5th Nationwide Tour Win for Coles

Gavin Coles has carded a 1-over-par 71 in extremely tough windy conditions to beat Sweden's Jonas Blixt by one shot and win the Winn-Dixie Jacksonville Open. The victory is the first of the year for Coles and the 5th of his career on the Nationwide Tour. With the victory came a cheque for US$108,000....moving Gavin up to No. 15 on the Money List entering next week's season-ending Nationwide Tour Championship at Daniel Island.
With the Top-25 money winners after next week's finale earning themselves PGA TOUR cards for 2012, Coles has all but assured himself a spot back on the main tour.

Congratulations to Gavin and coach Gary Edwin!

Coles Takes the Lead in Jacksonville

Gary Edwin Tour Player Gavin Coles has a one-stroke advantage over the field heading into the final round of the Winn-Dixie Jacksonville Open. Coles has shot rounds of 70,64 and 69 around Dye's Valley Course at the TPC Sawgrass, averaging just 25 putts per round.
A victory this week will almost ensure Coles a return to the PGA Tour, with the Top 25 on the Nationwide Tour moneylist earning full playing rights for the 2012 season. The Tour Championship is the only event remaining to be played after the Winn-Dixie Jacksonville Open.

Aguilar Tied 3rd at Portugal Masters

Head Gary Edwin Golf UK Instructor Luke Ringrose has had a fine result with his student Felipe Aguilar at the Portugal Masters. Aguilar posted four sensational rounds of 66,66,67,71 to end his week at the Oceanico Victoria Golf Course on 18-under par and in a tie for 3rd place. Aguilar collected a cheque for 110,000 Euros and has now moved up to 48th on the European Tour's Race to Dubai.

Well done Luke and great play Felipe!

Senior 5th at AT&T Championship

A final round 67 has left Peter Senior in 5th position at the Champion Tour's AT&T Championship. With this result, Senior clocked up his 12th top 10 finish of the season (only Mark Calcavecchia has more top 10's)and keeps his hopes alive of winning the Charles Schwab Cup. Senior is one of only 5 players who still have a chance of earning enough points in the final event of the season to claim the Cup and the US$1million bonus purse that goes with it!

Remarkably, Pete Senior finished the tournament without making a bogey, marking the second time he has done so this year and the third time he has accomplished this feat in his two seasons on the Champions Tour. Dating back to the previous tournament, Senior has a run of 58 consecutive holes without a bogey and will carry that string into the first round of the upcoming Charles Schwab Cup Championship later this month.

Barr Contends at Indian Open

After rounds of 67 and 70, Scott Barr is 7-under par and in a tie for 4th heading into the weekend at the US$1.25million Indian Open being played at Delhi Golf Club. Barr has managed to eagle the par 5, 8th hole during both the 1st two rounds of the championship!

Academy Juniors Dominate Faldo Series

Academy Juniors have occupied 6 of the top 8 places in the U16 division at the recent Faldo Series Singapore, held at the Tanah Merah Tampines Course.

Continuing his fine play this season, 15yr old Marc Ong clinched victory with birdies on his last 2 holes for a total of 1-over par for the championship. The win qualifies him for the Faldo Series Asia Grand Final to be played at Mission Hills Golf Club, China in March 2012.

Fellow Academy student and defending champion, Edgar Oh, fought his way into 3rd place with a brilliant final round of 3-under par 69. Lucius Toh 5th, Abdul Hadi 6th, Nicholas Mok 7th and Jordan Tsan 8th also put together good performances.

Pampling one back at Frys.com Open

Rod Pampling has put together 5 birdies and 2 bogeys for an opening round of 69 at CordeValle Golf Club to end the first round of the Frys.com Open just one shot off the lead. A good finish this week could secure Rod his full PGA Tour card for the 2012 season.

Teenager Performing well in Thailand

15yr old Marc Ong is once again demonstrating his potential after 3 steady rounds of 72,72,71 have him on a total of 1-under par and 6 shots off the lead with one round to play at the 77th Singha Thailand Amateur Open. Marc has played solid all year and will be looking for his form to peak in time for next month's SEA Games in Jakarta, where he will become Singapore's youngest ever SEA Games golf representative!

Coles Finishes Tied 4th in Texas

Gavin Coles fired a terrific 3rd round of 65 to put himself in contention for a 5th Nationwide Tour victory at the WNB Golf Classic but could not quite get the job done in the final round, coming up 3 shots short of the playoff. Coles took the lead heading into the back nine on Sunday but dropped shots on 16 and 17 ended his chances of victory. It was still a solid week for Gavin....finishing 15-under par and moving up to 39th on the Nationwide Tour moneylist. The top 25 players at the end of the season will receive full playing rights on the PGA Tour for 2012.

Marc Bounces Back with Brilliant 68

Marc Ong put together a brilliant 4-under par round of 68 during yesterday's 3rd round of the Asian Amateur Championship at the Singapore Island Country Club. Teeing off the 10th hole, the 15yr old Academy junior strung together 3 birdies on the back nine, before dropping his only shot of the day on the par 4 3rd hole with an unfortunate 3-putt. The teenager then collected another two birdies at the 6th and 8th holes before setting himself up with a very makeable birdie putt on the par 5, 9th....his final hole of the day. The putt for 67 narrowly missed but his 68 was still the lowest 3rd round score posted by a Singaporean and this moved Marc up more than 20 places on the leaderboard into a tie for 35th amongst the best 120 Amateur golfers in the Asia-Pacific region.

Other Singapore golfers who have graduated through our Academies training program with the Singapore Sports School and are also performing very well this week include Lam Zhi Qun 74,66,74....George Foo 73,72,71 and Gregory Foo 74,71,73.

Pampling Opens with 66 in Las Vegas

Rod Pampling has put together 7 birdies for an opening round of 66 at the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open on the PGA Tour. Pampling took just 25 putts around the TPC Summerlin course and is in a tie for 5th place.