Billy Dowling and Jazy Roberts claim Australian Amateur titles
Jazy Roberts and Billy Dowling – image Golf Australia
Gold Coast’s Billy Dowling has threatened for some time to break through for a significant win, whether it be in professional or amateur events, but today he took out the most coveted title in Australian amateur golf by winning the Australian Amateur Championship at the West Australian Golf Club in the northern suburbs of Perth.
British-born but now a resident and Australian citizen on the Gold Coast, Dowling has recorded seven top tens in PGA Tour of Australasia events in the last two years, including a runner-up finish at the Queensland PGA Championship last November.
Dowling represented Australia at the recent Eisenhower Trophy and the Asia Pacific Amateur Championship and under the guidance of RACV Royal Pines based coach, Nancy Harvey, he has accumulated an impressive record in the amateur ranks
Today Dowling, a member of both the Brisbane and RACV Royal Pines Golf Clubs, began the final round of the now 72 hole stroke-play event tied in the lead with Canberra’s Harry Whitelock, the pair one shot clear of a congested leaderboard with ten players within four shots of the lead.
Dowling would, however, put together a final round of 63 to take the title by five shots over New South Wales golfers, Joshua Fuller and Kayun Mudadana, never providing an opportunity for those chasing to place any pressure.
Dowling recorded 25 birdies and an eagle during his 72-hole romp.
In the Women’s event, Victorian Jazy Roberts began the final round with a four-shot lead and, like Dowling, was always in control in her 11-birdie final round of 63 which saw her win by six shots over Japan’s Anna Iwanaga.
Roberts becomes just the third Australian to win the title in the last ten years.
