AUSSIE WINS LAKE MACQUARIE INTERNATONAL AMATEUR TITLE
FROM THE BELMONT GC, NEW SOUTH WALES WEBSITE
Twenty-year-old Western Australian, Brady Watt, played superb golf in windy conditions to win the Greater Building Society Lake Macquarie International Championships at Belmont today by four shots.
Watt, named Western Australia’s Junior Golfer of the year in 2009, carded a two under 70 today to take his four round total to 276 – four ahead of Royal Queensland club member, 17-year-old Cameron Smith and 15 year old South Australian, Anthony Murdaca.
Cameron Smith defeated Murdaca for second place on a count back and he also won the Junior title.
Two years ago Watt won the Aaron Baddeley International Junior Championship at the Heritage Golf Club in Victoria but this was his first major win as a senior.
His first move as he walked off the final green victorious was to telephone his father in Perth (West Australia).
“I’m thrilled with the win. I’ve been playing golf with dad since I was 11,” he said
“I birdied the holes I needed to birdie today in tricky conditions.”
Watt played in the Lake Macquarie tournament last year and finished in 30th position.
He clinched the title today on the hard par 4 15th when he had a miraculous birdie.
His drive finished in the right rough in a bad lie but he managed to wedge the ball to the front of the green 12 metres from the cup and then sank the putt.
New Zealand No. 1 amateur, Ben Campbell, was fighting out the finish with Watt until he had a disastrous triple bogey 7 on the 13th.
Campbell finished with six under, the same score as the best of the local brigade, 17 year old Charlestown member, Jake Higginbottom.
Top Australian amateur, Tasmanian Ryan McCarthy, had to pull out of the final round today after dislocating his left shoulder in a surfing mishap yesterday.
McCarthy, one of the favourites to win the prestigious amateur event, was only five off the pace on 211 after rounds of 72, 67 and 72.
He was surfing with a group of friends at Redhead Beach yesterday afternoon when the accident occurred.
“It was just a normal wave and I came out of it awkwardly,” a bitterly disappointed McCarthy said today.
“I was hitting the ball well so I was looking forward to finishing today.”
McCarthy, his left arm in a sling, said he could face months of rehabilitation and the injury would keep him out of golf for some time.
The only member of the Australian National Squad playing in the Lake Macquarie tournament, McCarthy was equal second in the recent Master of the Amateurs Event at Royal Melbourne.
He is rated No. 1 amateur in Australia and had he performed well today he could have forced his way into the top ten amateurs in the world.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4x72)
Players from Australia unless stated
276 Brady Watt 68 69 69 70.
280 Anthony Murdaca 67 71 68 74, Cameron smith 67 73 68 72.
ENGLISH PLAYERS' TOTALS
284 Andy Sullivan (Nuneaton) 67 69 72 76 (jt 8th).
286 Tom Lewis (Welwyn Garden Ci9ty) 72 72 69 73 (jt 13th).
287 Laurie Cantor (Saltford) 72 71 74 70, Darren Wright (Rowlands Castle) 69 74 71 73 (jt 15th).
288 Stiggy Hodgson (Sunningdale) 73 71 70 74 (jt 20th).
291 Jack Senior (Heysham) 71 74 71 75 (jt 44th).
TO READ ALL THE FINAL TOTALS AT BELMONT GOLF CLUB, NEW SOUTH WALES
CLICK HERE
Twenty-year-old Western Australian, Brady Watt, played superb golf in windy conditions to win the Greater Building Society Lake Macquarie International Championships at Belmont today by four shots.
Watt, named Western Australia’s Junior Golfer of the year in 2009, carded a two under 70 today to take his four round total to 276 – four ahead of Royal Queensland club member, 17-year-old Cameron Smith and 15 year old South Australian, Anthony Murdaca.
Cameron Smith defeated Murdaca for second place on a count back and he also won the Junior title.
Two years ago Watt won the Aaron Baddeley International Junior Championship at the Heritage Golf Club in Victoria but this was his first major win as a senior.
His first move as he walked off the final green victorious was to telephone his father in Perth (West Australia).
“I’m thrilled with the win. I’ve been playing golf with dad since I was 11,” he said
“I birdied the holes I needed to birdie today in tricky conditions.”
Watt played in the Lake Macquarie tournament last year and finished in 30th position.
He clinched the title today on the hard par 4 15th when he had a miraculous birdie.
His drive finished in the right rough in a bad lie but he managed to wedge the ball to the front of the green 12 metres from the cup and then sank the putt.
New Zealand No. 1 amateur, Ben Campbell, was fighting out the finish with Watt until he had a disastrous triple bogey 7 on the 13th.
Campbell finished with six under, the same score as the best of the local brigade, 17 year old Charlestown member, Jake Higginbottom.
Top Australian amateur, Tasmanian Ryan McCarthy, had to pull out of the final round today after dislocating his left shoulder in a surfing mishap yesterday.
McCarthy, one of the favourites to win the prestigious amateur event, was only five off the pace on 211 after rounds of 72, 67 and 72.
He was surfing with a group of friends at Redhead Beach yesterday afternoon when the accident occurred.
“It was just a normal wave and I came out of it awkwardly,” a bitterly disappointed McCarthy said today.
“I was hitting the ball well so I was looking forward to finishing today.”
McCarthy, his left arm in a sling, said he could face months of rehabilitation and the injury would keep him out of golf for some time.
The only member of the Australian National Squad playing in the Lake Macquarie tournament, McCarthy was equal second in the recent Master of the Amateurs Event at Royal Melbourne.
He is rated No. 1 amateur in Australia and had he performed well today he could have forced his way into the top ten amateurs in the world.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4x72)
Players from Australia unless stated
276 Brady Watt 68 69 69 70.
280 Anthony Murdaca 67 71 68 74, Cameron smith 67 73 68 72.
ENGLISH PLAYERS' TOTALS
284 Andy Sullivan (Nuneaton) 67 69 72 76 (jt 8th).
286 Tom Lewis (Welwyn Garden Ci9ty) 72 72 69 73 (jt 13th).
287 Laurie Cantor (Saltford) 72 71 74 70, Darren Wright (Rowlands Castle) 69 74 71 73 (jt 15th).
288 Stiggy Hodgson (Sunningdale) 73 71 70 74 (jt 20th).
291 Jack Senior (Heysham) 71 74 71 75 (jt 44th).
TO READ ALL THE FINAL TOTALS AT BELMONT GOLF CLUB, NEW SOUTH WALES
CLICK HERE
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