Published - 4 weeks By - Tony Webeck
Dinner with his girlfriend and a customary M&M McFlurry will form the basis for Charlie Dannâs preparation to turn a three-shot lead into a maiden professional triumph at The Players Series Sydney at Bonnie Doon Golf Club on Sunday.
With the wind and firming putting surfaces tormenting many of the leading players in the third round on Saturday, Dannâs composed 5-under 66 and 16-under total created a three-shot buffer to 2020 Queensland Open champion Jordan Zunic with Dale Williamson and Shae Wools-Cobb two shots further back in a tie for third at 11-under.
Published - 1 month By - Tony Webeck
The equal-best round of the day and a stunning bounce-back have given Queensland’s Charlie Dann and Victorian Peter Wilson a share of the lead at the halfway point of The Players Series Sydney at Bonnie Doon Golf Club.
Strengthening winds made play progressively more difficult for the morning groups and was at its strongest as the afternoon wave took to the course, conditions easing later in the afternoon.
Dann’s 7-under 64 was highlighted by an eagle at the par-5 ninth while Wilson had to fight his way back into contention after starting the second round with three consecutive bogeys heading into the teeth of a wind he estimated to be in excess of 40km/h.
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Frustrated by inconsistent putting for the first three weeks of the Victorian swing earlier in the year, Griffin made a slight adjustment prior to the final round of the Moonah Links PGA Classic, his Sunday 66 bettered only by eventual champion Bryden Macpherson.
A 15-footer for birdie at the par-4 fifth was the only putt of significance on Thursday as he assembled a relatively stress-free 7-under 64.
“I just had to play so well tee to green to have a decent score over those weeks,” said Griffin.
“Even starting today, once I rolled in a couple early you relax a bit with the putter and holed a few through the middle stages.”
Published - 1 month By - Tony Webeck
Rising Sydney star Stephanie Kyriacou claims the lead in her debut in The Players Series, Victorian Matthew Griffin rediscovers his putting touch and Blake Collyer steps out of the organic health food store to post the best round of his young professional career.
Stephanie Kyriacou (8-under, 63)
On the eagle to finish her round
“I hit a really, really good drive straight down the middle and then I had just over 200 to the pin. It was a little bit into the wind off the left and I just felt really good over the ball and hit the best 3-wood of my life to about four foot and then holed it.”