Gippsland Super 6 Explained

Gippsland Super 6
Location:Warragul, Victoria, Australia
Establishment:2019
Course:Warragul Country Club
Par:70
Yardage:5567yd
Tour:PGA Tour of Australasia
Format:Stroke play and Match play
Aggregate:19 Tom Power Horan (2022)
To-Par:−4 as above
Month Played:November
Current Champion: Kerry Mountcastle
Coordinates:-38.149°N 145.925°W
Map:Australia#Victoria
Map Label:Warragul CC
Map Relief:yes

The Gippsland Super 6 is a golf tournament that was played for the first time in November 2019. It is played at Warragul Country Club in Warragul, Gippsland, in south-eastern Victoria, Australia.

Format

The tournament uses a "Super 6" format. The first three days consist of ordinary stroke play, with a cut after 36 holes reducing the field to the top 50 and ties. After 54 holes, the field is cut to a fixed 24. On the final day, there is a knock-out phase, when six-hole stroke play contests are played. The leading 8 players after 54 holes receive a bye to the second round.[1]

History

Because of bad weather the inaugural event in 2019 was reduced to 54 holes, the knockout phase being abandoned. Tom Power Horan won with a score of 205, 11 under par, beating Brady Watt by a stroke.[2]

Marcus Fraser won the January 2021 event, beating Swiss professional Alessandro Noseda by a stroke in the final. Fraser had been close to defeat in his opening knockout match against Andrew Martin. Martin was two strokes ahead with two holes to play but then had a double-bogey, while Fraser made a birdie.[3]

Jack Thompson won the December 2021 event, beating Jordan Zunic in the final. They were tied after six holes but Thompson won at the first extra hole.[4]

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner-up
22 −2 1 stroke Jake McLeod
Tom Power Horan (2) 19 −4 3 strokes Kyle Michel
2021
(Dec)
22 −1 Playoff Jordan Zunic
2021
(Jan)
22 −2 1 stroke Alessandro Noseda
2020: No tournament
205 −11 1 stroke Brady Watt

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gippsland Super 6 . Golf Australia . 22 January 2021.
  2. Web site: Power Horan beats weather to win Gippsland Super 6 . Golf Grinder . 11 November 2019 . 22 January 2021.
  3. Web site: Great escape: Fraser's fortune on way to Gippsland Super 6 crown . Tony . Webeck . PGA of Australia . 24 January 2021. 24 January 2021.
  4. Web site: Thompson's relief after Gippsland Super 6 triumph . Tony . Webeck . PGA of Australia . 19 December 2021. 20 December 2021.