Nathan Holman wins Aussie PGA 

Championship play-off

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Nathan Holman landed a dream maiden professional victory on home soil as he overcame Dylan Frittelli and Harold Varner III in a play-off to win the Australian PGA Championship.
On another tough day at RACV Royal Pines Resort, Queensland, Holman, pictured above by courtesy of Getty Images(c), was two shots clear with two holes to play in regulation but bogeyed both to set the clubhouse target at level par.
American Varner III and South Africa’s Frittelli were unable to find a birdie over the closing stretch, however, and at the first extra hole both missed the green as Australian Homan won with a par.
The 24 year old had started the day two off the lead, and his chances of victory had seemed remote after a double bogey on the opening hole.
But a birdie from five feet at the ninth was followed by further gains at the 12th and 15th as a closing 73 proved good enough to force extra holes.

Frittelli, his compatriot Zander Lombard and Varner III had shared the overnight lead on three under, but like Holman all three dropped early shots.
Strong winds and a parched links layout gradually whittled down the contenders, but when 22 year old Cameron Smith dropped three shots in his last six holes to finish on two over it left those in the final two pairings as the only serious challengers.
Frittelli had turned in 40, but the 25 year old took advantage of the long 12th and holed a birdie putt from off the green at the next to get back into the mix.
However, he came up short of the 14th green and bogeyed just as Holman was converting a five footer on the 15th to reach two under, and moments later Varner III saw his drive on the same hole find the water.
That led to a dropped shot which left Holman two clear, but he fired over the back of the 17th green with his approach and also dropped a shot at the last after coming up short of the putting surface to leave the door ajar.
Frittelli and Varner III didn’t exactly burst through it, but parred their way in to make the play-off – both missing lengthy putts to snatch victory on the 18th in regulation.
All three contenders missed the fairway at the first extra hole, but crucially it was Holman who found the green with his approach and, with neither opponent salvaging par, he tapped in to earn a €198,133 payday

ALL THE FINAL TOTALS 
 par 288 (4x72)
+Holman won three-way play-off at first extra hole

1	Nathan Holman	77	68	70	73				288
T2	Dylan Frittelli	70	72	71	75				288
T2	Harold Varner III	74	73	66	75				288
4	Zander Lombard	67	75	71	76				289
5	Cameron Smith	78	69	70	73				290
T6	Richard Green	73	74	70	74				291
T6	Matthew Millar	72	70	74	75				291
T6	Dimitrios Papadatos	75	71	71	74				291
T9	Nino Bertasio	75	72	72	73				292
T9	Rory Bourke	74	76	68	74				292
T9	Anthony Brown	73	71	75	73				292
T9	Mathew Goggin	76	73	72	71				292
T9	Matthew Griffin	76	72	71	73				292
T9	David Lingmerth	73	68	75	76				292
T9	Peter Lonard	76	72	73	71				292
T9	Adam Stephens	71	76	75	70				292
T9	Jordan Zunic	73	72	75	72				292
T18	Stuart Manley	77	69	76	71				293
T18	Daniel Nisbet	75	75	67	76				293
T18	Michael Wright	76	70	71	76				293
T21	Mark Foster	69	73	77	75				294
T21	Josh Geary	77	73	70	74				294
T21	Jarrod Lyle	77	73	72	72				294
T21	Colin Nel	78	71	75	70				294
T21	Aaron Pike	72	73	76	73				294
T21	Aron Price	75	74	72	73				294
T21	Borja Virto	72	77	72	73				294
T28	Ryan Fox	74	70	78	73				295
T28	Ashley Hall	70	73	77	75				295
T28	Tom Lewis	72	71	77	75				295
T28	Pablo Martin	75	67	77	76				295
T28	Max McCardle	74	74	72	75				295
T28	Jason Scrivener	72	71	79	73				295
T28	Todd Sinnott	71	72	75	77				295
T35	Nathan Green	76	74	73	73				296
T35	David Klein	77	71	76	72				296
T35	Anthony Summers	80	70	73	73				296
T38	Nick Cullen	72	74	73	78				297
T38	Ben Eccles	74	72	78	73				297
T38	Scott Fernandez	74	72	79	72				297
T38	Craig Parry	77	71	76	73				297
T38	Peter Uihlein	75	67	79	76				297
T38	Erik van Rooyen	76	71	75	75				297
T44	Paul Dunne	72	75	75	76				298
T44	Rhein Gibson	79	64	79	76				298
T44	Jamie Hook	76	74	77	71				298
T44	Josh Younger	75	73	74	76				298
T48	Peter Cooke	79	71	75	74				299
T48	Marcus Fraser	76	73	74	76				299
T48	David McKenzie	74	76	77	72				299
T48	John Senden	73	77	76	73				299
T48	Rourke van der Spuy	76	73	75	75				299
T53	Neven Basic	74	73	77	76				300
T53	Laurie Canter	79	70	73	78				300
T53	Tyrone Mordt	79	71	76	74				300
T53	James Nitties	76	72	78	74				300
T53	Brett Rankin	76	73	77	74				300
T53	Ben Wharton	76	70	78	76				300
T59	Daniel Fox	75	74	76	76				301
T59	Darryn Lloyd	78	72	75	76				301
61	Hyo-Won Park	80	67	79	76				302
T62	Bjorn Akesson	74	74	75	80				303
T62	Brett Rumford	74	72	75	82				303
T62	Jack Wilson	73	73	71	86				303
T65	Harry Bateman	76	74	75	79				304
T65	Deyen Lawson	75	70	79	80				304
T65	Nicolo Ravano	73	76	82	73				304
T65	J C Ritchie	76	72	80	76				304
69	Andrew Curlewis	76	72	77	80				305
70	Divan Van Den Heever	76	74	80	76				306
71	Corey Hale	78	72	82	77				309