24TH KURNIA-SAUJANA AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
24 - 26 May 2011


GAVIN WINS IN DRAMATIC PLAYOFF 

Gavin & Ryan

Gavin Green won the Kurnia-Saujana Amateur Championship in a 

dramatic play-off with Ryan Peake after the Australian made 

up the one-stroke difference between them with a birdie at 

the final hole. Ryan posted 71 while Gavin played to par 72.
In the sudden death played at the 580-yard Par 5, 18th hole, 

Peake's drive ended just inside the fairway bunker near the 

lip while Gavin found the same bunker slope. Peake's second 

shot veered right into the trees and among heavy rough about 

140 yards from the pin while Gavin's shot made the fairway. 

Peake found a window among the heavy foliage but his pitch 

shot went hot and overshot the green into OB. He played 

another ball but it ended at the back of the green. Gavin 

deftly chipped his ball onto the green and easily two-putted 

for his second win in the event. 

"After I saw Ryan's ball ending into the trees, I knew I had 

a good chance. My second shot was in good position on the 

fairway and when Ryan's ball went OB, I knew the tournament 

was mine," said Gavin. Gavin, who started the final round 

with a 1-stroke lead, dropped a shot at the 4th but had 3 

birdies up to the 13th hole while Ryan bogeyed the 6th, 

giving Gavin a 4-stroke lead. Gavin gave back 2 strokes with 

consecutive bogeys at the 14th and 15th and Peake reduced 

the deficit to one stroke with a birdie at the 17th. At the 

18th, Peake produced the shot of the day with a restricted 

3-wood punch shot with his back to a tree, sending the ball 

only 40 feet from the green. He chipped to 1 foot for a 

birdie to force the play-off. 

"I needed to birdie the 18th and my shot was solid despite 

the tight situation, but I dented the toe of the club in 

the process," said Peake who hails from Perth. "In the 

play-off, I miss-hit my bunker shot and sent the ball into 

the palm trees which cost me the chance for the title."
Gavin and Peake each had 3-day total of 210. Singaporean 

Jerome Ng was placed third at 218 and Filipino Jobim Carlos 

fourth at 219. The next best Malaysian was Mohamad Hisyam 

Majid at 226 for 8th place. 

RESULTS (Malaysian unless stated)
210 - Gavin Kyle Green 70-68-72; Ryan Peake (Aus) 71-68-71
218 - Jerome Ng (Sin) 72-74-72
219 - Jobim Carlos (Phi) 72-72-75
221 - Clyde Mondilla (Phi) 76-74-71; Marc Ong (Sin) 73-72-76
224 - Gregory Foo (Sin) 72-78-74
226 - Mohamad Hisyam Majid 70-79-77
227 - Myo Win Aung (Myn) 74-78-75; Daniel Bringolf (Aus) 74-76-77
228 - Kenneth De Silva 74-78-76
229 - Low Khai Loon 80-76-73; Tan Wei Chean 81-74-74
230 - Low Khai Jei 73-79-78
231 - Ng Choo Teck 76-80-75; Amanjyot Singh (Ind)78-75-78
232 - Gagan Verma (Ind) 79-81-72