Australian Senior Golfer

THE Australian Men’s Senior Amateur Championship tees off at the Yarra Yarra Golf Club on Tuesday with one of the best fields ever assembled for the event, headed by three time winner Stefan Albinski.

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THE future of Australia’s premier senior golf tournament, the Handa Australian Senior Open, continues to strengthen with the announcement to co-sanction the event with the European Senior Tour. The three year co-sanctioning of the Handa Australian Senior Open will see a $100,000 increase in the prize money to AUD$400,000 and the inclusion of the leading [...]

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DEFENDING champions Australia will take a strong team into the 2009 Asia Pacific Seniors Championship in Malaysia in December but face a real threat this year from in form senior golf arch rivals New Zealand. Australia beat the Kiwis by 23 points last year with The Philippines third. For the first time this year the [...]

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AUSTRALIANS Greg Norman and Wayne Grady bombed out but American journeyman pro Michael Allen ended a 20 year wait to win the US Senior PGA Championship in Beechwood, Ohio on the weekend. Allen has never won in two decades on the PGA Tour but managed two late birdies to shoot a three under 67 and [...]

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NEW ZEALAND has had a convincing win in the 2009 Trans Tasman Senior Championship played over two days at the Sanctuary Cove Golf Club. The Kiwis won the singles matches 9-3 and including the Fourball and Foursome events the overall result was 16 to 8. It was the third time the event had been staged [...]

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AUSTRALIAN senior pro golfers Mike Harwood and David Merriman have received late invitations to the 70th US Senior PGA Championship being played at the Canterbury Golf Club in Cleveland Ohio this week. They will join fellow Australians Greg Norman and 1990 US PGA champion Wayne Grady in a field including defending champion, American Jay Haas. [...]

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KIWI Rodney Barltrop has fired a sizzling final round 69 to take out the 2009 Australian Men’s Senior Amateur Championship at Bribie Island Golf Club. It was the third Australian seniors championship win for Barltrop, who began the third and final round three strokes behind overnight leader Grahame MacDonald from Queensland. Whilst Barltrop shot three [...]

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QUEENSLANDER Grahame MacDonald has taken advantage of a day of perfect weather from his home state to build a commanding three stroke lead heading into the final round of the Australian Men’s Senior Amateur Championship at Bribie Island Golf Club. The overnight joint leader revelled in the sunshine and shot a solid second round even-par [...]

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VICTORIAN senior professional Michael Clayton has claimed his first senior’s title, the 2009 Victorian Senior Open at The Dunes Golf Links at Rye on Melbourne’s Mornington Peninsula. Clayton beat New South Welshman John Clifford by two strokes over the 54 hole event. The final day began Friday morning under cloudy skies and gusty winds with [...]

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Australian Senior Amateur Champion Stefan Albinski has taken out the 2009 WA Senior Championship with another outstanding come from behind win. The Mona Vale golfer fired a final round 71 to defeat arch rival Brian Sams by four strokes at the Royal Perth Golf Club. Albinski stormed home after starting the day a stroke behind [...]

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