He’s held a mortgage on the silverware in recent times, and Luke Streater swung his way to a 10th Gunnedah Club Championship on the weekend.
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Holding a five shot lead over Shane Wilson heading into the final two rounds, Streater carded 72 and 71 to finish with 286 for the tournament to successfully defend his title.
Already the club’s most successful champion, Streater said it “felt pretty good” to reach double figures.
Incidentally, he shot exactly the same score as he did to win last year, carding 72, 71, 72 and 71.
“Conditions were pretty tough on Saturday for round three, we had a pretty big wind,” he said.
However, that was where he really put some distance on his rivals, helped by a run of birdies on the back nine.
Shooting into the wind, he birdied four of the last five holes to give him a 14-shot lead going into the final day.
The back nine was generally his “saviour”.
“My front nine was absolutely horrible the first three rounds. That was where I lost a lot of my shots,” he said.
A bit of a grip change for Sunday led to a more consistent round, two bad swings which cost him four shots blowing out his score.
Troy Dries was runner-up on 302, while Dan Adams (328) won Division 2 from Gary Francis (334).
Andy O’Connell (355) topped Division 3 ahead of Ray Robinson (356) and Basil Lumby (391) Division 4 ahead of Des O’Callaghan (396). Robinson also picked up the Peter Spackman Trophy for the best nett score, while Gary Ford won the Vets championship, Gary Francis the Albert Hall Memorial for Vets nett and Sam Doubleday the Colts championship.