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ustralia’s Anthony Gresham fired three straight rounds of 72 to win the Hong Kong Seniors Open Amateur Championship at Fanling early November. Gresham, a former Australian international, carded a three-day total of 216 (6-over-par) to finish ahead of Joe Pethes by six strokes. Japan’s Junichi Manai, Gresham’s compatriot Ian Vidler and K.C. Choo of Canada finished in a tie for third place, a further six shots adrift. “I’ve come close here before, so to win is very satisfying,” said Gresham, 67, who finished second in the championship last year. “It’s been a great week; the tournament was superbly run and it’s always nice to come to Hong Kong. I’m delighted.” Leading by six shots going into the final round, Gresham secured his wire-to-wire victory with a solid display of ball striking over the New Course at The Hong Kong Golf Club. Pethes, the reigning MacGregor Hong Kong Seniors Close champion, sealed second place with a determined 72, while Terry Collins combined rounds of 74,77 and 78 to finish in solo sixth. Michael Grimsdick was the next best placed Hong Kong player, his 231 total earning him a share of seventh. Defending champion Alan Evans, also from Australia, finished in a tie for 11th, 18 shots behind Gresham. For a full list of all the results visit www.hkga.com
Consistent Gresham Claims Senior Open Success Former Aussie international takes title by six shots from Joe Pethes HK Seniors Open Championship – Leading Scores 1 Anthony Gresham 2 Joe Pethes 3= Junichi Manai Ian Vidler K.C. Choo 6 Terry Collins 7= Michael Grimsdick Tatsuo Asai 9 Iggy Clavecilla 10 Su Ting 11= Pang Yat-wei Yeh Shi-tang Alan Evans 14 Geoffrey Davey 15 Masanobu Murakami
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AUS HKG JPN AUS CAN HKG HKG CAN PHL TPE HKG TPE AUS AUS JPN
72-72-72 77-73-72 79-75-74 73-78-77 76-75-77 74-77-78 75-77-79 76-74-81 79-78-75 74-77-82 79-80-75 78-79-77 78-77-79 75-82-78 85-77-74
216 222 228 228 228 229 231 231 232 233 234 234 234 235 236
Michael Grimsdick
Joe Pethes
Terry Collins
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