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JORDAN Doull has claimed his second Challenger Tour of Australasia title, securing victory in a wild finish to Webex Players Series Victoria hosted by Marcus Fraser at Rosebud Country Club on Sunday. The win came after a dramatic four-hole play-off against last week’s Vic Open champion Cam John, with the pair locked at 12-under-par at the completion of regular play after an afternoon-long duel. They finished one shot ahead of amateur Billy Dowling and WA PGA winner Austin Bautista. Doull, who had led by two shots before making a double-bogey at the 71st hole, eventually sealed the trophy when he…

WEBEX Players Series Victoria has a new host who would love to win its sixth staging at Rosebud Country Club, starting on Thursday. Former Olympian Marcus Fraser, one of Victoria’s best performed professional golfers on the world stage in the past 20 years with victories on four different Tours, now has his name attached to a tournament that has become a very popular stop for players on the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia and WPGA Tour of Australasia. Another high-quality field will be back on the Mornington Peninsula contesting the unique format which sees men and women professionals go up…

MORNINGTON golfers are swinging into action this month to raise vital funds for seriously ill children as part of X-Golf’s nationwide Starlight Swing campaign. As of this week, X-Golf Mornington has already helped raise more than $2000 towards the initiative, which runs throughout the month of November in support of the Starlight Children’s Foundation. For the first time, X-Golf has launched a specially designed Starlight Swing golf course to celebrate the campaign – a reimagined version of the beloved Pirates Island Golf Course, complete with vibrant Starlight-themed visuals. The nine-hole course, created by Korean manufacturers in partnership with the X-Golf…

Get ready to tee off for a great cause on Friday, November 21 at Mornington Golf Club. The annual SMART Business Solutions Charity Golf Day aims to raise vital funds for Mental Health Safety Net (MHSN) to facilitate early-intervention mental health programs workshops across the Mornington Peninsula, Frankston and Casey LGAs.All proceeds from the Golf Day will deliver free safeTALK sessions for local secondary schools and community groups, ensuring that more young people and community members have access to this critical education. These lifesaving workshops equip people, from students to business owners, with the skills to recognise when someone may…

ELEVEN–year–old Oscar Baker has secured himself golf ‘bragging rights’ for life after getting a hole-in-one on 10 August.The keen golfer was playing a round with his grandmother at Eagle Ridge Golf Course when he managed the feat.“When I hit the ball, it was going to the right. It hit the bank and it rolled right into the hole!” said Oscar.The grade six student from Red Hill Consolidated School could hardly believe what he had seen. “Nana Coralie saw it, as did two other witnesses,” said Oscar. “They rang through to the clubhouse to tell them what had happened.” Nana Coralie…

NINE golfers lined up for the first all abilities Get Into Golf event at Mount Martha Golf Course last Friday (22 March).Following the One Club program initiated by PGA pro Sandy Jamieson, the all abilities session aims to teach golf fundamentals to participants in a relaxed and fun environment.The program was led by instructors from the club who underwent their own training last month (On course for all abilities at Mt Martha, The News 27/2/24). Accompanied by carers, friends and family, the nine golfers played on two holes which were divided to make four. Organiser John Bowers, of Mount Martha,…