Exciting finish at inaugural SGA Autumn Classic

Thrilling finish at Inaugural SGA Autumn Classic

It was an absolutely incredible weekend at Murray Downs Resort for the Inaugural SGA Autumn Classic, held May 5-7, 2023.

While much of the country saw rainy and miserable conditions throughout the weekend, the booked-out field at Murray Downs enjoyed sunshine, great golf, plenty of laughs and heaps of camaraderie.

Despite a few chilly morning starts, the golf heated up throughout the weekend, with some stellar scoring in the Pairs Better Ball and Individual Stableford competitions.

Round 1 - Saturday

The most notable score of the day was a spectacular 41 points from Geoff Hannah. That placed him firmly atop the Singles leaderboard, with SGA's own Matthew Pitt one shot back on 40. Ben Sterck rounded out the top 3 on a very solid 38 points.

Much to the delight of Hannah and Sterck, they were also teammates in the Pairs Best Ball Competition, which (not surprisingly) saw them at the top of the board on 50 Best Ball points (!). Next best were Steve Pettit + Paul Pearce (44 points), and Drew Hallam + Al Clelland (also on 44).

Round 2 - Sunday

Round 2 was a chilly (er...FRESH) morning, which saw teams (and one car) struggle to get started. But when the sun came out, the guns came out, and there was some serious jockeying on the leaderboard.

When the final scores were tallied, the Hannah/Sterck team managed to limp over the line and squeak out an Inaugural SGA Autumn Classic victory in the Pairs comp with 85 total points, on a Countback from the fast-finishing team of Kathy Ridley and Mick David. 3rd went to Drew Hallam and Al Clelland, one shot back on 84. In 4th were Phoebe Burfield and Salli Fox (83), with four teams tied for 5th on 81.

In the Singles Overall competition, Salli Fox (74 points) pipped Mick David (72), with Lyn Mayne & Matthew Pitt equal 3rd on 67. Rounding out the top-5 were Al Clelland and Tony Grant, both on 66.

Thanks

A warm thank you to all of our players for joining us for a great weekend - you are the reason why our events are so fun and successful. Thanks, too, to the entire staff at Murray Downs Resort and the Golf Club for hosting us at your spectacular facility. Finally, a special thanks to our sponsors, Srixon Australia & New Zealand, Garmin Australia, Drummond Golf, Heathcote Winery and TCN for their generous prizes.

2023 SGA Autumn Classic - Photo Galleries

Friday - Warm-up Day

Saturday - R1

Sunday - R2

Final Scores - Inaugural SGA Autumn Classic

Pairs Best Ball

Pos.	Team	Total Stableford Points	R1	R2
T1	Hannah + Sterck	85	50	35
T1	Ridley + David	85	41	44
3	Hallam + Clelland	84	44	40
4	Burfield + Fox	83	42	41
T5	Whitehouse + Eland	81	41	40
T5	Fellner + Thomas	81	39	42
T5	Pitt + Matthews	81	43	38
T5	Wallace + Payne	81	41	40
9	Grant + Somerfield	80	40	40
T10	Mayne + Stephenson	78	38	40
T10	Garioch + Garioch	78	38	40
12	Lawson + Lawson	77	41	36
T13	Grant + Grant	75	41	34
T13	Connell + Doran	75	37	38
T13	Williams + Tuau	75	37	38
T13	Fernandez + Scott	75	37	38
T17	Pearce + Pettit	74	44	30
T17	White + Jones	74	42	32
T17	Deacon + Deacon	74	40	34
T20	Bament + Burford	73	37	36
T20	Henderson + Hall	73	39	34
T22	Caio + Bird	70	33	37
T22	Steer + Calverley	70	35	35
24	Strobel + Murphy	68	37	31

Singles Stableford

Pos.	Player	Total Stableford Points	R1	R2
1	Salli Fox	74	37	37
2	Mick David	72	36	36
T3	Lyn Mayne	67	34	33
T3	Matthew Pitt	67	40	27
T5	Al Clelland	66	32	34
T5	Tony Grant	66	36	30
T7	Geoff Hannah	65	41	24
T7	Andrew Wallace	65	34	31
T7	Mike Payne	65	32	33
T7	Baiden Eland	65	33	32
11	Ben Sterck	64	38	26
T12	Joel Matthews	63	32	31
T12	Steve Pettit	63	38	25
T14	Matty Thomas	62	30	32
T14	Ian Steer	62	32	30
T14	Andrew Grant	62	35	27
T14	Mostyn Whitehouse	62	33	29
T18	Jodene Tuau	61	31	30
T18	Lisa Garioch	61	28	33
T18	Robert Garioch	61	29	32
T18	Dennis Williams	61	30	31
T18	Mark Deacon	61	33	28
T23	Richard Fellner	60	33	27
T23	Chris Lawson	60	30	30
T23	Kathy Ridley	60	29	31
26	Drew Hallam	59	33	26
T27	Reece Bament	58	31	27
T27	Jodie Deacon	58	34	24
T29	Paul White	57	29	28
T29	Dean Connell	57	35	22
T29	Lorenzo Caio	57	28	29
T32	Steve Murphy	53	28	25
T32	Christopher Fernandez	53	24	29
T32	Paul Pearce	53	34	19
T35	Ivan Jones	52	32	20
T35	Mark Henderson	52	29	23
T37	Peter Lawson	51	28	23
T37	Gavan Doran	51	19	32
T37	Chris Hall	51	25	26
T37	Matthew Somerfield	51	24	27
41	Jenny Stephenson	50	24	26
T42	Yvonne Grant	48	30	18
T42	Phoebe Burfield	48	23	25
T42	Luke Scott	48	26	22
T45	Carson Strobel	41	25	16
T45	Peter Calverley	41	19	22
47	Greg Bird	39	19	20
48	Robert Burford	37	20	17

(Full leaderboards via Golf Genius here)