Jordan Doull breaks through after recent form struggles
Jordan Doull records first Australasian Tour victory – image Australian Golf Media
25-year-old Perth golfer, Jordan Doull, has emerged from a tough final-round battle to win his first 72-hole event on the PGA Tour of Australasia in a playoff at Royal Fremantle south of Perth.
The Mount Lawley Golf Club golfer secured his Australasian Tour card at the 2024 Australasian Tour School and, even before today’s win he was on track to retain his playing privileges for the coming season which starts midyear.
Doull played collegiate golf in the USA at the University of Columbus State University before returning to Perth in 2022.
Late in 2024, he finished runner-up at the WA PGA Championship in Kalgoorlie (again after a playoff) and heading into this week he was 20th on the Order of Merit. This week’s win however will take him inside the top ten (9th) and with another eight events this season he could challenge for one of the DP World Tour cards handed out to the leading three players on the Order of Merit not otherwise qualified for a card in Europe.
Doull won after a three-hole playoff with his fellow West Australian Haydn Barron, who was also chasing a first PGA Tour of Australasia title, but, when Doull holed an 16 footer from just off the green at 3rd extra hole, it was all over.
Barron has made the cut in only three of his last 22 starts worldwide so despite not winning this result may well see him turning the corner in his career. Barron
Kristen Rudgeley led the females in the joint event for both sexes when she tied for an impressive share of 3rd with the in-form Anthony Quayle.
