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ANDREW DODT
Age: 31
DOB: 26/1/1986 (Australia Day)
Born: Queensland
Turned pro: 2007
Coach: Jim Barden
Pro wins: • Avantha Masters (2010)

• 2015 True Thailand Classic
(co-sanctioned European and Asian tours)
• Queensland Open (2014)
Majors played: • The Open T44 in 2017
Amateur wins: • Victorian Junior Masters (2003)
• Malaysian Amateur (2006)
• Australian Amateur Stroke Play (2007)
BRETT COLETTA
The date clashed with the rich WCG-HSBC Champions
tournament in China. So what can the golfing public expect from the
defending champion?
Still, Isuzu Queensland Open defending champion
Coletta will be in Brisbane to defend his title. Well, you might be “freaked out” by how far this young
man belts a golf ball.
“I definitely will defend my title,” said Coletta, who has
an intimate knowledge of the Brisbane layout. At 5’10” (177.8cm), Coletta stops the scale at 65kgs
but that doesn’t restrict him launching 300-plus
yard drives.
“We played the interstate series there last year and I
played eight rounds in six days so I know the course.”
Then there was the Queensland Open pro-am and
another four tournament rounds. For the record,
Coletta carded rounds of 67-69-67-70 for a 273
total – one of the lowest winning totals in the
tournament’s history.
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“I sometimes freak myself out how far I can hit it,”
Coletta said without a hint of arrogance.
Age: 21
DOB: 6/7/1996
Club: Sandhurst GC, Woodlands GC
Most memorable
golfing moment: 2015 medallist at US Amateur
2015 medallist at US Amateur
Career highlight: Isuzu Queensland Open win
Coach: Marty Joyce
Career low round
and where: 61 - - Sandhurst
Sandhurst Club
Club (champions
(champions course)
course)
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Past results: • 2014 Toyota World Junior Team
Championship – individual runner-up
• 2014 South Australian Junior – Champion
• 2014 Tamar Valley Cup – Champion
• 2014 Victorian Junior Masters – Champion
• 2014 Australian Boys Amateur – 3rd
• 2015 Fifth Porter Cup
• 2015 Runner-up Port Phillip Am
“Length-wise, I’m not the biggest guy out there but I
can keep up with the bigger guys. I have always had
that x-factor, but sometimes I still freak myself out.”
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