Recent PGA Trainee graduate and 2018 NSW/ACT Trainee of the Year Mitchell Harry has won the two-day Queanbeyan Pro-Am.

Harry sat tied for the lead alongside former Iowa State player Ruben Sondjaja after day one with rounds of 4-under 66. A final round total of 2-under 68 saw Harry claim victory by three shots at Queanbeyan Golf Club over Victorian Anthony Marchesani.

Battling high winds, Harry showed experience beyond his years to claim his first Ladbrokes Pro-Am Series win over season players like Matthew Millar, Michael Long and Simon Hawkes.

“I haven’t been down to Queanbeyan for about 11 years so it’s nice to be back,” said Harry.

“This golf course, the greens are very similar to where I play in Sydney at Monash Country Club.

“When the greens are so fast it can be hard to read your putts so I definitely feel that was an advantage for me.”

Conditions played a large part in determining a winner in round two, with Harry’s final round score becoming even more impressive given only three players broke par in the final round.

After a poor start on the front-9, Anthony Marchesani completed the run back to the clubhouse in 3-under 32 to secure a runner-up finish with a tournament total of 3-under 137.

Completing the tournament in third place was overnight co-leader, Ruben Sondjaja, at 2-under 138 with a final round score of 72.

Rick Kulacz and Darren Beck rounded out the top-5 on even par 140 ahead of Steven Jeffress and Michael Long in 6th place.

The NSW/ACT swing of the Ladbrokes Pro-Am Series will move to Yowani Country Club on Thursday.

The Queanbeyan Golf Course again proved tough to tame in the 2018 Guns’n’Hoses Carwash Queanbeyan Ladbrokes Pro-Am.

On the challenging layout, experience plays a vital role to success so it was no surprise to see Martin Dive, who has been victorious around the Queanbeyan layout before, take victory with a round of 5-under 65.

Dive played the majority of 2017 on the Asian Development Tour and recorded his first big victory at the PGM CCM Seriemas Championship in Malaysia.

“I played really well today. I enjoy the golf course and love playing on these greens. I got off to a great start and was 7-under through 12 holes but just couldn’t keep it going,” said Dive.

“I’m really happy with the win and it will give me confidence when I head back to Asia in a couple of weeks.”

Local favourite Matthew Millar recovered from a double bogey, bogey start to finish runner-up on 2-under 68.

The only other player to break par and finish outright third was Brad McIntosh at 1-under 69.

Rounding out the top-5 was Andrew Welsford with an even par 70 and Michael Long, Aaron Townsend, Leigh McKechnie and Ethan Shanahan at 1-over 71.

The Ladbrokes Pro-Am Series heads to Yowani on Thursday.