Jordan Doull clutches Albany Classic in two-hole playoff, Abbie Teasdale dominates ladies with course record

A clutch Jordan Doull kept his cool in two nervy playoff holes against Michael Hanrahan-Smith to be crowned men’s champion in the Albany Classic at the weekend while Abbie Teasdale dominated the women’s field. Mt Lawley Golf Club’s Doull mastered the gusty breezes and quick greens at Albany Golf Club to lift the trophy in a 178-strong field of leading amateur golfers from across the State. Following 36 gripping holes played on Saturday and Sunday, the duo remained locked on a gross score of 146, setting the stage for an electrifying sudden death playoff drawing spectators to the fairway. A long-ranged putt from Hanrahan-Smith salvaged a wayward tee shot on the first playoff hole matching Doull’s par and forcing yet another hole. Once again Hanrahan-Smith’s tee shot ended off the fairway on the second playoff hole while Doull played two steady shots onto the green before two-putting to triumph. Lake Karrinyup Golf Club’s Ryan Gault rounded out the top three with a gross score of 150. Runaway women’s Albany Classic winner Teasdale, from Royal Fremantle Golf Club, was on fire across her two rounds and claimed a new course record in the process. Her first-round score of 68 was one stroke better than the previous record which stood for 35 years set by Ericka Jayatilaka in 1989. Her brilliant weekend was capped off with an impressive gross score of 141, to finish 13 shots ahead of Mt Lawley’s Sophie Williams in second. Sasha Hofmann from Gosnells Golf Club secured the final spot on the podium with a gross score of 157. In the nett event, Lake Karrinyup’s Sam Bavin (Lake Karrinyup) took out the men’s competition with 75 points followed by Busselton’s Nathan Plug with 74. Jaqueline Scott converted Royal Fremantle’s women’s quinella after securing the nett event with 70 points on countback ahead of Albany’s Wendy Stewart Scott also shot the best senior women’s gross score with 170.