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Western Australian Braden Becker has won the CITIC PACIFIC Mining Karratha Pro-Am with a round of 4-under 68 as he continues to prove himself as a consistent sand green performer.
Western Australian Braden Becker has won the CITIC PACIFIC Mining Karratha Pro-Am with a round of 4-under 68 as he continues to prove himself as a consistent sand green performer.
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After a leisurely 12-hour drive north of Geraldton, blue skies and strong winds greeted players with green fairways and red sand greens ready to test players around the Karratha Country Club layout.
After finishing a shot behind the winners at last year’s Ladbrokes Pro-Am Series event, Becker once again relished the opportunity to play on sand.
“We love heading up here to these amazing places, putting on sand is a real art and I feel very confident on them now,” said Becker, referring to his scraping technique.
“It’s great to finally get a win on this year’s swing and I’m looking forward to getting to Port Hedland for another amazing event.”
Andrew Schonewille, Rick Kulacz and Brad Moules all shot 3-under 69 to tie for second place, continuing their consistent form on the WA swing.
Troy Murphy and Bardy Watt posted last year’s winning score of 2-under 70 to tie for fifth.
Players now head to Port Hedland for the two-day $30k Royhill Classic to be played on 15-16 June at Port Hedland Golf Club.
The Karratha Pro-Am returned yesterday to the Ladbrokes Pro-Am Series reminding the players of why this is always a favourite stop on the North West schedule.
The Karratha Pro-Am returned yesterday to the Ladbrokes Pro-Am Series reminding the players of why this is always a favourite stop on the North West schedule.
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Strong winds greeted the players, testing their skills around the brilliant sand-green coastal course.
Daniel Fox carried his great form from the Spalding Park Open, finishing 5th place on his own with an even-par 72.
Braden Becker once again played great golf shooting another sub-par round and tied Rick Kulacz for third with 1-under par 71.
It was Victorian Ben Ford and WA’s Jason Chellew who mastered the wind and sand posting 2-under pars 70 and taking home the winners cheques of $1805 each.
Both the first-timers in the pro-am couldn’t give the course and event enough praise.
“It was such a great day around a sensational course, congratulations must go to Gary and the team for bringing this opportunity for the professionals, club members back,” said Chellew.
“It’s great to come here to these great towns with such great support and play these amazing courses and Karratha Golf Club rates as one of the best I have seen, I’ll definitely be back next year!”
Players now continue to another great WA sand green course for the Roy Hill Golf Classic at Port Hedland GC.
