McAllister takes lead at QLD Mid-Amateur
IN: News | Queensland Mens | Queensland Mid-Amateur Championship (2008) | Round One | 07 Sep 2008
Defending champion and Club Pelican member Brian McAllister has found himself in a familiar position atop the leaderboard after day one of play at the 2008 Queensland Men’s Mid-Amateur Championship.
Once again, the home club advantage proved invaluable for McAllister with the recently crowned Club Champion managing an impressive five birdies on the challenging Greg Norman layout to finish with a first round score of 70 (-2)
A further three shots back is Steve Johnston (Redcliffe) and Shane Wylie (Logan), who both fired rounds of 73 (+1).
The Caloundra Tourism Upper Mid-Amateur division for players aged 44-54 years is a new initiative this year with three players – Stephen Morshuis (Wynnum), Alan Bullas (Commonwealth) and Ross Richards (Horton Park) all tied for the lead on 76 (+4).
The Windaroo team of Peter Ball, David Duncan and Steve Thompson are on top in the Footjoy Club Teams Event with an aggregate nett score of 227.
The Queensland team of David Grenfell (Horton Park) and Steve Thompson (Windaroo) lead the way in the Titleist Interstate Teams Event with a team total of 152 (+8). New South Wales are a further 7 shots back on 159.
As always, the course at Club Pelican was magnificently presented and full credit must go to course superintendent David Wells and his team for the preparation they have put into this event. Play continues tomorrow with round two of the Championship commencing at 7:00am.
