Date: August 16, 2017
Author: Golf Australia

Australian Mid Amateur � entries open

Entries are open for the Australian Mid Amateur Championships to be played at Links Lady Bay Resort on the scenic Fleurieu Peninsula in South Australia, from 8-10 November.

The event is Australia’s national championship for players aged 30 to 54 years. It is played over 54-holes stroke play with a handicap limit of 8.4 for men and 19.0 for women.   

The $150 entry fee includes three rounds of championship golf, one practice round, presentation drinks and canapés, range balls, pull buggies and a championship gift.

Defending and four-time women’s champion Sue Wooster has left the mid amateur ranks, so the door is ajar for a new champion. 2016 and 2012 men’s champion, Andrew Tharle is likely to return to defend his title.

With the event being played in South Australia for the first time, the chance for South Australian’s to compete for a national title in their home state is sure to be appealing.

For the 2017 championship only, if you introduce a friend to the championship (who has not previously participated), you will both go into the draw to win a $200 Links Lady Bay Resort pro shop voucher.

Additionally, the first 20 entrants receive two passes to the 2018 ISPS Handa Women’s Australian Open to be held at Kooyonga Golf Club in Adelaide in February.

Links Lady Bay is no stranger to national championships, having hosted the 2015 Australian Boys’ Interstate Teams Matches. Situated a one-hour drive south of Adelaide, Links Lady Bay has subtle bent greens and is a true St Andrews style sand based course. It is the number 1 resort course in South Australia, the number 1 public access course in South Australia, and number 64 in Australia’s top 100 courses.

Entries close on 12 October.

For further details or to enter visit http://www.golf.org.au/event#/competition/1217198/info