16- 19  March 2023 – Rich River Golf Club

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Final Results: 2010 NSW Open

VINTAGE O’Malley Claims A Win for the Ages

Veteran Peter O’Malley broke a five-year drought by winning three-man play-off for the New South Wales Open golf title.

O’Malley (72), English amateur Tom Lewis (66) and South Australian Peter Cooke (66) all finished on 270, 18-under-par at The Vintage course in the Hunter Valley.

Cook, who shot a course record 61 in the first round, dropped out after the first play-off hole.

O’Malley and 19-year-old Lewis, who was making his first trip to Australia, played the 18th hole two more times before a result was reached.

Lewis, the current English and British Boys’ champion could only bogey the third play-off hole, while 45-year-old O’Malley clinched the $20,250 first prize with a par four.

Earlier in the day, O’Malley looked in control, recordeing three straight birdies from the fourth hole to go to 18-under.

However, he opened the door for the chasing pack with a triple bogie seven on the par-four 11th and a bogey five at the 13th, squandering a five shot lead.

“I wanted to go out there and play some solid golf and I did that for the first 10 holes, but I made a bit of a stuff up on 11 and gave everyone a bit of a chance,” O’Malley said.

Lewis made birdies on four straight holes from the fourth.

He found the water on the par-three eighth, which he double-bogeyed for the second time this week.

He notched one more bogey and birdie before joining O’Malley in the lead with an eagle-three on the 14th.

“I thought Peter O’Malley would run away with it after I saw his name on 18-under and I thought I was just playing for second,” Lewis said.

“My aim for the week was to get double figures (under par). I was really pleased with getting into the play-offs.”

The triumph was O’Malley’s first tournament win since the 2005 New Zealand PGA, and ended a string of near misses at the New South Wales Open in which he has finished second on at least three occasions.

“I haven’t actually given myself a chance at all this year, so it’s pleasing to be in the winners circle,” he said.

Despite his lengthy drought, O’Malley said he went into the tournament feeling pretty confident after a good couple of opening rounds at the recent Australian Masters.

“I felt like I had good golf coming for a while,” he said.

“I’ve been gearing up for (next week’s Australian Open at) The Lakes. I’m a member out there, it’s a tournament that I’ve been wanting to try and do well in, so this gives me a lot of confidence.”

Tournament host Nathan Green (75) tied for 15th on 278.

PosPlayerState/NatR1R2R3R4Tot+/-
1Peter O'MalleyNSW 65 67 6672270 -14
2=Tom Lewis (a)GBR 68 67 69 66270 -14
2=Peter CookeSA6173 69 67270 -14
4=Daniel FoxWA 70 71 65 66272 -12
4=Matt JagerWA 67 69 68 68272 -12
4=Aaron TownsendNSW 70 66 68 68272 -12
7=Chris GauntVictoria Flag72 69 65 67273 -11
7=Kieran PrattVictoria Flag 68 70 69 66273 -11
9Damon WelsfordACT 67 6572 70274 -10
10Ben WhartonVictoria Flag73 68 66 68275 -9
11=Bronson La'CassieQLD74 67 70 65276 -8
11=Adam StephensNSW 71 6574 66276 -8
13=Andrew MartinVictoria Flag 67 68 7072277 -7
13=Jordan SherrattSA 66 6774 70277 -7
15=Steve JonesVictoria Flag 71 69 71 67278 -6
15=Peter NolanVictoria Flag 70 69 71 68278 -6
15=Michael BrennanNSW 69 6774 68278 -6
15=Nick CullenSA 70 71 68 69278 -6
15=Matthew MillarACT 71 71 6472278 -6
15=Lincoln Tighe (a)NSW 70 70 67 71278 -6
15=Nathan GreenNSW 64 69 7075278 -6
15=Matthew Stieger (a)NSW72 69 67 70278 -6
23=Anthony BrownVictoria Flag 68 71 71 69279 -5
23=Anthony SummersNSW 71 67 6972279 -5
23=Peter WilsonVictoria Flag 66 6973 71279 -5
26Brad LambVictoria Flag73 69 6573280 -4
27=Brent McCulloughNSW73 69 69 70281 -3
27=Brad ShiltonNZL 6873 71 69281 -3
27=Simon FurneauxNSW 71 6874 68281 -3
27=Gareth PaddisonNZL72 68 6873281 -3
31=Neven BasicNSW 71 71 69 71282 -2
31=Heath ReedVictoria Flag 6873 70 71282 -2
31=Matthew GriffinVictoria Flag 67 71 6975282 -2
34=Craig HancockTASMANIA FLAG ICON 71 71 70 71283 -1
34=Jason NorrisVictoria Flag73 67 7073283 -1
34=Richie CaracellaVictoria Flag 677374 69283 -1
34=Nathan PageNSW74 67 6775283 -1
38=Mark GilsonNSW 697273 70284 EVEN
38=Kyle Grant (a)NSW 70 7172 71284 EVEN
40Martin DoyleVictoria Flag 70 71 69752851
41=Andrew EvansNSW 667573722862
41=Lucas BatesNSW 68 71 70772862
43=Steven BowditchQLD 6972 70762873
43=Adam PorkerVictoria Flag 697273732873
43=Mitchell BrownNSW 6774 69772873
46=Luke BleuminkVictoria Flag 71 71 68782884
46=Rowan BesteQLD 71 7175 712884
48=Ryan HammondVictoria Flag 7072 71762895
48=Henry EpsteinQLD 66 7177752895
50Marcus CainQLD74 6874762928
51=Nicholas PianiWA 697373782939
51=Raff ToperosoVictoria Flag 69 7181722939
53James CarrWA 6874797329410
54Chris HartasNSW 6973817329612
55Rohan BlizardNSW 67 6872DSQDSQ
Players Below Failed to Make The Cut
56=David Randall (a)NSW 71721431
56=Stephen LeaneyWA74 691431
56=Jamie ArnoldNSW72 711431
56=Kurt CarlsonQLD72 711431
56=Damien JordanQLD 71721431
56=Michael Bell (Am)NSW73 701431
56=Brendan SmithNSW 71721431
56=Adam CrawfordQLD 71721431
56=Brad McIntoshNSW 68751431
56=Mahal PearceNZL73 701431
56=Mathew HoltenNZL72 711431
56=Shaun HarmerQLD 70731431
68=Bradley HughesVictoria Flag 70741442
68=David BransdonVictoria Flag75 691442
68=Ashley HallVictoria Flag 71731442
68=Clint RiceTASMANIA FLAG ICON72721442
68=Rhys McGovernNSW74 701442
68=Andre StolzNSW 71731442
68=Michael Smyth (a)NSW 67771442
68=Adam Downton (a)NSW73 711442
68=Guy Wall (a)NSW73 711442
77=Dean MulleyNSW72731453
77=Tim Hart (a)QLD 71741453
77=Aaron BlackNSW72731453
77=Terry PriceQLD 70751453
77=Brendan ChantSA73721453
77=Josh YoungerVictoria Flag72731453
77=Leigh DeaganVictoria Flag72731453
77=Matthew T JonesNSW75 701453
85=Craig HasthorpeVictoria Flag76 701464
85=Paul MarantzNSW 70761464
85=Peter WeldenNSW74721464
85=Hamish RobertsonNZL73731464
85=Nathan UebergangQLD74721464
85=Woo-Hyun KimKOR74721464
85=J.O. LeeOther Representation75 711464
85=Michael FosterWA77 691464
85=Brett Drewitt (a)NSW 70761464
85=Stuart BouvierQLD75 711464
85=Leigh McKechnieNSW75 711464
85=Craig ScottVictoria Flag 71751464
85=Josh LaneNSW72741464
85=Martin DiveNSW73731464
85=Michael EtheringtonNSW73731464
100=Chris CareyVictoria Flag75721475
100=Grant MoorheadNZL73741475
100=Jordan Zunic (a)NSW72751475
100=Kevin ConlongVictoria Flag73741475
100=Scott HillNZL74731475
100=Michael Raseta (a)NSW74731475
100=Andrew McKenzieNSW73741475
100=Ricky SchmidtNSW76 711475
108=Scott PriestTASMANIA FLAG ICON 70781486
108=Andrew KellyVictoria Flag75731486
108=Brenden StuartNZL76721486
108=Richard TalsmaQLD73751486
108=Matthew BallardQLD 71771486
108=Dustin KnightNSW76721486
108=Chris Smith (a)NSW72761486
108=Michael Williams (a)NSW 71771486
108=Doug HollowayNZL75731486
108=Shaun CooneyworthNSW73751486
118=Ricky Kato (a)NSW77721497
118=Jarrod Santi (a)NSW75741497
118=Paul SpargoSA80 691497
118=Dale ClarkeNZL 68811497
122=Paul DonahooQLD73771508
122=Steve CollinsWA75751508
122=Ed StedmanNSW74761508
122=Taylor CooperQLD78721508
122=Euan WaltersVictoria Flag78721508
122=Sam BrazelNSW73771508
122=Alex LewisNSW74761508
122=David DiazVictoria Flag78721508
122=Rudi BezuidenhoutNSW75751508
122=Brad AndrewsQLD77731508
132=Timothy HoskingNSW78731519
132=Matthew Gleeson (a)NSW74771519
132=Kyle Mathieson (a)NSW73781519
135=Brett Rankin (a)QLD747815210
135=Craig WarrenNSW747815210
135=Dean MeagherNSW767615210
135=Paul Sainsbury (a)NSW787415210
135=Andrius Belkus (a)NSW757715210
140David PaddisonNSW738015311
141=John OnionsNSW728215412
141=Adam WilcoxNSW827215412
141=Alex Pitty (a)NSW757915412
141=Richard BackwellQLD738115412
141=Sean Underwood (a)NSW757915412
146=Callan O'Reilly (a)NSW777815513
146=Cameron Smith (a)NSW807515513
146=Byong Hun Son (a)NSW797615513
149Ronald Su'a Walker (a)NSW768015614
150=Kristopher MueckVictoria Flag748315715
150=Steven Slappendel (a)NSW807715715
152Correy PriceWA847515917
153Jason ShineWA867416018
154Nathan MainNSW857616119
155Daniel Yu (a)NSW778716422
156Bradley FasherNSW79RTDRTD

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