Date: May 18, 2009
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Triple senior crowns for Barltrop

Click here to view Final Results New Zealander Rod Barltrop made it a hat-trick of Australian Men’sSenior Amateur Championship wins after his come-from-behind three stroke victory at Bribie Island Golf Club Barltrop fired a final round three under par 69 to overcome overnight leader Grahame McDonald by three shots to claim the Kerry Packer Memorial Cup for a third time. This is pretty close to the greatest day of my life, Baltrop, a member of Royal Wellington Golf Club said. I knew going into the round I had some chances but I certainly needed a little bit of help from Grahame. Barltrop last won the title in 2005 at Royal Hobart Golf Club. His maiden win came a year earlier at Links Lady Bay in South Australia in 2004. I hit a few good shots and a few bad ones but it worked out well. This is just a fantastic golf course- it s one fairway style, you ve got to hit it and that s it, Barltrop added. MacDonald, who finished in second position, shot a final round 3-over 75 to be at 2-over for the championship. He was joined in second by New Zealander Martin Webber who shot the equal best round of the day with a 69. Arthur Parkin (NZ) finished fourth with a final 3-over par round of 75. Victorian Chris Tatt and Murray Martin (NZ) finished in a share for fifth place at 6-over. In the Interstate Teams Matches, the Queensland team of Colin Hallam, Grahame MacDonald, Michael Maher and Barry Miles were crowned victors after the three rounds. The trio combined for a total of 680 (best 3 scores over 3 rounds). WA was in second place on 681. 2009 AUSTRALIAN MEN S SENIOR AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP Final Results 1 BARLTROP, Rodney (NZ) 72 74 69 215 2 MACDONALD, Grahame (Qld) 71 72 75 218 3 WEBBER, Martin (NZ) 74 75 69 218 4 PARKIN, Arthur (NZ) 73 73 75 221 5 TATT, Chris (Vic) 74 72 76 222 6 MARTIN, Murray (NZ) 77 72 73 222 7 SAMS, Brian (NSW) 73 80 70 223 8 CORBEN, Greg (NSW) 73 76 76 225 9 DALE, Rodney (NSW) 71 75 81 227 10 MCPHERSON, Ian (WA) 76 74 77 227 11 MAHER, Michael (Qld) 76 75 76 227 12 SHANNON, Barry (NZ) 77 75 75 227 13 TERRACE, Peter (Qld) 78 76 73 227 14 TAYLOR, John (Vic) 77 72 79 228 15 LEITCH, Michael (NZ) 74 76 78 228 16 GAMSBY, Bob (WA) 73 79 77 229 17 BOCKMAN, Ross (NSW) 72 81 76 229 18 DALEY, Phil (NSW) 76 79 74 229 19 BOWEN, Graham (WA) 74 77 79 230 20 BANKS, Bill (ACT) 76 76 78 230