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Final Leaderboard		Tudor wins back to back Purple Jackets
R. Tudor	+2
S. DaCosta	+5	Classy win goes down to the wire\
A. Millar	+5
M. Hauser	+6
R. Bondietti	+12
P. Baron	+20
A. Bennett	+42
		The King Challenge Melbourne 2001 was played in brilliant conditions on the Mornington Peninsula and in Melbourne. A record field of eight players included 4 past King Challenge winners and rookie Andrew 'AB' Bennett. Portsea hosted the first round in warm conditions, a tough opening round and plenty of wild scoring early on as the players settled into form or lack thereof. Andrew millar and Bondie made the most of the first Round to move onto the top of the lleaderboard.....more Round 1 details The brilliant links style The Dunes, hosted the second round. Rohan was on fire early on with Bondie keeping on track for his first Purple Jacket and that illustrious birdie! Andrew dropped off the pace with the rest of the field settling in .....more Round 2 details
S. Cummins	dnf
Round by Round
Round One Portsea was a tough opener for the Melbourne Challenge more..

Round Two True links golf at the Dunes more..

Round Three Yarrambat Park caused a few problems on day three more..

Round Four Drama on the final day at Kingston Links more..
		Reigning title holder and eventual winner Rohan launches into the first drive		Drama as Andrew finds the rough on the final day and surrenders his lead

		Round three was played at Yarrambat Park, not one of the better venues but home club for Mike and Paul, both of whom played with the local knowledge Mike stormed back into contention with Andrew regainng the lead at the top of the leaderboard. ...more round 3 details 5 shots seperated the top six players going into the final round at Kingston Links, it was a classic final round and could have been won by any of the 4 leaders, Rohan maintained the cool throughout and finished strong winning by 3 from Andrew and Steve. ...more round 4 details Putting Trophy Again the putting trophy was a close one with Rohan taking the trophy by 1 putt from Mike and creating history with the first dual winner of the Challenge and the putting trophy. The King Spoon AB had a rough start carding a nett 92 after the first round and all but had the spoon wrapped up after that. he will be keen to pass it on at the next event!


Interview with the winner: Rohan Tudor Rohan Tudor claims his second consecutive purple jacket at the presentation ceremony more..
		Mike presents the trophy to Rohan!		The snazzy Purple Jacket!!!



		Rohan also wins the putting trophy!!	AB takes home the spoon after his rookie start (He is a Collingwood supporter!!)

Leaderboard - Final
Player	Leaderboard	R1	R2	R3	R4	Putts	Birdies
R. Tudor	+2	76	66	76	72	130	6
S. DaCosta	+5	77	72	73	71	135	1
A. Millar	+5	71	76	70	76	142	3
M. Hauser	+6	81	73	68	72	131	2
R. Bondietti	+12	73	75	78	74	133	0
P. Baron	+20	82	75	73	77	145	3
A. Bennett	+42	92	79	81	78	147	1
S. Cummins	+dnf	78	68	84	-	-	3

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