Home State Victory Especially Sweet For Price
Sutherland Shire-born Aron Price claimed his first win in almost six years- and his home state Championship – with victory in the Gloria Jeans NSW Open at Castle Hill Country Club.
After rounds of 66, 66 and 68 in the rain-affected opening three days, Price was tied for the lead with Queensland’s Stephen Bowditch.
Inspired by playing a tournament he caddied in as a kid 20 years ago, Price shot a steady two-under final round to finish four shots ahead of former NSW Open Champ Aaron Townsend, South Australia’s Adam Bland, Victorian Jack Wilson.
Newcastle’s Callan O’Reilly claimed low amateur honours with a four-round score of 13-under par.
The triumph was the first big win for Price since winning the Livermore Valley Wine Country Championship on the then the US Nationwide tour- now known as the Korn Ferry tour – where he plied his trade for almost 11 years.
A graduate of Georgia Southern University, Price had a taste of the big time, playing on the PGA tour between 2009-2011.
The 2013 NSW Open was Price’s first pro tour win on home soil, and he was especially thrilled knowing it was his home state Championship.
“At any level, a four-round win is a great feeling. Winning is winning.
“I grew up playing in the NSW junior eventsβ¦I would rather win the NSW Open than the Queensland or West Australian Open,” Price said after his victory.
Pos | Player | State/Nat | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Tot | +/- |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Aron Price | ![]() | 66 | 66 | 67 | 70 | 269 | -19 |
2= | Adam Bland | ![]() | 72 | 67 | 67 | 67 | 273 | -15 |
2= | Aaron Townsend | ![]() | 68 | 65 | 72 | 68 | 273 | -15 |
2= | Jack Wilson | ![]() | 71 | 67 | 67 | 68 | 273 | -15 |
5= | Jun Seok Lee | ![]() | 67 | 76 | 63 | 68 | 274 | -14 |
5= | Bryden Macpherson | ![]() | 70 | 68 | 68 | 68 | 274 | -14 |
7= | Ryan Fox | ![]() | 67 | 72 | 68 | 68 | 275 | -13 |
7= | Ashley Hall | ![]() | 67 | 68 | 70 | 70 | 275 | -13 |
7= | Callan O'Reilly (a) | ![]() | 70 | 70 | 65 | 70 | 275 | -13 |
7= | Steven Bowditch | ![]() | 70 | 65 | 64 | 76 | 275 | -13 |
11= | Nick Gillespie | ![]() | 74 | 67 | 70 | 65 | 276 | -12 |
11= | Bradley Hughes | ![]() | 68 | 70 | 71 | 67 | 276 | -12 |
13= | Stephen Dartnall | ![]() | 70 | 70 | 71 | 66 | 277 | -11 |
13= | Hamish Robertson | ![]() | 71 | 70 | 69 | 67 | 277 | -11 |
13= | Edward Stedman | ![]() | 68 | 71 | 67 | 71 | 277 | -11 |
16= | Matthew Millar | ![]() | 72 | 68 | 68 | 70 | 278 | -10 |
16= | Ben Eccles (a) | ![]() | 69 | 74 | 73 | 62 | 278 | -10 |
16= | Jason Scrivener | ![]() | 72 | 68 | 66 | 72 | 278 | -10 |
19= | Max McCardle | ![]() | 69 | 73 | 69 | 68 | 279 | -9 |
19= | Pieter Zwart | ![]() | 68 | 74 | 69 | 68 | 279 | -9 |
19= | Mark Brown | ![]() | 72 | 68 | 70 | 69 | 279 | -9 |
19= | Scott Laycock | ![]() | 70 | 70 | 69 | 70 | 279 | -9 |
19= | Cameron Davis (a) | ![]() | 72 | 68 | 67 | 72 | 279 | -9 |
24= | Josh Geary | ![]() | 69 | 73 | 68 | 70 | 280 | -8 |
24= | Paul Spargo | ![]() | 72 | 63 | 72 | 73 | 280 | -8 |
24= | Nathan Holman | ![]() | 70 | 69 | 68 | 73 | 280 | -8 |
24= | Brett Rankin | ![]() | 69 | 67 | 70 | 74 | 280 | -8 |
28= | Troy Moses (a) | ![]() | 71 | 70 | 69 | 71 | 281 | -7 |
28= | David Bransdon | ![]() | 73 | 66 | 68 | 74 | 281 | -7 |
30= | Anthony Summers | ![]() | 75 | 67 | 69 | 71 | 282 | -6 |
30= | Anthony Brown | ![]() | 72 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 282 | -6 |
30= | David Klein | ![]() | 71 | 72 | 70 | 69 | 282 | -6 |
30= | Andrew Kelly | ![]() | 71 | 69 | 74 | 68 | 282 | -6 |
30= | Clint Rice | ![]() | 73 | 70 | 71 | 68 | 282 | -6 |
35= | Brad McIntosh | ![]() | 68 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 283 | -5 |
35= | Daniel Fox | ![]() | 70 | 70 | 72 | 71 | 283 | -5 |
35= | Leigh McKechnie | ![]() | 72 | 70 | 70 | 71 | 283 | -5 |
35= | Toby Wilcox | ![]() | 68 | 69 | 73 | 73 | 283 | -5 |
35= | Michael Choi | ![]() | 66 | 72 | 71 | 74 | 283 | -5 |
40= | Chris Gaunt | ![]() | 70 | 71 | 71 | 72 | 284 | -4 |
40= | Daniel Bringolf | ![]() | 71 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 284 | -4 |
40= | Alex Edge | ![]() | 68 | 71 | 73 | 72 | 284 | -4 |
40= | Tom Power-Horan (a) | ![]() | 73 | 67 | 70 | 74 | 284 | -4 |
40= | Timothy Wood | ![]() | 69 | 71 | 70 | 74 | 284 | -4 |
40= | Kieran Muir | ![]() | 73 | 70 | 73 | 68 | 284 | -4 |
46= | Brody Ninyette | ![]() | 72 | 68 | 72 | 73 | 285 | -3 |
46= | Zac Mullins (Am) (a) | ![]() | 74 | 69 | 71 | 71 | 285 | -3 |
48= | Michael Wright | ![]() | 73 | 70 | 70 | 73 | 286 | -2 |
48= | Taylor Cooper | ![]() | 71 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 286 | -2 |
48= | Ryan Haller | ![]() | 73 | 69 | 72 | 72 | 286 | -2 |
48= | Steven Jeffress | ![]() | 73 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 286 | -2 |
48= | Thomas Petersson | ![]() | 74 | 68 | 74 | 70 | 286 | -2 |
53= | Josh Younger | ![]() | 73 | 69 | 70 | 75 | 287 | -1 |
53= | Matt Jager | ![]() | 70 | 73 | 71 | 73 | 287 | -1 |
53= | Kim Felton | ![]() | 70 | 73 | 73 | 71 | 287 | -1 |
53= | Kyu Ha Sim | ![]() | 71 | 72 | 73 | 71 | 287 | -1 |
57= | Leigh Deagan | ![]() | 69 | 74 | 68 | 77 | 288 | EVEN |
57= | Euan Walters | ![]() | 69 | 74 | 72 | 73 | 288 | EVEN |
57= | Lincoln Tighe | ![]() | 70 | 72 | 75 | 71 | 288 | EVEN |
57= | Richard Gallichan | ![]() | 72 | 69 | 77 | 70 | 288 | EVEN |
61 | Craig Hancock | ![]() | 74 | 67 | 72 | 76 | 289 | 1 |
62 | Jack Sullivan (a) | ![]() | 66 | 70 | 78 | 76 | 290 | 2 |
63 | Peter Spearman-Burn | ![]() | 70 | 72 | 77 | 73 | 292 | 4 |
64= | Glenn Joyner | ![]() | 67 | 75 | 75 | 76 | 293 | 5 |
64= | Wayne Perske | ![]() | 73 | 70 | 75 | 75 | 293 | 5 |
66= | Troy Ropiha | ![]() | 70 | 71 | 74 | 79 | 294 | 6 |
66= | Craig Hasthorpe | ![]() | 73 | 70 | 75 | 76 | 294 | 6 |
66= | John Wade | ![]() | 73 | 68 | 78 | 75 | 294 | 6 |
69 | James Nitties | ![]() | 67 | 69 | RTD | RTD | ||
Players below failed to make the cut | ||||||||
70= | Christopher Wood | ![]() | 70 | 74 | 144 | EVEN | ||
70= | Jordan Zunic (Am) (a) | ![]() | 71 | 73 | 144 | EVEN | ||
70= | Shaun Cameron (a) | ![]() | 72 | 72 | 144 | EVEN | ||
70= | Paul Hayden | ![]() | 75 | 69 | 144 | EVEN | ||
70= | Andrew Martin | ![]() | 73 | 71 | 144 | EVEN | ||
70= | Ricky Kato (a) | ![]() | 72 | 72 | 144 | EVEN | ||
70= | Dale Brandt-Richards (a) | ![]() | 76 | 68 | 144 | EVEN | ||
70= | Alex Katholos | ![]() | 75 | 69 | 144 | EVEN | ||
70= | Theodore Coroneo | ![]() | 72 | 72 | 144 | EVEN | ||
79= | Daniel McGraw | ![]() | 73 | 72 | 145 | 1 | ||
79= | Kristopher Mueck | ![]() | 78 | 67 | 145 | 1 | ||
79= | Marcus Cain | ![]() | 76 | 69 | 145 | 1 | ||
79= | Won Joon Lee | ![]() | 70 | 75 | 145 | 1 | ||
79= | Nick O'Hern | ![]() | 72 | 73 | 145 | 1 | ||
79= | Matthew Giles | ![]() | 75 | 70 | 145 | 1 | ||
79= | Brett Drewitt | ![]() | 74 | 71 | 145 | 1 | ||
79= | Andrew Evans | ![]() | 71 | 74 | 145 | 1 | ||
79= | Corey Hale | ![]() | 73 | 72 | 145 | 1 | ||
79= | John Collins | ![]() | 75 | 70 | 145 | 1 | ||
79= | Matthew Ballard | ![]() | 78 | 67 | 145 | 1 | ||
79= | Taylor MacDonald (a) | ![]() | 76 | 69 | 145 | 1 | ||
79= | Sven Puymbroeck | ![]() | 75 | 70 | 145 | 1 | ||
79= | Brendan Chant | ![]() | 71 | 74 | 145 | 1 | ||
93= | Brendan Smith | ![]() | 75 | 71 | 146 | 2 | ||
93= | Brad Shilton | ![]() | 75 | 71 | 146 | 2 | ||
93= | Rohan Blizard | ![]() | 73 | 73 | 146 | 2 | ||
93= | Grant Thomas | ![]() | 73 | 73 | 146 | 2 | ||
93= | Ian Esson | ![]() | 74 | 72 | 146 | 2 | ||
93= | Terry Price | ![]() | 74 | 72 | 146 | 2 | ||
93= | Andrew Tschudin | ![]() | 70 | 76 | 146 | 2 | ||
100= | John Onions | ![]() | 75 | 72 | 147 | 3 | ||
100= | Ryan Lynch | ![]() | 72 | 75 | 147 | 3 | ||
100= | Neven Basic | ![]() | 74 | 73 | 147 | 3 | ||
100= | Christopher Thorn | ![]() | 76 | 71 | 147 | 3 | ||
100= | Quinton Howe | ![]() | 71 | 76 | 147 | 3 | ||
100= | Tarquin MacManus | ![]() | 77 | 70 | 147 | 3 | ||
106= | Kurt Carlson | ![]() | 76 | 72 | 148 | 4 | ||
106= | Peter O'Malley | ![]() | 71 | 77 | 148 | 4 | ||
106= | Brent McCullough | ![]() | 74 | 74 | 148 | 4 | ||
106= | Kevin Conlong | ![]() | 75 | 73 | 148 | 4 | ||
106= | Mathew Perry | ![]() | 75 | 73 | 148 | 4 | ||
106= | Michael Bell (a) | ![]() | 75 | 73 | 148 | 4 | ||
106= | Daniel Valente | ![]() | 73 | 75 | 148 | 4 | ||
106= | Peter Shaw | ![]() | 74 | 74 | 148 | 4 | ||
106= | Tom Bond | ![]() | 73 | 75 | 148 | 4 | ||
106= | Jack McLeod (a) | ![]() | 71 | 77 | 148 | 4 | ||
106= | Rory Bourke | ![]() | 74 | 74 | 148 | 4 | ||
117= | Mick Gerstenberg | ![]() | 75 | 74 | 149 | 5 | ||
117= | Adam Crawford | ![]() | 74 | 75 | 149 | 5 | ||
117= | Henry Epstein | ![]() | 76 | 73 | 149 | 5 | ||
120= | Michael Pearce (a) | ![]() | 76 | 74 | 150 | 6 | ||
120= | Ben Campbell | ![]() | 79 | 71 | 150 | 6 | ||
120= | Jordan Sherratt | ![]() | 75 | 75 | 150 | 6 | ||
120= | Michael Moore | ![]() | 73 | 77 | 150 | 6 | ||
124= | Trent Smith (a) | ![]() | 77 | 74 | 151 | 7 | ||
124= | Luke Humphries (a) | ![]() | 75 | 76 | 151 | 7 | ||
124= | Aaron Pike | ![]() | 74 | 77 | 151 | 7 | ||
124= | Kris Hellier (a) | ![]() | 77 | 74 | 151 | 7 | ||
128= | Jonathon Holder | ![]() | 73 | 79 | 152 | 8 | ||
128= | Ryan O'Flaherty | ![]() | 76 | 76 | 152 | 8 | ||
128= | Joseph Trinder (a) | ![]() | 78 | 74 | 152 | 8 | ||
128= | Mitchell A Brown | ![]() | 75 | 77 | 152 | 8 | ||
128= | Justin Roach | ![]() | 80 | 72 | 152 | 8 | ||
133= | Troy Cox | ![]() | 77 | 76 | 153 | 9 | ||
133= | Rika Batibasaga | ![]() | 78 | 75 | 153 | 9 | ||
133= | Justin Warren (a) | ![]() | 77 | 76 | 153 | 9 | ||
133= | Wade Lowrie | ![]() | 80 | 73 | 153 | 9 | ||
133= | Adam Kelleher | ![]() | 77 | 76 | 153 | 9 | ||
138 | Alex Hawley | ![]() | 79 | 76 | 155 | 11 | ||
139 | Ben Ford | ![]() | 78 | 78 | 156 | 12 | ||
140 | Matthew Gaffney (a) | ![]() | 79 | 78 | 157 | 13 | ||
141 | Steve Treisman | ![]() | 84 | 79 | 163 | 19 | ||
142= | Christopher Campbell | ![]() | 76 | RTD | RTD | |||
142= | Neil Sarkies | ![]() | 74 | RTD | RTD | |||
142= | Dylan Perry (a) | ![]() | 74 | RTD | RTD |