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 |