Brit Woodman outclasses Aussie assistants

FROM THE AUSTRALIAN PGA WEBSITE
British trainee Guy Woodman ran away with the 2009 Crown Lager Australian PGA National Futures Championship with a final round 67 at the magnificent Catalina Country Club in Batemans Bay. Woodman missed an opportunity to equal the Catalina course record of 65 when he uncharacteristically three-putted a short birdie opportunity on the last hole of the tournament, but still ran away the winner with a final round score of 67.
Woodman managed to comfortably hold off the challenge of the Australian trainees, including his closest challenger, Corey Hale, the 2008 Rich River Champion. Hale did his best to test the 2008 British trainee champion with a final-round 69, but Woodman all but sealed the tournament with a front-nine 32.
Woodman finished with an 11-under-par total of 277 to win the title and the $9,900 first prize.
Runner-up Hale finished four shots behind on 281 and earned $5,995.
Other notable performances for the week included the top-ten finish of Queensland trainee Katelyn Must, who was the highest finishing female in the field and another top-three finish for Victorian Leigh Deagan.
+Guy Woodman is the 32-year-old assistant at East Berkshire Golf Club. He won the inaugural Crown Golf English PGA assistants championship after lifting the prestigious Powerage PGA assistants championship at London Golf Club last year.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4x72)
277 Gary Woodman (Eng) 71 71 68 67 ($9,900).
281 Corey Hale (Aus) 67 71 74 69 ($5,995).
284 Leigh Deagan (Aus) 70 73 73 68 ($3870).
285 Cody Sherratt (Aus) 67 75 69 75, Kevin Conlong (Aus) 75 70 71 69, Scott Priest (Aus) 71 75 71 68 ($2,566 each).