the people, board and management at the club. This week has certainly been one of the proudest moments I have had representing the club."

It was disappointment for the team from Wolston Park who needed to eagle the last to win the championship though when 16 handicapper Arron Puna still had one drive remaining to reach his quota on the 18th hole, a short tee shot left them too far back to reach the green in two and a birdie was the best they could manage.

Michael Wright who joined the Wolston Park Team today, talked about their round.
"We couldn’t really get anything going through the middle part of the round and with the challenge of two players needing to get a drive each away on the final couple of holes, it was going to be difficult to make enough birdies to win."

In the Women’s Holden Scramble Final, Griffith Golf Club made eagle on the final hole to win by just 1.2 shots from Lucindale Golf Club. Lucindale also finished with a birdie on the 17th hole and an eagle on the 18th to card a final round score of 50.3 setting the scene for a classic finish. Though when former PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit Winner Mark Brown hit a massive drive down the final hole, it gave the team from Griffith the perfect platform to also make eagle.

"Our girls could not be more ecstatic about winning" said PGA professional and Griffith Team Captain Wayne Rostron.

"We couldn’t make any putts during the middle part of the round though we combined really well down the stretch including Rod Pampling hitting a great bunker shot on the 17th hole to help save our par."

"We knew what we had to do coming down the last and although birdie would have been enough, it was a great feeling to win in style by making eagle".

The PGA Touring Professionals who joined the Holden Scramble Championship final today will now make their way south for the 2015 Australian PGA Championship at RACV Royal Pines Resort. As the home of the Holden Scramble Championship Final, the Sunshine Coast has been the perfect host and the PGA look forward to returning in 2016.

 
See the Holden Scramble website for a full list of the scores for the Holden Scramble Championship Final