Final Results: 2016 NSW Open

Blyth busts down the door for biggest career win

HE bled at times, and his former caddy girlfriend worried, but Adam Blyth captured the biggest title of his career with a gritty fourth round in the NSW Open at Stonecutter Ridge this afternoon.

Battling winds above 40km/h, a bushfire burning in the distance, and the weight of expectation after taking a four-shot lead into the final round, Blyth composed himself on the back nine to win in front his family and girlfriend.

He also picks up the biggest pay cheque of his career ($72,000) with his second title of the year after taking out the South Pacific Open in September.

With birdies on his opening two holes, Blyth seemed destined to turn it into an afternoon stroll. But when he reached the windward holes of three, five, six, seven, eight and nine, his wedge game deserted him. He turned the front nine in 40, but his challengers failed to capitalise. Both Peter Wilson (1 over) and Rhein Gibson (even) in the final group had chances to pressure for the lead, but also struggled into the wind.

Leading amateur Brett Coletta’s attempt to break a 30-year-old record – winning both the Qld and NSW Open in the same year – was almost realised, as the Victorian turned the front nine three-under, and kept the birdies coming on the back nine. Unfortunately he ran out of holes. 

Wonderful challenges came from Wade Ormsby and Brett Coletta. Ormsby came from nowhere on the final day, shooting an eight-under round only matched by veteran Stephen Leaney and Victorian Lucas Herbert who both shot 64. Ormsby’s round included an eagle and eight birdies, with two bogeys on the back nine the only blemishes on his round. 

Of the amateurs, Penrith teenager Josh Gadd found the few birdies that eluded him yesterday with a three-under round to finish his first pro tournament at -12 and tied for 32nd.

Apart from Coletta, who challenged the leaders, other notable amateur performances came from Austin Bautista who shot his best round of the week, a six-under 66 that left him in a tie for 19th, with all four rounds under par.

Scottish, 21-year-old, Connor Syme was steady in an event he had a chance of winning, at even par throughout the final round to finish at -15 and in a share of 13th. He’ll be disappointed after playing himself into the final two groups this weekend, but has plenty of excellent opportunities ahead.

Pos	Player	State/Nat	R1	R2	R3	R4	Tot	+/-
1	Adam Blyth		65	63	66	71	265	-23
	Brett Coletta (am)		62	72	67	67	268	-20
	Jarryd Felton		68	67	66	67	268	-20
4	Wade Ormsby		68	68	69	64	269	-19
	Rhein Gibson		65	68	66	70	269	-19
6	Stephen Leaney		69	67	71	64	271	-17
	Rory Bourke		63	69	69	70	271	-17
8	Lucas Herbert		68	67	73	64	272	-16
	Jake Higginbottom		65	69	72	66	272	-16
	Tae Koh		69	66	71	66	272	-16
	Chris Gaunt		65	70	70	67	272	-16
	Andrew Dodt		69	67	66	70	272	-16
	Peter Wilson		65	66	67	74	272	-16
14	David Bransdon		63	71	70	69	273	-15
	Aron Price		68	66	70	69	273	-15
	Geoff Drakeford		68	67	69	69	273	-15
	Kevin Yuan (am)		70	66	68	69	273	-15
	Jason Scrivener		66	66	71	70	273	-15
	Matthew Millar		64	66	72	71	273	-15
20	Austin Bautista (am)		68	69	71	66	274	-14
	Matthew Giles		68	68	70	68	274	-14
	Peter Lonard		68	69	68	69	274	-14
	Ryan Lynch		68	70	67	69	274	-14
	Jamie Hook		69	68	66	71	274	-14
	Jason Norris		70	66	66	72	274	-14
	Connor Syme (am)		69	68	64	73	274	-14
	Ryan Haller		65	69	66	74	274	-14
28	Benjamin Clementson		64	69	76	66	275	-13
	Daniel Nisbet		70	66	71	68	275	-13
	Michael Sim		70	66	70	69	275	-13
	Peter Fowler		72	63	70	70	275	-13
	Robert Allenby		70	68	66	71	275	-13
33	Max McCardle		72	67	72	65	276	-12
	Nick O'Hern		67	71	70	68	276	-12
	Tim Hart		70	68	70	68	276	-12
	Travis Smyth (am)		70	68	70	68	276	-12
	Neven Basic		71	68	69	68	276	-12
	Joshua Gadd (am)		70	66	71	69	276	-12
	Anthony Brown		65	70	70	71	276	-12
40	Jimmy Gunn		66	73	73	65	277	-11
	Adam Stephens		66	71	74	66	277	-11
	Ryan Chisnall (am)		69	70	72	66	277	-11
	Peter O'Malley		69	70	71	67	277	-11
	Nirun Sae-Ueng		70	68	68	71	277	-11
	Aaron Wilkin		66	69	69	73	277	-11
	Timothy Wood		69	67	68	73	277	-11
	Darren Beck		67	71	66	73	277	-11
	Jarrod Lyle		69	69	65	74	277	-11
49	Edward Stedman		72	67	71	68	278	-10
	Deyen Lawson		64	70	70	74	278	-10
	Brad Moules		67	69	68	74	278	-10
52	Sam Lee		72	65	73	69	279	-9
	Aaron Pike		67	70	73	69	279	-9
	Ryan Dillon		68	69	70	72	279	-9
	Gareth Paddison		68	67	68	76	279	-9
56	Christopher Akers		68	68	72	72	280	-8
	David McKenzie		68	68	71	73	280	-8
	Anthony Summers		70	68	68	74	280	-8
	Troy Moses		67	69	68	76	280	-8
60	Tyler Hodge		67	71	75	68	281	-7
	Rohan Blizard		67	72	72	70	281	-7
	Lucas Higgins (am)		71	66	73	71	281	-7
63	Steven Jeffress		71	65	70	76	282	-6
	Luke Toomey (am)		65	71	70	76	282	-6
	Blake Windred (am)		67	70	69	76	282	-6
	Anthony Houston		64	74	66	78	282	-6
67	Callan O'Reilly		71	66	75	71	283	-5
	Daniel Popovic		66	69	75	73	283	-5
	Matthew Guyatt		65	71	70	77	283	-5
70	Jason King		68	71	75	72	286	-2
71	Thomas Holz (am)		68	71	76	73	288	EVEN
72	Scott Arnold		72	67	81	69	289	1
73	Lindsay Wilson		65	72	79	74	290	2
	Ben Dunn (am)		71	68	74	77	290	2
75	Nathan Buzimkic		67	71	77	81	296	8