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It took 36 epic holes, but when the moment presented itself, Matias Sanchez grabbed his spot in history with two incredibly calm hands
When Sanchez refers to “that shot” on the 16th, he’ll sleep with a smile for months recalling the putter he hit from 10m behind the green, bumping it up the hill to a tough pin position and watching it fall for birdie on its last roll. With Lee sitting 2.5m away for a potential par, it was a huge momentum swing at the critical time. A wayward tee shot up the 17th cost Lee a bogey, then the pair’s fortunes took separate paths again off the 18th tee. Sanchez’s drive hit the wall of the left bunker, but somehow popped up and forward to allow him a shot from rough that he managed to advance to the jaws of the green. Lee, however, watched in disbelief as his drive ran into a bunker 290m up on the right, then his approach landed hard on the back of the green and scurried up the hill to a position from which bogey was his ultimate penalty. Sanchez calmly chipped to 2m to heap pressure on his good Perth mate, then rolled in the title clinching putt to the roars of the hordes of Royal Melbourne fans who’d come to watch. “I’ll never forget that moment,” Sanchez said. “I had to focus on the putt and not what it would mean and I managed to do it really well and when I hit it I knew it was good. “What a feeling.” Lee, also 18, was typically gracious in defeat and could hold his head high for entertaining the huge gallery with some audacious golf, including a shot his caddie – Jack Deftereos-Brennan, a player here earlier in the week – described in awe as “the greatest he’d ever seen." Lee was seemingly hemmed in by trees up the right of the 14th fairway and was urged by his bagman to play for safety towards the 15th tee. The Royal Fremantle member had other ideas, though, and carved a low running slice that absolutely thrilled the crowd and gave them a great taste of what lies ahead in his career.MATIAS SANCHEZ is the #AusAm champion!! pic.twitter.com/Bl0Sos m019
— Golf Australia (@GolfAust) January 22, 2017
| Place | Player | Location | Pts | Scores |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | , Australia | 1200 | ||
| Runner-up | , Australia | 900 | ||
| Semifinals | , Australia | 700 | ||
| Semifinals | , Scotland | 700 | ||
| Quarterfinals | , Wales | 500 |

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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