Better weather likely to establish modified stableford format at ANZ

BY Bruce Young | Australasian PGA Tour | 2003 ANZ Championship | Preview | 03 Feb 2003

For the second week in a row the European Tour takes place on one of the better courses they will play all year when the ANZ Championship brings tournament golf back to the New South Wales Golf Club.

Another course claiming the design talents of Alistair McKenzie, it was opened in 1928 and last played host to a professional event of this significance in 1998 when Englishman David Howell won the Australian PGA Championship.

This event is co-sanctioned between the European Tour and Australasian Tours and is somewhat unique, in that it is played under the modified stableford format, which has proved so popular at the International event in Colorado on the USPGA Tour. The format rewards aggressive play more than it penalises poor play and as a consequence the format can produce some dramatic swings over the last few holes of an event. Who will ever forget the finish that Steve Lowery put together at the 2002 International in Colorado when he finished birdie, eagle, par, albatross and par to nearly grab an almost unassailable lead off Rich Beem.

Last year the event was plagued by bad weather especially early in the week and it is hoped that the organisers will be blessed with better conditions this year. Last year of course the event was played at The Lakes Golf Club in Sydney.

The 2002 winner, Richard Johnson won narrowly from Scott Laycock and Craig Parry with local Andre Stoltz in fourth place. Stephen Gallagher, who was fourth at last week’s Heineken Classic in Melbourne, was fifth. Johnson is now a USPGA Tour player and will not be there to defend.

Early entries for the event include Peter Lonard, Craig Parry, Thomas Bjorn, Paul Lawrie, Paul Casey, Stuart Appleby, Jarrod Moseley and Niclas Fasth.

The event is worth $A1,750,000 with the winner to collect $A315,000.

Top 10
AUS/NZ

Position	Score	Player	R 1	R 2	R 3	R 4	Total
73	-285	David Gleeson	3	8	-2	-6	3
T5	-205	Adrian Percey	4	10	-3	-	11
70	-277	Martin Maritz	6	5	-3	3	11
69	-275	Carlos Rodiles	7	4	5	-3	13
T66	-201	Dean Robertson	-	14	-6	7	15
T63	-272	Ian Garbutt	2	10	6	-2	16
T63	-272	Jorge Berendt	6	7	-3	6	16
T63	-272	Raymond Russell	6	10	-4	4	16
T61	-271	Leigh Mckechnie	1	11	6	-1	17
T61	+25	Mikko Ilonen	-2	19	-4	4	17
T59	-270	Paul Lawrie	4	7	9	-2	18
T59	-270	Shannon Jones	8	5	3	2	18
T57	+23	Douglas Labelle	-1	12	3	5	19
T57	-269	Raphaël Jacquelin	9	8	-3	5	19
T55	-268	vesconte adam le	6	6	4	4	20
T55	+24	Patrik Sjöland	-1	15	3	3	20
T39	-195	Mike Clayton	9	8	4	-	21
T52	-267	David Lynn	6	6	5	4	21
T52	-267	Henrik Bjornstad	10	1	5	5	21
T48	-266	matthew blackey	12	2	5	3	22
T48	-266	Ignacio Garrido	4	12	10	-4	22
T48	-266	Paul Sheehan	5	7	8	2	22
T48	-266	Peter O'malley	4	7	1	10	22
T43	-265	Bradley Hughes	7	9	5	2	23
T43	-265	Jyoti Randhawa	4	10	3	6	23
T43	-265	Marcus Cain	10	5	10	-2	23
T43	-265	Matthew Ecob	5	13	1	4	23
T43	-265	Stephen Leaney	11	3	7	2	23
T39	-264	Brad Kennedy	10	1	8	5	24
T39	-264	Cameron Percy	5	11	5	3	24
T39	-264	Jean-françois Remesy	10	3	8	3	24
T39	-264	Steve Collins	12	3	6	3	24
T34	-263	David Drysdale	10	9	-3	9	25
T34	-263	David Howell	11	6	9	-1	25
T34	-263	Gary Evans	7	14	-2	6	25
T34	-263	Mark Foster	8	9	1	7	25
T34	-191	Stephen Gallacher	-	12	-1	14	25
T32	-262	Michael Pearson	10	6	4	6	26
T32	-262	Steve Webster	10	2	11	3	26
T29	-261	David Carter	10	9	-1	9	27
T29	-261	Nathan Green	9	13	3	2	27
T29	-261	Søren Hansen	4	15	1	7	27
T25	-188	Grégory Havret	-	13	13	2	28
T25	-260	Mahal Pearce	7	12	-1	10	28
T25	-260	Ricardo Gonzalez	6	6	7	9	28
T25	-260	Steve Conran	11	2	8	7	28
T21	-259	Arjun Atwal	3	14	3	9	29
T21	-259	Craig Parry	14	7	1	7	29
T21	-259	Richard Bland	3	10	6	10	29
T21	-259	Stephen Scahill	11	0	11	7	29
20	-258	Andre Stolz	5	12	7	6	30
T18	-257	Brendan Jones	8	14	1	8	31
T18	-257	Terry Price	10	12	4	5	31
T16	+40	Nick Dougherty	-2	15	17	2	32
T16	-256	Richard Lee	7	14	4	7	32
T12	-255	Jamie Donaldson	4	10	11	8	33
T12	-255	Klas Eriksson	4	12	5	12	33
T12	-255	Paul Marantz	8	11	1	13	33
T12	-255	Søren Kjeldsen	5	7	12	9	33
11	-254	Peter Fowler	17	2	10	5	34
T9	-253	Peter Senior	10	9	9	7	35
T9	-253	Robert Karlsson	11	9	11	4	35
T7	-251	Martin Doyle	4	7	7	19	37
T7	-251	Scott Hend	4	8	17	8	37
6	-250	Greg Turner	4	9	7	18	38
T4	-249	Jarrod Moseley	3	18	3	15	39
T4	-249	Peter Lonard	15	0	8	16	39
T2	-247	Nick O'hern	10	12	8	11	41
T2	-247	Stuart Appleby	16	2	15	8	41
1	-243	Paul Casey	8	10	21	6	45
Cut +4
CUT	+5	Richard Swift	-8	-3	-	-	-11
CUT	+4	Michael Wright	-7	-3	-	-	-10
CUT	-6	Adam Crawford	-1	-7	-	-	-8
CUT	+25	jr gary birch	-16	9	-	-	-7
CUT	+3	Emanuele Canonica	-5	-2	-	-	-7
CUT	-4	Henrik Stenson	-1	-5	-	-	-6
CUT	+3	David Bransdon	-4	-1	-	-	-5
CUT	+15	Jon Riley	-10	5	-	-	-5
CUT	-3	Nathan Gatehouse	-1	-4	-	-	-5
CUT	-148	Andrew Buckle	4	-8	-	-	-4
CUT	-1	Simon Dyson	-1	-2	-	-	-3
CUT	-146	Michael Long	4	-6	-	-	-2
CUT	+4	Wayne Smith	-3	1	-	-	-2
CUT	-145	Adam Scott	1	-2	-	-	-1
CUT	Ev	Brad Andrews	-	-1	-	-	-1
CUT	Ev	Craig Jones	-	-1	-	-	-1
CUT	+4	Kenneth Ferrie	-2	2	-	-	0
CUT	+11	Andrew Webster	-5	6	-	-	1
CUT	+9	Anthony Wall	-4	5	-	-	1
CUT	+13	Chris Downes	-6	7	-	-	1
CUT	-71	Euan Walters	-	1	-	-	1
CUT	+9	Greg Owen	-4	5	-	-	1
CUT	+3	Jason Dawes	-1	2	-	-	1
CUT	-143	Mike Harwood	4	-3	-	-	1
CUT	+11	Simon Wakefield	-5	6	-	-	1
CUT	-143	Sven Strüver	4	-3	-	-	1
CUT	+4	Darren Fichardt	-1	3	-	-	2
CUT	+6	David Diaz	-2	4	-	-	2
CUT	+12	Gary Simpson	-5	7	-	-	2
CUT	+4	Mark Pilkington	-1	3	-	-	2
CUT	+5	Andrew Bonhomme	-1	4	-	-	3
CUT	-141	David Park	2	1	-	-	3
CUT	+7	Jean-françois Lucquin	-2	5	-	-	3
CUT	+11	Thomas Björn	-4	7	-	-	3
CUT	-68	chris miller	-	4	-	-	4
CUT	-140	David Mckenzie	3	1	-	-	4
CUT	+10	Fredrik Andersson Hed	-3	7	-	-	4
CUT	+14	Marcus Norgren	-5	9	-	-	4
CUT	-139	Brad King	2	3	-	-	5
CUT	-139	David Smail	3	2	-	-	5
CUT	-139	Kim Felton	4	1	-	-	5
CUT	-139	Niclas Fasth	3	2	-	-	5
CUT	-139	Tony Johnstone	3	2	-	-	5
CUT	+12	Anders Forsbrand	-3	9	-	-	6
CUT	-66	Jonathan Lomas	-	6	-	-	6
CUT	-138	Lee S James	2	4	-	-	6
CUT	-66	Mark Brown	-	6	-	-	6
CUT	-138	Miguel Angel Martin	6	0	-	-	6
CUT	+22	Richard Ball	-8	14	-	-	6
CUT	-138	Rolf Muntz	8	-2	-	-	6
CUT	-138	Scott Gardiner	5	1	-	-	6
CUT	-65	Costantino Rocca	-	7	-	-	7
CUT	-137	Craig Carmichael	1	6	-	-	7
CUT	-137	Craig Spence	5	2	-	-	7
CUT	+11	David Gilford	-2	9	-	-	7
CUT	-65	Grant Dodd	-	7	-	-	7
CUT	-137	Mark Allen	5	2	-	-	7
CUT	-137	Warren Bennett	1	6	-	-	7
CUT	-136	Andrew Coltart	7	1	-	-	8
CUT	-136	Gareth Paddison	2	6	-	-	8
CUT	-136	Ian Poulter	6	2	-	-	8
CUT	-136	Jason King	1	7	-	-	8
CUT	-136	Maarten Lafeber	4	4	-	-	8
CUT	-136	Peter Lawrie	8	0	-	-	8
CUT	-136	Richard Green	4	4	-	-	8
CUT	+10	Santiago Luna	-1	9	-	-	8
CUT	-136	Tobias Dier	12	-4	-	-	8
CUT	-135	Barry Lane	8	1	-	-	9
CUT	-135	Brian Davis	4	5	-	-	9
CUT	-135	Charlie Wi	1	8	-	-	9
CUT	-135	Justin Cooper	3	6	-	-	9
CUT	-135	Lucas Parsons	2	7	-	-	9
CUT	-135	Mathias Grönberg	3	6	-	-	9
CUT	-135	Nicolas Vanhootegem	6	3	-	-	9
CUT	-63	Steen Tinning	-	9	-	-	9
CUT	-135	Wayne Grady	6	3	-	-	9
CUT	-207	Tony Carolan	7	4	-	-2	9
CUT	-134	Andrew Tschudin	1	9	-	-	10
CUT	-134	Brett Rumford	4	6	-	-	10
CUT	-134	Charl Schwartzel	3	7	-	-	10
CUT	-134	Ed Stedman	3	7	-	-	10
CUT	+20	Mårten Olander	-5	15	-	-	10
CUT	-134	Richard Backwell	5	5	-	-	10
CUT	-201	Adam Mednick	4	9	-	2	15
CUT	-201	Wayne Riley	2	11	-	2	15
RETD	-	John Bickerton	3	-	-	-	RETD

Position	Score	Player	Country

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Better weather likely to establish modified stableford format at ANZ

BY Bruce Young | Australasian PGA Tour | 2003 ANZ Championship | Preview | 03 Feb 2003