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Klein wins Men’s Amateur, 14 year-old takes Women’s Amateur By Tony Durkin Redcliffe’s Doug Klein, who finished fifth in last year’s Isuzu Queensland Open at The Brisbane Golf Club, is Queensland’s 2017 Men’s Amateur Champion. And 14-year-old Hye Park, of Royal Pines, is his female contemporary after beating Min Kweon in a see-sawing final played out in windy conditions at Bribie Island’s Pacific Harbour course. Klein, who was runner-up in last year’s event to Dylan Perry, is just the second Queenslander to have won his own state title in the past eight years. The two-year Queensland Men’s State Team member and current Redcliffe club champion, Klein beat New Zealander Inia Logan 2&1 in a final that looked to be his after he won two of the opening three holes. But the situation became a little tighter at the turn for the 2014 Golf Queensland Junior Male Amateur Golfer of the Year, and although the contest was back to square at the tenth, he still felt he was in control. “I always thought I had the momentum with me,” said Klein. “My game had been in great shape all week and I hit some really good shots.” While Klein is an experienced 19-year-old golfer with four years representing Queensland in inter-state events Men's Women's on his CV, Hye Park is at the opposite end of the golfing scale. Round of 16 Round of 16 A Year Seven student at Trinity College on the Gold Coast, she has been living in Australia just this year under the tutelage of Nancy Harvey at Royal Pines. Hye started playing golf in Korea at age eight, and since moving to Australia has lowered her handicap from four to scratch. Kade McBride (seeded 1) beat Joel Stahlhut (16) 5&3 Jed Morgan (15) beat Charlie Dann (2), 6&4 John Lyras (3) beat Tyler Duncan (15) 4&3 William Heffernan (4) beat Connor McLachlan (13) 2&1 Doug Klein (5) Andrew Richards (12) 3&2 Lochie Coleborn (6) beat Naoki Sekito (11) 2&1 Inia Logan (10) Louis Dobbelaar (7) won 3&2 Jackson Dick (9) beat Chris Crabtree (8) 3&2 Cassie Porter (16) beat Becky 2&1 Grace Kim (2) beat Gabriela Ruffles (15) 1up Min Kweon (14) beat Deedee Taylah Russell (3) 5&4 Hye Park (13) beat Lisa Edgar (4) 1up Rhianna Lewis (5) beat Mia Lines (12) 2&1 Suenghui Bong (11) beat Momo Sugiyama (6) 6&4 Ka Yeon Park (7) beat Monica Johnson (10) 3&2 Alexandra Hilliard (8) beat Kono Matsumoto (9) 3&1 Quarter finals Quarter finals “I lost the second and third holes – I was very nervous,” she said, conceding her putting in the final had been ‘just okay’. Lochie Coleborn beat John Lyras 4&3 Inia Logan beat Jed Morgan 2&1 Doug Klein beat William Heffernan 1up Kade McBride beat Jackson Dick 2&1 Min Kweon beat Suenghui Bong 2&1 Ka Yeon Park beat Grace Kim 5&4 Hye Park beat Rhianna Lewis 4&3 Cassie Porter beat Alexandra Hilliard on the 19th “But I drove the ball very well.” Semi-finals Semi-finals Klein paid tribute to his new coach, Wayne Rostrum, who he said had his game ‘working a treat’. Inia Logan beat Lochie Coleborn 2&1 Doug Klein beat Kade McBride 2&1 Min Kweon beat Ka Yeon Park 3&2 Hye Park beat Cassie Porter 5&4 “Wayne and I started working together at the start of the year and, apart from helping me with a few swing issues, he has been really good for my mental approach,” he said. Final Final Doug Klein beat Inia Logan 2&1 Hye Park beat Min Kweon 1 up And although she won her first major title finishing with two bogeys, she was proud of the manner in which she bounced back from a poor start. The 16 lowest scores from the Queensland Men's and Women's Stroke Play Championship, which were decided on Tuesday, qualified for the respective Amateur Championships, which were decided by matchplay. Queensland Amateur winners - Hye Park and Doug Klein 6 Q Golf Spring 2017 www.golfqueensland.org.au www.golfqueensland.org.au Spring 2017 Q Golf 7