Date: January 17, 2007
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2007 MFS Australian Mid Amateur Championship

When Queenslander Justin Shine nailed a final hole birdie to take himself to eight-under, he also nailed himself a spot in next year&aposs MFS Australian Open as inagural Champion of the MFS Australian Mid Amateur Championship. Prior to playing the final hole, Shine trailed by a stroke to Matthew Oldham who was playing in the final group. Under immense pressure, the Queenslander sunk a 20-foot putt to give himself a share of the lead and watched as Oldham bogeyed the 18th to hand Shine the title. The final round it was a tight contest between Shine, Oldham and John Beveridge who finished third with a total score of six-under. With four holes to play, all three were deadlocked at seven-under. But the Queenslander&aposs ability to shine under pressure got him over the line and an exemption into next year&aposs MFS Australian Open. Final Tournament Scores 1 208 68 71 69 -8 SHINE Justin (Qld) 2 209 65 71 73 -7 OLDHAM Matthew (Vic) 3 210 68 70 72 -6 BEVERIDGE John (Vic) = 4 211 69 72 70 -5 DENNIS Michael (WA) = 4 211 68 68 75 -5 PERRY Jason (Vic) 6 212 71 73 68 -4 WALL Guy (NSW) 7 214 72 68 74 -2 DAVIS Andrew (Vic) = 8 216 71 73 72 Ev FRANCIS Doug (Vic) = 8 216 68 71 77 Ev BANNISTER Graham (NSW) 10 217 73 73 71 + 1 MACAFEE Richard (Vic) 11 219 70 74 75 + 3 SCHULZ Jarrod (Vic) = 12 220 79 71 70 + 4 FROST Ian (Vic) = 12 220 73 70 77 + 4 JOHNS Chris (NSW) = 12 220 72 72 76 + 4 REVAI Adam (NSW) 15 221 71 77 73 + 5 DAY Denis (NSW) 16 222 71 74 77 + 6 OLSEN Kym (Vic) = 17 223 80 72 71 + 7 ALBINSKI Stefan (NSW) = 17 223 73 75 75 + 7 BROWNLOW James (NSW) = 17 223 73 77 73 + 7 KITCHIN Dean (Vic) = 17 223 72 78 73 + 7 MADDAFORD Steve (SA) = 17 223 76 75 72 + 7 PATEY-JOHNS David (SA) = 17 223 79 73 71 + 7 SCHNEIDER Nathan (Vic) = 17 223 72 79 72 + 7 TALSMA Richard (Qld) = 17 223 69 78 76 + 7 VILLINGER Andrew (Vic) = 25 224 77 74 73 + 8 MCDONALD Owen (Qld) = 25 224 75 75 74 + 8 RUSSELL-CLARK Andrew (Qld) 27 225 75 80 70 + 9 MCKENNA Matthew (Vic) 28 226 74 81 71 + 10 CORBEN Greg (NSW) = 29 227 78 73 76 + 11 TROTT Justin (Vic) = 29 227 74 76 77 + 11 SCHOFIELD Gary (Qld) = 31 228 77 74 77 + 12 JONES Cameron (Vic) = 31 228 74 79 75 + 12 BALDWIN Marty (Vic) = 31 228 78 75 75 + 12 LIMON Mark (Vic) = 34 229 73 75 81 + 13 OWEN John (Vic) = 34 229 84 71 74 + 13 SIMMONS Russell (Vic) = 34 229 72 80 77 + 13 SKEHAN Kevin (Vic) = 37 230 72 78 80 + 14 MASLEN Paul (NSW) = 37 230 76 80 74 + 14 PARTRIDGE Brett (Qld) = 37 230 71 82 77 + 14 BRACEGIRDLE Simon (Vic) 40 231 77 81 73 + 15 DOWLING Brad (Qld) = 41 233 81 75 77 + 17 MORSHUIS Steve (Qld) = 41 233 76 83 74 + 17 SMITH Troy (Vic) = 43 234 79 82 73 + 18 DAW Robert (Qld) = 43 234 72 87 75 + 18 DIXON Dean (Vic) = 45 235 78 77 80 + 19 DUNCAN David (Qld) = 45 235 83 72 80 + 19 WOUTERS Peter (Qld) = 47 236 76 84 76 + 20 MCBURNIE Noel (Qld) = 47 236 74 79 83 + 20 O&aposSULLIVAN Liam (Qld) 49 237 78 81 78 + 21 CROSS Britton (NSW) 50 239 77 81 81 + 23 NIELSON Darren (Qld) = 51 241 82 80 79 + 25 CORNISH John (Vic) = 51 241 82 81 78 + 25 ALZINO Adrian (Qld) = 51 241 78 78 85 + 25 ANDERSON Scott (Vic) = 54 242 77 80 85 + 26 CARNEY Liam (Vic) = 54 242 82 79 81 + 26 EDWARDS David (NSW) 56 243 80 84 79 + 27 MARTIN David (SA) 57 244 86 78 80 + 28 SAVILLE Duncan (NSW) = 58 245 81 81 83 + 29 CONNELLY Tim (Vic) = 58 245 80 82 83 + 29 ISLES Rod (Vic) 60 246 84 78 84 + 30 HALL Ron (Qld) 61 247 83 83 81 + 31 GAN Jonathan (Vic) 62 250 82 84 84 + 34 O&aposBRIEN Steve (Vic) Day Two Summary With a gentle breeze coming off the ocean, overnight leader Matthew Oldham was again impressive but was joined in the lead by Jason Perry who shot consecutive rounds of four-under. Today&aposs warm but comfortable conditions at The National Golf Club were a stark contrast to the intense heat that was experienced yesterday and players took advantage of it. Oldham shot a solid 71 but was upstaged by fellow Victorian Perry who shot his second consecutive 68 to lead going into the final day. The day s highlight was however provided by Victorian Ian Frost, who struck a centimetre perfect six-iron off the 11th tee to record a hole-in-one. Frost started the back nine with two consecutive eagles followed by two consecutive birgies but cooled off to register a final score of 71, one-under the card. Chasing Oldham and Perry in tomorrow s final round is Victorian John Beveridge and Graham Bannister of NSW. National Golf Club Champion Andrew Davis isn t far off their pace either, but must improve on his round of 68 this morning. The final day s play begins at 8am Thursday (AEDT) with the champion, who gains an exemption into the 2007 MFS Australian Open, expected to be known by approximately 3pm.