Jay Mackenzie leads WAPGA but Jeffrey Guan the feel good story
Jeffrey Guan – comfortably makes cut in 2nd event after career-threatening injury
NSW golfer Jay Mackenzie has the halfway lead at the WAPGA Championship, the 26-year-old opening up a massive six-shot lead over the field as the event enters the weekend at the Kalgoorlie Golf Course.
Mackenzie’s homeward nine of 30 in his morning round of 64, moving him well clear of the field, with West Australians Curtis Luck and Brett Rumford, along with NSW’s Austin Bautista, sharing second place.
Interestingly, despite struggling throughout much of his professional career, Mackenzie is a former winner of this event over this golf course, so the Graham Marsh layout clearly suits the young man from Ballina, whose form in secondary events and proams in recent times has shown considerable improvement.
In 2022, Mackenzie won by two over one of the men currently tied in second position, Bautista.
The feel-good story of the week thus far, however, is the effort of NSW golfer, Jeffrey Guan, who lost sight in one eye following a golf course accident 18 months ago, and in just his second event back from the career-threatening injury, is tied in 11th place at 3 under after rounds of 72 and 69.
