Victorian Ian Frost (Bendigo) shot the best final round of 74 to claim the 2015 Queensland Senior Men’s Amateur Championship at Southport Golf Club by five shots from repeat runner-up Sam Christie (Indooroopilly) and Barry Shannon (Wanganui).
The leaderboard was tight heading into the final round with 10 players within five shots of pace maker Barry Shannon.
Through the first nine holes of the last round, Peter Hannah had assumed the lead from Frost, with Shannon, Christie and Darryl Hearsch within three shots.
When both Frost and Hannah double bogeyed the long par 3 12th hole, the title race was even closer.
However, a crucial point came on the very next hole, with Frost making a birdie 4 to Hannah’s 7. And Shannon and Christie weren’t to be denied, with birdies of their own.
The closing four holes of Southport are demanding and Frost’s class as the highest ranked Australian Senior in the field, shone through, parring his way home.
He couldn’t be matched, with eventual runner-up Christie closing his round with a bogey and a double bogey.
Shannon also found grief and couldn’t apply pressure to Frost, as he bogeyed the final four holes.
Home course knowledge paid dividends for Ray Geary as he claimed the Overall Nett and also combined with fellow Southport members, Jeff Wood and Tony Irvine, to win the Club Teams Challenge.
Players enjoyed three spectacular days at Southport with first class course conditions and hospitality.
Course superintendent Stuart Moore and his team are to be congratulated for the outstanding manner in which the course was presented and, as always, thanks are extended to Steve Lamerton and his staff for the welcoming atmosphere at Southport Golf Club.
In 2016, the event will head North to Bribie Island.
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