Heineken Classic provides opportunity for bright young stars

BY Bruce Young | Australasian PGA Tour | 2003 Heineken Classic | Preview | 27 Jan 2003

The first event of 2003 on Australian soil gets underway this week when the Heineken Classic is staged at Royal Melbourne Golf Club.

Befitting an event of this standing, a top class field has been assembled with the world number two Ernie Els looking to defend the title he won last year from Peter O’Malley, David Howell and Peter Fowler. Els’ last four starts have yielded three wins and a second place last week in Singapore so he enters this event as the hottest player in the game right now.

Joining Els will be Greg Norman, fresh from the opening of his latest golf course design project in Australia, The Vintage Golf Club in the Hunter Valley, Nick Faldo, Peter Lonard, Thomas Bjorn and a high-class field of Australasian and European Tour players.

This is the first of three consecutive events co-sanctioned by both the European and Australasian Tours with the ANZ Championship in Sydney and the Johnnie Walker in Perth to follow.

Carrying a purse of $A2,000,000 with $A360,000 to the winner the event offers the opportunity for many players not already qualified to play in Europe the chance to force their way onto that tour by winning here. Jarrod Moseley did just this four years ago when winning the Heineken in Perth and just last week Zhang Lian-Wei gained access to the European Tour with a win in Singapore.

It might just be that one of the many talented young players without a tour on which to play this season creates such an opportunity for themselves.

Top 10
AUS/NZ

Position	Score	Player	R 1	R 2	R 3	R 4	Total
1	-15	Ernie Els	70	72	66	65	273
T2	-14	Nick Faldo	69	71	65	69	274
T2	-14	Peter Lonard	67	72	67	68	274
T4	-12	David Lynn	69	65	73	69	276
T4	-12	Gary Evans	67	73	70	66	276
T4	-12	Paul Casey	65	67	74	70	276
T4	-12	Stephen Gallacher	70	70	71	65	276
T4	-12	Søren Kjeldsen	71	67	71	67	276
T9	-10	Bob Friend	70	73	69	66	278
T9	-10	Peter Fowler	67	72	70	69	278
T11	-9	David Bransdon	74	67	71	67	279
T11	-9	John Bickerton	68	70	72	69	279
T11	-9	Stephen Allan	68	68	73	70	279
T14	-8	Brian Davis	70	74	65	71	280
T14	-8	David Smail	71	68	69	72	280
T14	-8	Jarrod Moseley	70	72	73	65	280
T14	-8	Nick O'hern	71	71	71	67	280
T14	-8	Richard Green	69	71	69	71	280
T14	-8	Thomas Björn	70	68	71	71	280
T20	-7	Darren Fichardt	70	74	69	68	281
T20	-7	Greg Turner	68	73	70	70	281
T20	-7	Richard Lee	69	69	72	71	281
T20	-7	Stephen Scahill	71	69	69	72	281
T20	-7	Steve Collins	69	72	69	71	281
T25	-6	Eddie Lee	70	71	72	69	282
T25	-6	Greg Norman	73	69	69	71	282
T25	-6	Ian Poulter	74	64	71	73	282
T25	-6	Jorge Berendt	73	68	70	71	282
T25	-6	Patrik Sjöland	73	69	69	71	282
T25	-6	Simon Khan	72	72	67	71	282
T25	-6	Steven Bowditch	72	72	69	69	282
T25	-6	Søren Hansen	72	71	68	71	282
T33	-5	Cameron Percy	71	71	70	71	283
T33	-5	Jyoti Randhawa	71	73	69	70	283
T33	-5	Lucas Parsons	68	73	73	69	283
T33	-5	Paul Sheehan	72	70	72	69	283
T33	-5	Santiago Luna	66	74	71	72	283
T33	-5	Steve Webster	68	69	70	76	283
T39	-4	Andrew Tschudin	69	73	71	71	284
T39	-4	Charlie Wi	74	70	68	72	284
T39	-4	David Park	75	68	70	71	284
T39	-4	Fredrik Andersson Hed	72	68	73	71	284
T39	-4	Jamie Donaldson	74	66	74	70	284
T39	-4	Michael Long	74	68	73	69	284
T39	-4	Robert Karlsson	69	73	73	69	284
T46	-3	Euan Walters	74	70	70	71	285
T46	-3	Kenneth Ferrie	70	72	71	72	285
T46	-3	Niclas Fasth	68	70	68	79	285
T49	-2	Brad Kennedy	71	70	76	69	286
T49	-2	Scott Hend	72	70	75	69	286
T49	-2	Scott Laycock	73	70	73	70	286
T49	-2	Tony Carolan	70	74	69	73	286
T53	-1	Brett Rumford	71	70	74	72	287
T53	-1	Ian Garbutt	68	71	75	73	287
T53	-1	Mahal Pearce	71	69	71	76	287
T53	-1	Ricardo Gonzalez	68	72	76	71	287
T53	-1	Warren Bennett	67	74	71	75	287
T58	Ev	Anthony Wall	70	70	76	72	288
T58	Ev	Nick Dougherty	72	72	74	70	288
T58	Ev	Paul Lawrie	71	71	74	72	288
T61	+1	David Diaz	73	70	72	74	289
T61	+1	Gary Simpson	72	72	72	73	289
T61	+1	Nathan Green	70	73	71	75	289
64	+2	Arjun Atwal	69	70	75	76	290
T65	+3	Jean-françois Remesy	70	73	73	75	291
T65	+3	Lee S James	73	70	74	74	291
67	+4	Mathias Grönberg	72	69	74	77	292
T68	+5	Dean Robertson	72	72	72	77	293
T68	+5	Scott Gardiner	73	71	73	76	293
70	+8	Chris Downes	72	72	76	76	296
Cut Ev
CUT	+1	Adam Mednick	70	75	-	-	145
CUT	+1	Brendan Jones	73	72	-	-	145
CUT	+1	Craig Carmichael	71	74	-	-	145
CUT	+1	David Mckenzie	73	72	-	-	145
CUT	+1	Emanuele Canonica	75	70	-	-	145
CUT	+1	Gareth Paddison	71	74	-	-	145
CUT	+1	Justin Cooper	73	72	-	-	145
CUT	+1	Martin Doyle	70	75	-	-	145
CUT	+1	Martin Maritz	76	69	-	-	145
CUT	+1	Matthew Ecob	72	73	-	-	145
CUT	+1	Nathan Gatehouse	70	75	-	-	145
CUT	+1	Stephen Leaney	69	76	-	-	145
CUT	+1	Steve Conran	76	69	-	-	145
CUT	+1	Wayne Riley	71	74	-	-	145
CUT	+2	vesconte adam le	71	75	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Andrew Buckle	76	70	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Craig Spence	73	73	-	-	146
CUT	+2	David Gilford	74	72	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Henrik Bjornstad	73	73	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Marcus Norgren	72	74	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Mark Allen	75	71	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Mike Clayton	76	70	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Peter O'malley	73	73	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Steen Tinning	73	73	-	-	146
CUT	+3	Anders Forsbrand	72	75	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Andre Stolz	71	76	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Brad King	73	74	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Charley Hoffman	75	72	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Costantino Rocca	74	73	-	-	147
CUT	+3	David Gleeson	74	73	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Maarten Lafeber	73	74	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Michael Light	76	71	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Richard Ball	75	72	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Richard Bland	74	73	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Robert-jan Derksen	72	75	-	-	147
CUT	+4	matthew blackey	73	75	-	-	148
CUT	+4	Carlos Rodiles	73	75	-	-	148
CUT	+4	David Drysdale	73	75	-	-	148
CUT	+4	Douglas Labelle	77	71	-	-	148
CUT	+4	Mark Pilkington	73	75	-	-	148
CUT	+4	Peter Senior	73	75	-	-	148
CUT	+4	Tony Johnstone	71	77	-	-	148
CUT	+5	Brad Andrews	75	74	-	-	149
CUT	+5	David Carter	73	76	-	-	149
CUT	+5	Miguel Angel Martin	71	78	-	-	149
CUT	+5	Mike Harwood	75	74	-	-	149
CUT	+5	Sven Strüver	75	74	-	-	149
CUT	+5	Terry Price	76	73	-	-	149
CUT	+5	Wayne Smith	72	77	-	-	149
CUT	+6	Adam Crawford	73	77	-	-	150
CUT	+6	Andrew Bonhomme	78	72	-	-	150
CUT	+6	David Howell	79	71	-	-	150
CUT	+6	Ed Stedman	77	73	-	-	150
CUT	+6	Grégory Havret	74	76	-	-	150
CUT	+6	Michael Wright	75	75	-	-	150
CUT	+6	Peter Lawrie	79	71	-	-	150
CUT	+6	Rolf Muntz	73	77	-	-	150
CUT	+6	Tobias Dier	74	76	-	-	150
CUT	+7	Bradley Hughes	74	77	-	-	151
CUT	+7	Jon Riley	78	73	-	-	151
CUT	+7	Klas Eriksson	75	76	-	-	151
CUT	+7	Raymond Russell	75	76	-	-	151
CUT	+8	Adrian Percey	77	75	-	-	152
CUT	+8	Barry Lane	76	76	-	-	152
CUT	+8	Glenn Joyner	73	79	-	-	152
CUT	+8	Grant Dodd	74	78	-	-	152
CUT	+8	Leigh Mckechnie	75	77	-	-	152
CUT	+9	Jason King	78	75	-	-	153
CUT	+9	Jean-françois Lucquin	78	75	-	-	153
CUT	+9	Mårten Olander	77	76	-	-	153
CUT	+10	Craig Jones	74	80	-	-	154
CUT	+10	John Horvath	72	82	-	-	154
CUT	+10	Marcus Cain	75	79	-	-	154
CUT	+10	Mikko Ilonen	78	76	-	-	154
CUT	+10	Raphaël Jacquelin	78	76	-	-	154
CUT	+10	Simon Dyson	80	74	-	-	154
CUT	+10	Wayne Grady	74	80	-	-	154
CUT	+11	Henrik Stenson	78	77	-	-	155
CUT	+11	Jonathan Lomas	74	81	-	-	155
CUT	+11	Peter Hedblom	78	77	-	-	155
CUT	+12	Adam Groom	76	80	-	-	156
CUT	+12	Andrew Coltart	81	75	-	-	156
CUT	+14	Clark Dennis	77	81	-	-	158
CUT	+15	Kim Felton	81	78	-	-	159
RETD	-	Greg Owen	72	-	-	-	RETD
WD	-	Fredrik Jacobson	83	-	-	-	WD

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Heineken Classic provides opportunity for bright young stars

BY Bruce Young | Australasian PGA Tour | 2003 Heineken Classic | Preview | 27 Jan 2003