2010 Championship Final - 27th & 28th August 2010

Results from Friday Qualifying

Friday 27th August Open Men's Qualifying

The Championship kicked off with 17 of Australia's best longdrivers, fighting it out to see who would be crowned the victor, and who will represent Australia in the 2010 RE/MAX World Longdrive Championship in Mesquite, NEVADA USA!

Round 1 Open Men's:
Players were pooled off into three pools: RE/MAX, Suzuki & Shark, named proudly after our main sponsors in 2010. In the first round the top 4 in each pool advanced to the round 3 winners pools (Yellow), with the remaining dropping down to the round 2 "the second chance draw". Notables in this round were Daniel Lee with the Longest Drive in Round 1 with a 321.7m and Ben Dyer in Pool "SHARK" with the only Drive over 300m!

Pool RE/MAX
Dylan Meadows	290m
Mark Sanford	290.1
Iain Dick	307.7
Anthony Donovan	284.5
Craig Grigson	318.5
Stephen Kennedy	320.3

Pool SUZUKI
Shane Keys	272.5m
Craig Sconce	307.2
Daniel Lee	321.7
Simon Abbott	300.4
Brent Kearney	313.8
Mark Bylsma	304

Pool SHARK
Wayne Stewart	298.7m
Jason Atkins	295.9
Rodney Laugher	281.3
Ben Dyer	314.3
Brendan Moylan	295.4

Round 2&3
In round 2, the top 3 advance through to round 4 with two players bowing out of the championship. Round 3, 4 players from each pool advance through to round 5 with losers bowing down to round 4, to play for second chance.
In Round 2, it was unfortunate to see some our newest competitors exit the Championship in round 2, but we know Shane and Dylan will be back in 2011 for more!

Round 2
Shane Keys	285.6m
Rodney Laugher	292.7
Anthony Donovan	289
Dylan Meadows	280.2
Simon Abbott	325.6

Round 3A
Mark Sanford	285.3m
Wayne Stewart	325.8
Craig Sconce	299
Brent Kearney	311.8
Craig Grigson	305.2
Daniel Lee	323.3

Round 3 B
Brendan Moylan	316.4m
Jason Atkins	268.7
Mark Bylsma	326.2
Iain Dick	292.9
Ben Dyer	297.5
Stephen Kennedy	299.1

Round 4&5
In round 4, it was crucial for these players to perform, as only the top 3 out of 7 would advance, leaving 4 players to exit the championship. Here we lost some big names including Iain Dick, Mark Sanford and RWLCA Senior Tour Champion; Simon Abbott, very tough pool.

Round 5 saw the top 5 players move straight into the Top 8 finals with the usual suspects achieving this act. The remaining players would get a second chance in the last qualifying pool in round 6.

It was Brendan Moylan in round 5, who hit the Longest drive of the Championship with a massive 341.2 metre drive in trying conditions!

Round 4
Anthony Donovan	288.6m
Rodney Laugher	294.8
Simon Abbott	294.3
Jason Abbott	294.3
Jason Atkins	302.6
Iain Dick	OB
Craig Sconce	302.6
Mark Sanford	293.3

Round5
Ben Dyer	310.6m
Stephen Kennedy	315.8
Craig Grigson	313.8
Brent Kearney	314.9
Brendon Moylan	341.2
Daniel Lee	299.7
Wayne Stewart	304
Mark Bylsma	315.2

Round 6
The last chance to make the top 8, only 3 would advance with the bottom three bowing out. As it turned out, it was the same three players from round 5 that advanced into the top 8, leaving Rodney Laugher, Jason Atkins & Craig Sconce to miss out on making it to Saturdays Match Play Final.