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Teen tyro’s near miss for $100k after ditching school He’s only 15 and his caddie only 13 but Billy Dowling was mixing it with the pros at the Queensland Open Golf by Jim Tucker Premium Content Subscriber only Billy Dowling waved off Year 11 English to teach seasoned pros a lesson at just 15 in a remarkable effort on Thursday at the Queensland Open. But as young as Dowling is, he was turning to caddie Alfie Ward for all the wisdom of his 13 y...

Published - 4 weeks By - Tony Webeck Dinner with his girlfriend and a customary M&M McFlurry will form the basis for Charlie Dann’s preparation to turn a three-shot lead into a maiden professional triumph at The Players Series Sydney at Bonnie Doon Golf Club on Sunday. With the wind and firming putting surfaces tormenting many of the leading players in the third round on Saturday, Dann’s composed 5-under 66 and 16-under total created a three-shot buffer to 2020 Que...

Published - 2 months By - Tony Webeck A mindset shift that saw him shake off a triple bogey brought about by hitting the wrong ball on Thursday has propelled Victorian Zach Murray into contention midway through the second round of the Victorian PGA Championship at the Moonah Links Resort. Dire weather predictions failed to come to fruition for those out early with a strengthening breeze the only defence to the low scoring that has dominated the first two days, lightning in the area and rain f...

Published - 2 months By - Tony Webeck Co-leaders Cameron John and Dimi Papadatos are expecting the Moonah Links Legends Course to bite back hard after players used benign conditions to plunder birdies and eagles in round one of the Victorian PGA Championship on Thursday. New South Welshman Josh Clarke shot to prominence when he established a new course record of 9-under 63 in the morning wave but with a rare calm day placing the course at their mercy John and Papadatos set a...

Published - 2 months By - Tony Webeck He’s led since day one but No.1 seed Deyen Lawson has declared that any of the 24 qualifiers are capable of walking away as champion as the Gippsland Super 6 moves into the match play phase on Sunday. The top eight qualifiers through 54 holes of stroke play have earned a direct path through to round two and the final 16 with Blake Windred and Brett Rankin securing a spot in the top eight in a playoff that consigned Bryden Macpherson...

Published - 3 months By - Tony Webeck Two-time World Match Play champion Geoff Ogilvy looms as the match play giant killer after advancing to the third round of the Gippsland Super 6 at Yallourn Golf Club. Backing up his course record 8-under 64 with a 2-under 70 on Friday morning, Deyen Lawson retains the outright lead at 10-under par, two shots clear of New South Welshman Dimi Papadatos with another two-shot gap back to a group of four players tied at 6-under par. The top-50 players and tie...

By - PGA Media Nathan Green has won the Waratah Pro-Am sponsored by Coca-Cola by three strokes with an extraordinary score of 7-under 64 at Waratah Golf Club. Green, who grew up playing at Waratah Golf Club, bested a field of 60 Professionals thanks to a blistering back-nine of 6-under par. Five birdies, an eagle and a bogey featured on Green’s scorecard, alongside a further two birdies and a single bogey on the front-nine. “It was great to get on a roll on the back-nine today,” said Gre...