Australian Am: Quarterfinals have international feel
David Snyder
SEATON, Australia (Jan. 17, 2014) -- The final
eight players to compete for the Australian
Men's Amateur Championship have been
decided.
Two Victorians, two New Zealanders, two
Americans, a Western Australian, a South
Australian
and a New South Welshman have all booked
their places in the quarter finals.
Zach Murray overcame Ryan Ruffels 3&2 in an
all-Victorian third round match while Cameron
Davis (NSW) defeated Taylor MacDonald (QLD)
2&1 to progress to the quarters.
Curtis Luck (WA) beat last year's runner-up
Geoff Drakeford (VIC) 1up while Americans Max
Buckley and Daniel Snyder accounted for Grant
Booth (NSW) and Blair Riordan (NZL)
respectively.
Local favourite and Grange Golf Club member
Anthony Murdaca (SA) flew the home town
flag
into the quarter finals while Victorian Todd
Sinnott and New Zealander Tae Koh also won
through to the final eight.
MEN'S QUARTER FINALS SCHEDULE:
Zach Murray (VIC) v Todd Sinnott (VIC)
David Snyder (USA) v Curtis Luck (WA)
Max Buckley (USA) v Tae Koh (NZL)
Cameron Davis (NSW) v Anthony Murdaca (SA)
The quarter finals and semi finals are held on
Saturday before the 36 hole final which takes
place on Sunday.
ABOUT THE Australian Men's Amateur
The Australian Men's and Women's
Amateur
Championships are Australia's oldest
Amateur
Golf Championships, with both having
been
played since 1894. Long held as a match play event,
in 2021 the format changed to 72 holes
of stroke play.
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