seniors
NATIONAL
Australian Senior Ranking leaders
position he has now held for a current total
of 241 weeks.
Denis Dale
[email protected]
T
he Australian Senior Ranking
Competition run by Golf Australia
has certainly been one of the success
stories of Australian amateur golf in the last
decade.
The competition began in 2006 when it was
called the Australian Senior Order of Merit. In
the inaugural year it included the Australian
Senior Amateur Championship, State Senior
Championships plus a few additional events.
Now renamed the Australian Senior Ranking
System, the competition continues to grow
and this year will include 16 major golf
tournaments covering every state and territory.
Since joining the Over 55 ranks in 2008
NSW senior Stefan Albinski has been the
dominant player and is again the current
leader on the ranking table. He has lost the
top spot along the way but continues to win
more tournaments and return to the premier
Senior
Ranking
Leader
Stefan Albinski
Denis Dale
Brian Sams
Rick Oliver
Bill Banks
Chris Coats
Graham Blizard
Peter King
Paul Maslen
Since its inception nine different senior
golfers have held the position of number one
ranked senior golfer in Australia.
The 2014 season heats up in September
with three events to be held. The 36-hole
Grange Seniors in Adelaide will be played on
the new Greg Norman designed East Course
starting on September 4.
Beginning two days after The Grange event
visitors will enjoy a very pleasant drive to
Fleurieu Golf Club for the 54-hole South
Australian Senior Amateur Championship.
Described as being “modelled on the links
style courses of Scotland” this will be the
first senior event for Fleurieu. With the
surrounding Victor Harbour area often
called “Adelaide’s playground” the 2014
championship should attract a large field.
At the end of the month the 2014 Australian
Senior Amateur Championship will be played
on the Mandurah course south of Perth. This
Total Number
State Weeks of Career
on Top
Wins
NSW
NSW
NSW
NSW
ACT
QLD
NSW
QLD
NSW
241+
113
27
26
14
11
9
8
5
25
12
10
3
16
2
4
6
1
2014 Australian Senior Rankings
Stefan Albinski – current leader of the
Australian Senior Ranking Competition.
More information: www.ausoom.com
State
Events
Ave.
1 Stefan Albinski
NSW
9
102.16
2 Paul Maslen
NSW
7
97.67
3 Denis Dale
NSW
8
95.65
4 Roy Vandersluis
NSW
7
88.02
5 Peter King
is the most prestigious event for the year and
as usual most of Australia’s top level senior
amateur golfers are expected to make the
trip to the west for the tournament.
Player
QLD
7
85.99
VICTORIA
Busy month in Victorian Senior Order of Merit
M
ay-June was a busy period for
Victoria’s best senior golfers
with 5 events played as part of
the 2014 Doug Bachli (scratch) and Paul
Lulofs (handicap) Senior Order of Merit
competitions.
title. Runner-up was multiple Doug Bachli
Trophy winner Ross Percy (Cobram-Barooga)
with rounds of 74 -79. Brian Spalding
(Kooringal) claimed top honours in the
handicap section with a scintillating closing
round of 67 net to follow his opening 78 net.
Warragul: The final weekend of May saw
the playing of the inaugural Gippsland Senior
Amateur over 36 holes at Warragul Golf Club.
In relatively cool conditions punctuated by
the odd shower of light rain the field of