Cameron John claims QLD PGA title
Cameron John – enjoying a special moment – image Australian Golf Media
26-year-old Victorian Cameron John, today won his second PGA Tour of Australasia title with a two-shot victory over the brilliant 20-year-old amateur from the Gold Coast, Billy Dowling, at the Queensland PGA Championship at the Nudgee Golf Club in Brisbane.
John, whose previous victory came in early 2024 when successful at the National Tournament on the Mornington Peninsula in his home state of Victoria, began the final round one shot behind his fellow Victorian Zach Murray, who was chasing his third PGA Tour of Australasia title but his first since 2019.
Over the closing nine holes it essentially became a battle between John, Murray and Dowling, John taking the lead with two birdies and an eagle in the opening five holes to take the lead at 15 under but Murray fought back after a slow start to take the lead and was joined by Dowling whose stretch of birdies in the middle of the round suggested he might break through for a win as an amateur.
The big moment of the day came when John, who was trailing both Dowling and Murray when he reached the 15th hole, managed to produce an eagle from the trees at the par-5 and then followed up with a birdie at the 16th to grab the outright lead and then held on to win.
John moves to third on the 2005/2006 PGA Tour of Australasian Order of Merit.
Dowling, who had birdied five of seven holes in the middle of the round, bogeyed the 16th but after a magnificent shot to the par 3 last, holed from 12 feet for birdie to move into outright second place, one ahead of Murray, who bogeyed the 16th and 18th to finish 3rd but he will take the second cheque given Dowling’s amateur status.
