NSW Amateur Fields Decided
Chris Fan – photo David Tease Golf NSW
The match play fields for both the Men’s and Women’s NSW Amateur Championships have been decided following the completion of 36 holes of strokeplay at the Ryde Parramatta and Pennant Hills Golf Clubs in Sydney.
32 men and 16 women will get their head to head match play encounters underway tomorrow, both fields decided following a playoff to decide the last few places in the knockout phase.
The Avondale Golf Club’s Chris Fan emerged the winner of the NSW Medal after Queensland’s Lincoln Morgan was forced to concede at the first extra hole.
Morgan, the brother of 2021 Australian Amateur Champion and 2022 Australian PGA Champion, Jed, overcame a three shot deficit heading into the final day with a round of 68 but was unable to finish things off in the playoff.
In a ten man playoff for the one final place in the 32 man match play field, it was New South Wales Golf Club’s, Jye Halls, who secured his place with a 3 at the first extra hole.
Amongst the women competing for the NSW Women’s Strokeplay Championship the Gold Coast golfer Haruhi Nakatani ran out a comfortable winner over Belinda Ji of the Concord Golf Club.
Nakatani shared the lead after day one but was one of only two players to break 70 in the women’s field on day two, allowing her to claim a three shot victory.
In a three way playoff for the two remaining places in the NSW Women’s Amateur field it would be Michelle Bang and Charlotte Perkins who survived a three women playoff for two spots with Matilda Miels losing out.
