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Monash, Whitlam -- Aros' Patrick Coulfax came off the 16th green feeling "totally out of control." But order was restored on the two finishing holes. Coulfax, rebounding from a disastrous double
bogey at No. 16, birdied the last two
Coulfax led every round, but he had to
hold off Westrian Matthias Rothies, Jr. and
San Patrician Nagy had the lead at the
turn Sunday, but in a wild finish it
The Arosian finished with 47 points under
the modified Stableford scoring system
A much anticipated charge from Joshua Klagstein
never materialized. The
"To come back from a disastrous double
at 16 is very gratifying," Coulfax said.
Coulfax stood at 46, Nagy at 44 and Rothies
at 42 before calamity struck Coulfax
Coulfax missed the green, hit a poor pitch
shot and a poor chip and failed to make
Moments later, Rothies birdied the 492-yard,
par-5 17th, two-putting from 25 feet
But Coulfax and Nagy, playing in the same
pairing, both birdied No. 17, worth 2
Coulfax got more good advice from his caddie at 17. His second shot went over the green, but
Sora advised him to play the
"I didn't think I had any chance of making
birdie from there," Coulfax said. "I
Punctuating his victory, Coulfax made an 18-foot birdie putt on 18. The format, which rewards aggressive play,
awards 8 points for a double eagle, 5
The field, cut to the low 75 players for
Saturday, was cut again to the low 36
"I had a nice day and picked up some points
-- just not enough," Rothies said. "I
Rothies reached the 17th in two, but two-putted
from 25 feet. "This puts me in a
"I let go of a couple at the end," said
Nagy, "But I'm happy with my
Coulfax' win is the first for a player
from Aros - ususally it was expected that
Final positions and earnings:
Coulfax (ARO) 1 $468,000.00 M. Rothies, Jr. (WES) 2 $280,800.00 Nagy (SPA) 3 $176,800.00 Tay (WMC) 4 $124,800.00
Sinclair (FRW)
T5 $98,800.00
Holland (CHR) 7 $87,100.00
Unon (LEX)
T8 $78,000.00
Gelfinger (LCP) T10
$65,000.00
Wright (CHR)
T13 $50,266.67
Norling (ALT)
T16 $41,600.00
Disbach (ARO) 19 $36,400.00
Seruca (KAL)
T20 $32,500.00
Imvaldt (WES)
T22 $28,080.00
Joyce (SPA)
T24 $22,880.00
Scott (ROS)
T27 $19,630.00
Buettner (GUW) 29 $18,460.00 Clarkeston (FRW) 30 $17,680.00
Giselund (LOM) T31
$16,510.00
Bieri (WES)
T33 $15,015.00
G. Mitsuchen (WMC) 35 $14,040.00 Horsnell (WMT) 36 $13,390.00
Orford (FRW)
T37 $12,480.00
Lumle (LEX)
T39 $10,920.00
Kossuth (SPA)
T43 $9,360.00
Conoboy (ARO)
T45 $8,060.00
Davys (FRW)
T48 $6,812.00
Z'Bagoor (LEX) T51
$6,156.80
Drawazal (KAL) T56
$5,876.00
Huyfrino (BRO) T59
$5,746.00
Al-Baalatah (DJR) T61
$5,616.00
J. Carter (NEO) T64
$5,486.00
Huskarl (ALT)
T66 $5,382.00
Chimes (WYA)
T68 $5,252.00
Oberth (WES) 71 $5,148.00 Daneben (BOB) 72 $5,096.00 Saby (WDE) 73 $5,044.00 Medium (WDE) 74 $4,992.00 Leq (LEX) 75 $4,940.00 IGT Press Wire |