Kyriacou, Hoath Rule in Queensland
Steph Kyriacou and Lewis Hoath show off their Queensland Amateur trophies.
If you buy that stability while playing matches, Steph Kyriacou and Lewis Hoath are examples of your proof.
Kyriacou has overturned the young Hye Park 2-up to win the Queensland Amateur crown for ladies at Gailes Golf Club today.
And in a Queensland final, Lewis Hoath avoided the previously red-hot Zach Maxwell 3 & 2 to secure the men's crown.
Park appeared to be a woman of destination this week, to be victorious in two marathons with extra holes and to beat the top seed Mirabel Ting in the last hole to reach the final.
After a nervous start, however, it was Kyriacou of Sydney who made the decision's first daring move.
The member of St. Michaels drilled bird 2-4 to take a lead of 3.
Park hit back with a spectacular hole-out for an eagle from 105m on the 7th, and then almost followed with another on the next, forcing Kyriacou to allow her bird and narrow her lead to just one hole .
The game ebbed away and flowed with Park with a three-putt on the ninth, then almost a hole-in-one on the 12th to draw all squares.
But perhaps she felt the excitement of her long qualifiers, taking her tee-shot on the 15th day out of what was the decisive moment.
Multiple New South Wales state team star Kyriacou seized her chance. Her victory at 15 was followed by solid pars to halve the 16th and 17th half, after which a ripping second shot to the par-five 18th meant that Park realistically needed an eagle to keep the game alive.
Unfortunately, the young Queenslander was no longer able to force overtime and her three-putt meant a concession from Kyriacou's birdie-putt and a win of 2 over the Sydneysider.
"It was a bit of stress," Kyriacou admitted.
"I started with a few mistakes, but I got up and made a few little birds … and was most of his way, and got my confidence from there."
Hoath, who had previously dulled the white-hot Lucas Higgins to make the final, faced Maxwell, who himself had also been fantastic at taming a New South Welshman, James Conran, in his semi-final.
The pair traded early and when Maxwell & # 39; s second consecutive bird came in fourth, he was 1-up and seemed to be cruising.
But a wrong tee-shot on the sixth proved a sign of what awaited us for Maxwell, who unraveled early in the back nine with bogeys on the 11th, 13th and 14th to give Hoath a lead he would never surrender.
Maxwell made a final sigh with a great par save on the 15th to keep the game alive, but it was lost and the pair shook the next green with Hoath a 3 & 2-winner.
"The round wasn't too bad," Hoath said modestly.
"I didn't have as many birdies as other games, but I just played very solid, hit many fairways and greens and it went well."
Golf Field spokesperson Matt Field said that Gailes had been excellently presented and had been an excellent guest club.
"Thanks to general manager Frank McCarthy and superintendent Stewart Poole for their hospitality throughout the week," Field said.
McCarthy passed on his congratulations to his members and staff members and said they were "a fine group of men and women who should be proud of their behavior and sportiness."
DETAILS