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 | |||