Inside Golf, Australia. July 2014 | Page 68

seniors Senior Circuit NATIONAL Australian seniors enjoy Australia’s best courses The 2014 Northern Territory Senior Amateur Championship was recently played at Darwin Golf Club in conjunction with the Northern Territory Amateur Open. While some of Australia’s best young amateur golfers were fighting out the overall championship there were 50 seniors competing for the NT Senior Amateur Championship. After 72 holes the 2014 NT senior champion was Trevor Osborne from the Darwin Golf Club. Osborne had rounds of 81-73-80-79= 313 for an eight stroke victory over Queensland visitor Mike Peeck 79-80-84-78=321 and another visitor, Mick Asami from Victoria 81-77-84-79=321. Defending champion Tom Harold started well with rounds of 76-79 but faded on the final two days to eventually finish in fourth place. During July there will be two national events – the Queensland Senior Amateur at Carbrook Golf Club and the 54 hole Gold Coast Senior Championship at Royal Pines (first and final rounds) and Palmer Robina (middle 18 holes). Then there is a wait until early September when the two South Australian events (Grange Senior Open and South Australian Senior Amateur Championship) will be played. Following the South Australian Senior Championship the six-man team to represent Australia at the 2014 Asia Pacific Senior Amateur Championship will be announced. This year the championship will be held in Hong Kong at the Discover Bay Golf Club. With competition always keen for this representative honour performances in the final qualifying events will be very important. Currently Stefan Albinski (NSW) remains on top of the 2014 Australian Senior Ranking table with 102.16 points, Paul Maslen (NSW) is now second (97.67 points) with Denis Dale (NSW) (95.65 points) in third place. Paul Maslen holds a big lead in the year-long Australian Senior Handicap rankings. With an average of 72 points per event he comfortably leads NSW seniors Chris Gordon (53 points) and Roy Vandersluis (52 points). More information: www.ausoom. com 2014 Australian Senior Rankings Player State Events Ave. 1 Stefan Albinski NSW 9 102.16 1 Paul Maslen NSW 7 97.67 3 Denis Dale NSW 8 95.65 4 Roy Vandersluis NSW 7 88.02 5 Peter King QLD 7 85.99 68 July 2014 | www.insidegolf.com.au QUEENSLAND Denis Dale [email protected] New leader in PresCare Senior Order of Merit NSW May was a busy month for the 2014 Queensland PresCare Senior Order of Merit with six events for the state’s senior men and women being held. Stanford on top in Senior Order of Merit Mona Vale senior Greg Stanford has taken the lead in the 2014 NSW Senior Order of Merit competition. Stanford has been in sensational form this year and has already claimed 5 titles. Greg Stanford – leading the NSW Senior Order of Merit. Stanford’s run started in March with victory in the Pennant Hills Seniors where he defeated a strong field with a very good round of 72. The prestigious Monash Senior Masters