That’s when the contest really began.
Both girls parred the first extra hole – the par five first – then went to the par-three second, which they played three times, including once when Kath looked out of it, but chipped in for a par.
Fearing the match would never end, officials then sent the girls to the nearby par-four 16th , where both players hit long drives and excellent approach shots.
Yuuki chipped from the fringe of the green to within 2m of the hole, only to watch as Kate sank a marvellous 17m putt for a birdie and the win.
“That was incredible,” Kate said.
Not that all this golfing activity made much difference to the quality of his game.
Billy, known throughout the Sunshine Coast as ‘the Sign Man’ before his retirement from the sign writing business a few years ago, is, by his own admission, a golfer of modest ability.
But in recent weeks something odd has happened. Billy Gill has found his golfing mojo.
A couple of weeks ago, playing off a handicap of 19, Billy scored 43 points to win a Saturday stableford competition at Maroochy River.
“It was just a fluke,” the modest Billy insisted. “Things went my way and I sunk a few putts.”
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Barty played off a four-handicap. While her team finished out of the placings, she drilled a drive 230m over the corner of the tight eighth and sunk a putt from off the green on the 11th. In her group, she enjoyed the familiar company of Australian Amateur champion Louis Dobbelaar, a fellow member at Brookwater Golf and Country Club. The Australian tennis star enjoyed the change of pace on the Coast as she entered her 66th week atop the world women s tennis rankings to enter the top 10 of longest-serving world No.1s. Barty surpassed Simona Halep s 64-week reign. She took out the Yarra Valley Classic last month before crashing out of the Australian Open quarter-finals.
Philosophical about being run down by such an extraordinary round of golf - Martin scored four eagles in his first nine holes - Dann remained positive about his performance and took pride in delivering his best result in a PGA Tour of Australasia event. He s looking forward to returning to the Sunshine Coast and to playing at Pelican Waters, which is effectively his home course. He ll be joined by a host of Sunshine Coast golfers, including his close friend Shae Wools-Cobb, who also figured strongly in Sydney, finishing tied third after rounds of 64, 68, 70 and 67. Pelican Waters amateurs Chris Crabtree (67), Blaike Perkins (67) and Justin Morley (68) won their way into the field through pre-qualifying on Monday at Pelican Waters, while Noosa teaching pro Jimmy Douris pre-qualified at Virginia.