Final Results: 2011 NSW Open

Crawford Survives Thriller at Newcastle

Queenslander Adam Crawford held on to win the 2011 NSW Open at Newcastle Golf Club from Anthony Summers, Paul Donahoo, and rising Newcastle amateur Jake Higginbottom.

After playing near-flawless golf in the final round, Crawford was one happy man to win the NSW Open by one shot. After a disappointing first-round 74 in the rain on Thursday, the 36-year-old bounced back, shooting 66, 65 and 69 for a total of six-under-par 274.

After closing out his final round, Crawford watched as the challengers succumbed to final hole nerves.

Fellow Queenslander Paul Donahoo, the overnight leader at nine-under, and seasoned Sydney professional Anthony Summers had opportunities to force a playoff.

Donahoo was six under when he teed off from the 18th but dunked his second shot into the green-side bunker behind the hole. His third from the sand skated about 2.5 metres past, leaving him a tricky putt to save par and force extra holes. Sadly, he pushed his par putt right.

Summers, five-under with one to play, had a 4.5-metre birdie putt to grab a share of the lead but left his putt on the lip, leaving Crawford as champion.

Crawford was surprised with his win, given his prediction of the winning score being in the double figures at the start of the week.

“It’s great to win a State Championship. I’m surprised to be the winner at 6 under. It just goes to show how great a course this is.”

“I think us pros will be talking about this course for a while. I thought getting into a playoff would be great, but to win is just awesome.”

Higginbottom finished his week by taking home the honour of leading amateur and second place.

Pos	Player	State/Nat	R1	R2	R3	R4	Tot	+/-
1	Adam Crawford		74	66	65	69	274	-6
2=	Jake Higginbottom (a)		68	69	68	70	275	-5
2=	Anthony Summers		70	67	66	72	275	-5
2=	Paul Donahoo		68	66	67	74	275	-5
5	Mahal Pearce		69	70	72	67	278	-2
6=	Peter Nolan		70	69	70	70	279	-1
6=	James Nitties		67	69	67	76	279	-1
8=	Aaron Townsend		71	70	71	68	280	EVEN
8=	Douglas Holloway		71	73	66	70	280	EVEN
10=	Matthew Stieger (a)		73	69	71	68	281	1
10=	Max McCardle		72	72	67	70	281	1
12=	Marcus Cain		69	71	72	70	282	2
12=	Ashley Hall		69	71	71	71	282	2
12=	Ben Campbell (a)		72	66	72	72	282	2
12=	Darren Tan		71	67	72	72	282	2
12=	Grant Moorhead		69	68	72	73	282	2
12=	Heath Reed		72	67	67	76	282	2
18=	Nick Cullen		71	72	71	69	283	3
18=	Benjamin Clementson (a)		72	70	69	72	283	3
18=	Jin Jeong		73	70	67	73	283	3
18=	Neven Basic		69	70	70	74	283	3
22=	Brett Drewitt (a)		73	69	73	69	284	4
22=	Mitchell A. Brown		72	70	71	71	284	4
22=	Tristan Lambert		70	71	71	72	284	4
25=	Peter O'Malley		73	71	70	71	285	5
25=	Ryan Haller		72	69	72	72	285	5
25=	Brett Rankin		71	72	74	68	285	5
28=	David Klein		72	69	73	72	286	6
28=	Kim Felton		71	70	72	73	286	6
28=	Kurt Carlson		71	68	73	74	286	6
28=	Anthony Brown		67	71	72	76	286	6
32=	Nick MacKay		72	69	75	71	287	7
32=	Michael Craig		69	73	74	71	287	7
32=	Stephen Leaney		71	73	72	71	287	7
32=	Nathan Waters (a)		71	69	70	77	287	7
36=	Craig Hasthorpe		77	64	73	74	288	8
36=	John Martino		74	69	73	72	288	8
38=	Matt Jager		71	72	74	72	289	9
38=	Daniel Fox		69	74	75	71	289	9
38=	Matthew Giles		72	69	67	81	289	9
41	Bradley Fasher		67	74	74	75	290	10
42=	Jamie Arnold		68	71	74	79	292	12
42=	Graeme Stockley		69	71	75	77	292	12
42=	Damon Welsford		69	70	76	77	292	12
42=	Jason Norris		69	73	71	79	292	12
46=	Michael Choi		66	74	77	76	293	13
46=	David Bransdon		70	70	80	73	293	13
46=	Rowan Beste		72	71	78	72	293	13
49=	Brad McIntosh		73	69	75	77	294	14
49=	Steven Jones		71	71	79	73	294	14
51	Peter Shaw		73	71	78	74	296	16
52=	Tony McNaughton		73	71	72	81	297	17
52=	Ricky Kato (am)		70	71	77	79	297	17
54	Joshua Carmichael		69	74	81	75	299	19
55=	Kyle Grant (a)		71	72	76	81	300	20
55=	Jason King		74	70	78	78	300	20
57	Tim Hart (a)		68	76	80	79	303	23
58	Craig Hancock		73	70	RTD	RTD	RTD
	Players below failed to make the cut
59=	Peter Stojanovski (a)		76	69			145	5
59=	Michael Raseta		74	71			145	5
59=	Brent McCullough		75	70			145	5
59=	Kelly Kraft (a)		73	72			145	5
59=	Jarrod Moseley		72	73			145	5
59=	Leigh McKechnie		75	70			145	5
59=	Mark Gilson		74	71			145	5
59=	Dean Kinney		70	75			145	5
59=	Wayne Berry		72	73			145	5
59=	Andrew Martin		73	72			145	5
59=	Michael Foster		71	74			145	5
59=	Andrew Kelly		75	70			145	5
59=	Rohan Blizard		70	75			145	5
59=	Peter Spearman-Burn		74	71			145	5
73=	Henry Epstein		77	69			146	6
73=	Michael Williams (a)		71	75			146	6
73=	Alex Katholos		72	74			146	6
73=	Aaron Black		76	70			146	6
73=	Adam Le Vesconte		73	73			146	6
73=	Aaron Pike		73	73			146	6
73=	Andrius Belkus (a)		68	78			146	6
73=	Craig Scott		73	73			146	6
73=	Terry Price		76	70			146	6
73=	Michael Neaton (a)		75	71			146	6
73=	Do Eun An		74	72			146	6
73=	Adam Downton (a)		76	70			146	6
85=	Hamish Robertson		73	74			147	7
85=	Benjamin Pedersen		69	78			147	7
85=	Edward Stedman		70	77			147	7
85=	Scott Arnold		75	72			147	7
85=	Andrew Thompson (a)		75	72			147	7
85=	Peter Welden		77	70			147	7
85=	Adam Kelleher		77	70			147	7
85=	Callan O'Reilly (a)		75	72			147	7
85=	Daniel Bringolf (a)		73	74			147	7
85=	Cameron Smith (a)		72	75			147	7
85=	Chris Hartas		71	76			147	7
85=	Steven Horstmann		75	72			147	7
97=	Beau McDonald (a)		73	75			148	8
97=	Brayden Petersen (a)		76	72			148	8
97=	Matthew Ballard		74	74			148	8
97=	Aaron Cox		74	74			148	8
97=	Tim Frazer		73	75			148	8
97=	Nick Gillespie		76	72			148	8
97=	Andrew Evans		75	73			148	8
97=	Anthony Gilligan		74	74			148	8
97=	David McKendrick		75	73			148	8
97=	Samuel Brazel		72	76			148	8
97=	Taylor Cooper		74	74			148	8
97=	Michael Smyth		71	77			148	8
97=	Dimitrios Papadatos (a)		74	74			148	8
97=	Josh Cabban (a)		73	75			148	8
97=	Troy Cox		74	74			148	8
112=	Alex Hamilton (a)		75	74			149	9
112=	Martin Dive		74	75			149	9
112=	Luke Bleumink		80	69			149	9
112=	Rhys McGovern		75	74			149	9
112=	Jarrod Freeman (a)		75	74			149	9
112=	Ben Wharton		73	76			149	9
112=	Sam Burrell		74	75			149	9
112=	David Hando		71	78			149	9
120=	Cameron Haines (a)		76	74			150	10
120=	Zac Stolz (a)		77	73			150	10
120=	Ryan McCarthy (a)		72	78			150	10
120=	Ethan Shanahan		79	71			150	10
120=	Lincoln Tighe		77	73			150	10
120=	Chad Inkster		72	78			150	10
126=	Mathew Perry (a)		75	76			151	11
126=	Steven Jeffress		75	76			151	11
126=	Ryan Smith (a)		77	74			151	11
126=	Dean Meagher		79	72			151	11
130=	Jonathan Painter		77	75			152	12
130=	David Abbott		74	78			152	12
130=	Ben Pisani		78	74			152	12
133=	Deyen Lawson		75	79			154	14
133=	Kota Kagasaki (a)		76	78			154	14
133=	Simon Furneaux		77	77			154	14
133=	Grant Thomas (a)		76	78			154	14
137=	Glen Evans		82	73			155	15
137=	Alex Edge		80	75			155	15
137=	Rudolph Bezuidenhout		81	74			155	15
137=	Michael Etherington		80	75			155	15
137=	Blake Windred (a)		83	72			155	15
142=	James Carr		76	80			156	16
142=	Brady Watt (a)		74	82			156	16
144	Mitchell Harry		81	77			158	18
145	Dale Brandt-Richards (a)		77	82			159	19
146=	Robbie Hogan (a)		81	79			160	20
146=	Joshua Clarke (a)		79	81			160	20
148	Keiran Bish		80	81			161	21
149	Matthew Scarfone (a)		78	84			162	22
150	Harrison Endycott (a)		86	83			169	29