/> SA's Lachlan Barker from Glenelg Golf Club
After halving with TAS in the opening round 3.5 matches a piece, the SA Men’s team finished the 2015 Interstate Series strongly by defeating TAS 6 v 2 in the second Consolation Final to finish in 5th place.
The full team of eight players teed off in the final and through 10 holes, SA were up in five matches, square in one, down in two.
At number one, Antonio Murdaca defeated Greg Longmore 2&1, which was the same result as their first clash. Murdaca finished the series with the best record of the SA players with 4 wins and a halve from 7 matches at number one. His best result was a 2&1 win over Ryan Ruffels (VIC).
Jack Williams was arguably next best performer for SA with 3 wins and 2 halves from seven matches. Williams played a majority of matches at number two with his highlights being wins over Travis Smyth (NSW) and Min Woo Lee (WA).
At number three, Matthew Lisk had a solid series with 3 wins from 7 starts, winning the matches where he started favorite.
Will Somerfield played good golf throughout the week and halved both his matches with Nathan Gatehouse from TAS. Somerfield had two wins, his best over Nick Curnow from WA 5&2.
In his first series, Sam Earl won 3 from 7 starts. Earl lost 3 matches 2&1 and one on the last hole, showing he was more than competitive in all matches.
16 year old SA Junior Captain Lachlan Barker also in his first Men’s Series, had 2 wins from his 4 matches gaining valuable match play experience.
Josh Hayes another debutant had a solid win against NT and competed well in his 6 matches played.
Captain Heath Riches led the team well throughout the series to have a good final win. Riches played 5 matches going down twice on the final hole.
RESULTS > CONSOLATION FINAL – Playoff for 5th
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SA MEN’S INTERSTATE SERIES FINAL PLACINGS
- 1st VIC
- 2nd QLD
- 3rd NSW
- 4th WA
- 5th SA
- 6th TAS
- 7th NT
Men’s Round Results
Rd 1 > SA 3.5 drew with TAS 3.5
Rd 2 > SA 1 lost to VIC 6
Rd 3 > SA 2 lost to WA 5
Rd 4 > SA (Bye)
Rd 5 > SA 1.5 lost to NSW 5.5
Rd 6 > SA 7 defeated NT 0
Rd 7 > SA 1 lost to QLD 6
Consolation Final
> for 5th place SA 6 defeated TAS 2
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SA Men's Team (second row L-R) Bob Crosby (Mgr), Matthew Lisk, Sam Earl, Heath Riches, Lachlan Barker, Gareth Jones (Coach), Tony Bourne (Chair Golf SA and High Performance) (front row L-R) Will Somerfield, Jack Williams, Josh Hayes, Antonio Murdaca